Scheherazade Collins

Scheherazade Collins is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 12 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, attention and motivation challenges, and questions about life purpose.

She centers sessions on what each person brings and what they want to change. Scheherazade uses practical tools from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and mindfulness. She also integrates approaches informed by neurofeedback and performance coaching when relevant.

Her background includes work at an attention and learning center where she treated many adults and children with attention and mood challenges. She has clinical experience with mood disorders, panic and phobias, grief, trauma and abuse, and addiction concerns. She also supports people facing career transitions and performance anxiety in elite arts and sports.

Before training as a therapist she worked as a professional ballerina, which shapes her understanding of peak performance demands. That experience informs her work with high-stress professions and performers who want practical mental skills for competition, auditions, or demanding schedules.

She has additional training in neurofeedback guided by quantitative EEG and holds a HeartMath stress management credential. Scheherazade asks focused questions and offers concrete strategies during sessions, while inviting clients to test what fits their goals and daily life.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It is about building sessions around the client's goals and using their strengths to try new ways of coping. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and uses straightforward exercises to test and change unhelpful habits. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness; it can be useful for people who get overwhelmed or experience frequent mood shifts.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Scheherazade will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps meet the client's goals and how they prefer to work. She draws on performance coaching when people need mental skills for high-pressure environments and on neurofeedback-informed strategies when appropriate.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work, rehearsals, or travel and can shorten check-ins when schedules are tight. Some approaches lend themselves to practical homework and in-session exercises that translate well to remote sessions, which helps people apply new skills between meetings.