Dr. Sahar Khoshakhlagh
Relational therapy grounded in practical strategies
LMFT New York
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, Persian
About Sahar
Dr. Sahar Khoshakhlagh centers her practice on people who are ready to address relationship strains, anxiety, stress, grief, and intimacy or self-esteem challenges.
Background and approach
With twenty years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York, she offers a thoughtful, collaborative approach aimed at helping clients regain a sense of agency and clearer communication with others. Her work blends practical strategies and relational insight.
She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques alongside attachment-focused and emotionally oriented methods to help clients manage symptoms, rebuild connection, and develop sustainable coping skills. Sessions emphasize understanding how early patterns of connection influence present-day responses and relational patterns.
Khoshakhlagh brings academic training in psychology and couples and family therapy together with long-term clinical practice. She frames assessment as an opportunity to learn the whole person and to set goals that feel meaningful rather than merely procedural.
Her style balances warmth and clinical rigor while adapting interventions to each client’s unique situation and goals.
Combining relational insight and practical techniques online
Attachment-based work explores how early patterns of caregiving shape current relationships and emotional reactions, helping people understand why they connect or withdraw in certain ways and supporting deeper emotional repair. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing concrete strategies to manage symptoms like anxiety and stress, offering tools that can be practiced between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps partners and individuals tune into core emotions and create more supported, compassionate interactions when attachment ruptures occur.Choosing the right approach is often an evolving process, and this therapist treats it as a collaborative exploration. She partners with clients to weigh goals, preferences, and life circumstances and adjusts methods over time so the work stays relevant and effective for each person.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for scheduling and access. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care around busy lives and to integrate therapeutic work into daily routines while still drawing on the same relational and evidence-informed techniques used in traditional in-person practice.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English, Persian