About Sahar
Dr. Sahar Khoshakhlagh is a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and major life changes. She brings 20 years of clinical experience and a calm, practical approach to sessions.
Dr. Khoshakhlagh speaks English and Persian and works with adults facing a range of emotional and relational concerns. Her work centers on how early attachment experiences shape current relationships and coping.
Background and approach
She uses that lens to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck and to build new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying. Sessions mix practical skill-building with time to reflect on emotions and meaning. With a Client-Centered stance she helps people find their own goals and decisions.
Cognitive Behavioral techniques are used when someone needs concrete tools for anxious thoughts or stress. Emotionally-Focused ideas guide work on closeness, trust, and repairing hurts. Dr.
Khoshakhlagh trained in psychology and family therapy and holds the LMFT credential. Her background includes graduate study in applied psychology and advanced work in couples and family therapy, which informs how she understands relationship patterns and intimacy issues. People who come to her often want clearer communication, steadier moods, and more confidence in handling life transitions.
Practical strategies, steady curiosity about personal history, and collaborative goal-setting shape her sessions. She aims to help clients move from feeling overwhelmed to having workable ways to cope and connect.
How attachment work and practical tools translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional reactions; online sessions can help someone notice patterns and practice new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's own goals and experience, offering a supportive space to make decisions and explore feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying specific strategies to reduce anxiety and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may try one method, combine approaches, or shift direction as progress and feedback indicate what feels most helpful.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds flexibility. Video is useful for fuller interaction and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, and a way to stay connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit regular work on anxiety, relationships, and life changes into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Persian
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