Maryam Farahvashi

Maryam Farahvashi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas with five years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, depression, and life changes. Maryam also focuses on communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and social anxiety and phobia.

She frames clients as experts on their own stories and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are practical and straightforward. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can change next.

Maryam helps people talk through relationship struggles and communication breakdowns. She supports those dealing with loss and persistent sadness. For people unsettled by major life shifts, she offers steps to manage stress and find clearer priorities.

Her way of working is collaborative. She listens, reflects what she hears, and suggests strategies people can try between sessions. Those strategies may include problem-solving, small behavioral changes, and ways to handle tough emotions in day-to-day life.

People often come wanting to feel less overwhelmed, to repair strained relationships, or to make decisions about what matters next. Maryam guides that process with direct conversation and concrete tools. To begin, she asks for a short intake to learn about immediate concerns and goals before scheduling a first session.

Approaches and how online sessions are organised

Maryam uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she draws on helps people identify and shift patterns of thinking that increase anxiety and low mood; it encourages small behavior changes and new ways of responding to problems. Another approach emphasizes improving communication skills and problem-solving in relationships, with direct practice in how to say things differently and set clearer boundaries.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maryam reviews a client’s needs, goals, and preferences and then collaborates to try methods that fit. She adjusts strategies over time based on what is working and what isn’t, so clients and therapist decide together on next steps.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use those benefits to help people manage stress, handle grief, work on relationships, and explore life purpose while keeping therapy practical and focused on daily life.