Hi, I’m Melika!
I'm a licensed therapist, LMFT supervisor, certified breathwork facilitator, and EMDR-trained clinician, and someone who understands what it means to carry more than one world inside you.
As an Iranian immigrant, I know firsthand what it's like to navigate belonging, identity, and the weight of what gets passed between generations. I don't approach healing as a framework to apply, I approach it as something we figure out together. In a way that honors who you are and where you come from.
I blend talk therapy with somatic healing because lasting change often happens when we stop trying to think our way through everything and start listening to what the body already knows.
Outside the therapy room, you'll find me hiking with my partner and our dog, chasing ocean days, or dancing, my favorite form of emotional release. I have two cats who occasionally crash virtual sessions, and a lifelong love of travel, new cultures, and anything involving good food.
Credentials
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Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology
Pepperdine University
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LMFT Supervisor
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
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EMDR
EMDR Consulting trained. Certification in progress
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Sex Therapy
California Institute of Integral Studies, Public Program
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Breathwork
Biodynamic Breathwork Trauma Release System Institute