“You have the right to live with integrity.” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD
Dr. Sepideh Irvani provides psychological services as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CA LIC#: PSY 24003).
She is the author of Authentic Self-Love: A Path to Healing the Self and Relationships (Amazon) and upcoming Children’s Books.
Education Background:
- Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), Irvine, CA - Master of Arts (M.A.)
California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), Irvine, CA - Human Development and Applied Psychology
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Toronto, Canada - Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology and Sociology
University of Toronto (UT), Toronto, Canada
She completed her training in a variety of settings, from community-based outpatient clinics to private practice settings. Dr. Irvani has lived in three countries and has been exposed to multiple cultures, lifestyles, and belief systems.
“No human experience is alien to me.” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD
As a Psychologist, Dr. Irvani offers assistance with various emotional, cognitive, behavioral, spiritual, and relationship challenges utilizing a holistic approach to psychotherapy (talk therapy). Her humanistic manner of being provides a safe, empathic, understanding, and accepting psychotherapeutic environment.
Dr. Irvani’s goal in private practice is to genuinely and compassionately assist individuals of various age groups and diverse cultures who struggle with a wide range of life challenges to find resolution, peace, and purpose in life according to their own value system. Her open-minded, optimistic, respectful, and non-judgmental approach provides a safe, compassionate, understanding, and trustworthy environment to help enhance the quality of life in a more meaningful way.
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD
She is passionate about helping people gain more understanding, resolution, peace, and well-being, and live their inner truth accordingly. She focuses on the strengths and innate potentials within each individual, and, by utilizing a holistic approach, is mindful of the importance of mind-body-spirit interaction in the healing process. She considers a bio-psycho-social-spiritual (Biological-Psychological-Social/Environmental-Spiritual) multimodal approach to overall health and well-being. Dr. Irvani has the unique ability to “get to the heart of the matter,” which encompasses a highly personalized and effective treatment.
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” —Plato
Dr. Sepideh Irvani provides psychotherapy by utilizing various treatment modalities, including research/evidence-based treatments, to help individuals reach their personal goals and objectives. Her most commonly used treatment modalities are:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Behavioral Therapy
- Humanistic-Existential Therapy
- Experiential Therapy
- Trauma-Focused CBT
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Psychodynamic treatment modalities
- Family Systems Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
“Psychotherapy is more than mere technique in that it is art, and it goes beyond pure science in that it is wisdom.” –Viktor E. Frankl, MD, PhD
In her spare time, Dr. Irvani enjoys meditation, hiking, nature walks, swimming, light yoga, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”—Mother Teresa
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”—Buddha
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable or responsive to Change.”—Charles Darwin