About Mitra
Mitra Shahryary is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life transitions. Mitra speaks plainly and aims to make talking about hard things feel manageable and straightforward.
Her sessions focus on building a steady connection so people can talk about what matters most. She uses clear tools to address worry, sleeping problems, anger, and motivation.
Background and approach
Mitra also supports people dealing with parenting strain, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and body image or self-worth struggles. Mitra draws on several practical approaches to guide sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot patterns in thoughts and try new behaviors.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people relate and feel. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of painful or frightening events so daily life becomes easier to manage. She holds licenses in multiple states including a Colorado LCSW and a District of Columbia LICSW, and practices with a focus on clients who live in Virginia.
Sessions are offered in English and provided through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Mitra emphasizes a collaborative pace and works with each person to set realistic, short-term goals. Reaching out for support takes courage and she aims to provide steady guidance.
New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first meeting that fits their life and needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people relate to others and to themselves. Online sessions using this approach focus on building a steady therapeutic connection and exploring patterns that affect intimacy and communication.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT helps people spot unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and try new, practical strategies. In remote sessions CBT often uses short exercises, structured conversations, and homework that people can practice between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. This collaboration helps set clear, achievable steps and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief updates or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule without losing continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English