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Azita Azizi, LCSW

Based in California Online sessions

Supportive LCSW helping with parenting and life changes

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Years in practice
9
Credentials
LCSW
Licensed in
California
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Parenting issues
Focus
Self esteem
About

About Azita

Azita Azizi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with nine years of experience helping people navigate major life changes. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and related challenges. Azita centers sessions on each person's strengths and goals.

She uses straightforward conversation and active listening to help clients sort their thoughts. Sessions tend to be collaborative and solution-oriented, often pairing problem-solving with changes in daily habits.

Background and approach

Many people come for help with mood, self-esteem, career stress, or the adjustments that follow life transitions. Azita draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of coping. She also uses client-centered and narrative approaches to help people tell their story and notice strengths they may have overlooked.

Solution-focused techniques are used for concrete steps and quick adjustments when time is limited. Parents concerned about postpartum depression, parenting stress, or balancing work and home life may find practical strategies and emotional support. Azita aims to make conversations clear and manageable, especially when parents are overwhelmed and short on time.

Her style is warm, direct, and pragmatic. She encourages honest reflection and small, measurable changes. The emphasis is on realistic goals clients can use outside of sessions to feel more capable and in control.

Focus areas and approaches

What Azita works with

Everything Azita lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Azita helps people with.

Approaches Azita lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How Azita’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered work focuses on the person's goals and experience. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps the client identify priorities to work on. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to clarify what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions break problems into small parts, test new ways of thinking, and build specific coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. It often includes short exercises between meetings to try new behaviors in daily life.

Solution-focused techniques emphasize concrete steps and quick progress. Conversations aim to identify small changes that lead to better functioning and less overwhelm. This can be helpful when you need practical strategies for parenting challenges or career stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that fit the client's situation, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as needed.

Online sessions using video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can use less bandwidth and be easier during a short break; chat or messaging can provide quick check-ins and written exchanges. These options offer flexibility to match different rhythms and needs.
Questions

Questions people ask about Azita

What concerns does this therapist address?

Azita supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, postpartum depression, grief, trauma, anger, career strain, and compassion fatigue.

What is the general therapy style?

Her style is warm and practical. Sessions focus on strengths, clear goals, and honest conversation to produce usable changes.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has nine years of experience working with people navigating life changes and emotional challenges.

What credentials and region apply?

Azita holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in California.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Which session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist factors; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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