Primary Location
Offers online therapy
I offer video therapy in an effort to sustain care and support clients during these trying and uncertain times.
About
Many of my clients relate to the experience of feeling "othered", different or as existing outside of culturally-constructed margins. In our increasingly isolationist world, feeling different or other is becoming a common experience. While many things may remind us of our difference, or "non-normativity", in therapy I aim to collaboratively uncover and identify the worth and purpose that I believe exist in all humxn beings. I believe that all concerns, struggles, challenges, curiosities and explorations brought to therapy are related to relationships--the relationship we have with ourselves and other people. Often, clients express a need for deep connection and goals involve enhancing relationships, identifying emotions, coping more effectively with emotions, and nourishing self-worth and confidence. Research on therapeutic effectiveness has repeatedly demonstrated that therapeutic relationship is the principle determinant of positive therapeutic outcome. Thus, when I first meet clients, client-therapist relationship and chemistry is the primary emphasis and catalyst for change.
My therapy style combines interpersonal, ecological, family systems and behavioral tools in an effort to understand, embrace and uplift multiple ways of being. I believe that we learn how to relate to other people and ourselves based on what we observe in our relationships early in life. In therapy, I work with clients to cultivate an understanding of self that is compassionate, rather than pathological or problem-focused. By developing a warm, empathic, trusting and collaborative relationship with clients, together, we explore how clients can take risks by relating differently & naming needs.
I am a scholar-practitioner which means that I teach what I practice, I engage in inquiry or research to inform my clinical work and I integrate research into my therapeutic practice. I believe that my passion for teaching and research enhance my ability to be an informed, effective therapist. My clients often report that they find the integration of knowledge and education empowering and informative in therapy. However, I rely first on the wisdom that I believe all humxn beings possess and encourage curiosity in all aspects of your search, beginning with finding the right therapist.
Call or Email Nahal C Kaivan for a free 15 minute consultation now - (984) 223-4653
Finances
- Session Fee: $250 per session
- Couples Session Fee: $350 per session
Pay By:
American Express, Cash, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 13 Years
- License: North Carolina / 5398
- School: Washington State University
- Year Graduated: 2017
Additional Credentials
- License No. and State: 025006-01 The University of the State of New York Education Department
- License No. and State: 5398 North Carolina Psychology Board
Endorsements
"She is one of the hardest working professionals I know, without question. Dr. Kaivan is an astute professional and, more importantly, a kind and trustworthy individual. The depth of her intellect is wondrous."
Primary Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Racial Identity
- Family Conflict
- Anxiety
Issues
- Anger Management
- Behavioral Issues
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Navigating polyamorous and open relationships
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex Therapy
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
- heterosexism, feeling Othered, oppression
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak:
Farsi, some Arabic, some French and Spanish
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Single Mother
- Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Group
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2023
(984) 223-4653