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Talia: (805) 699-6443
Marjan: (657) 224-0861
meet the team:
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The Founder and Owner of Noor Therapy + Wellness; Licensed Psychologist CA: PSY 30478, NY: 023693, Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher, EMDR and Hypnosis Trained
With over a decade of experience working with diverse individuals and couples, she brings a culturally-informed and personally customized approach to each and every client she sees. Thus, she pulls from a very eclectic toolkit to support clients in their goals. She uses psychodynamic therapy, third wave behavioral approaches, spirituality and religious practices, positive psychology, neurobiology, and more to address clients concerns and work within their cultural beliefs, values, and norms. She has advanced training in Attachment-Focused EMDR, trauma-informed yoga, and hypnosis – all helpful ways to address the body and complete healing beyond what talk therapy can do.
She is the daughter of immigrants (1.5 generation – born in Iran and moved to the US at the age of 4), a Middle-Eastern woman (Persian-Armenian), in an intercultural marriage (married to an Italian-American man), and mother of two littles. Each of these identity pieces supports and frames her work with diverse clients from a variety of backgrounds.
When she’s not in session, you can catch her in the kitchen whipping up a healthy meal from scratch, squeezing in a workout in between playing with the kids, enjoying the beautiful outdoors in Santa Barbara, or on Instagram Live talking about the latest book in the book club.
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In-person Santa Barbara as well as telehealth sessions for CA and NY residents.
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Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT #137748
Talia has lived in Santa Barbara for 10+ years and is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. She is 3rd generation in the U.S., as her grandparents immigrated from Greece to escape communism in the 1960s. She is also a 4th generation Scottish and Irish. She has a background in the tech industry and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.
Talia’s approach is warm, compassionate, creative, collaborative, and non-judgmental. She meets clients where they are -- therapy isn't one size fits all! She will works with them to explore their inner world through creative engagement. She works from an integrative lens of person-centered, psychodynamic, and feminist theory and is Internal Family Systems (IFS) and trauma-informed. She believes that it's valuable to consider how systemic issues impact mental health.
Together with clients, Talia will explore their relationship to themselves and others, as well as identify their deepest values, strengths, and obstacles. She helps clients become more attuned and aligned with their authentic selves in order to live their most inspired life. She helps clients identify the ways they have learned to protect themselves that are no longer serving them. She is committed to helping clients move through fear, insecurities, and sadness to make lasting and impactful changes in their lives.
Talia is open to and affirming of all ages, genders, sexualities, and cultures but particularly loves working with women, LGBTQ+ folks, and young adults.
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Telehealth sessions for CA residents.
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Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT#138621
Marjan draws from her personal, academic, and clinical experiences to understand your needs better. She is a 1.5 generation, Iranian immigrant, only-child who knows what it feels like to have to figure it all out on your own and be/do the first of many things in the family!
She has a Master’s degree from California State University, Northridge. With experience of working with humans of all ages, from 3 months old to 69 years old, she truly believes that change is possible if clients are wanting and willing to make a difference in their lives. She brings authenticity, humor, and relatability to the virtual therapy room.
Marjan’s goal is to create a sacred and safe space for clients to feel comfortable and vulnerable because from there, they can actually get to the heart of the matter, asking and answering the hard questions that give them the results they need. She collaborates with clients to do this work of discovery and create lasting change in finding their most authentic selves.
Her clients may feel anxious, overwhelmed, and struggle in different areas of their life like their relationships or work/school because they find them to be unfulfilling despite their best efforts to keep up. They pride themselves in being responsible and able to handle a lot in the different roles they play. They often show up for others but have difficulty showing up for themselves.
Marjan sees adult individuals and couples.
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Telehealth sessions for CA residents.