Full Name
Mahsa Hojat-Khoshniyat
Company
Heal and Thrive Psychotherapy & Coaching
Job Title
Psychodynamic Therapist/Managing Partner
Speaker Bio (200 words)
Dr. Mahsa Hojat-Khoshniyat is a trauma-informed psychodynamic therapist whose clinical work focuses on developmental trauma, attachment wounds, ADHD, emotional dysregulation, and deep healing for individuals, couples, and families. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical social work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP). Her therapeutic approach is rooted in psychodynamic and attachment-based theory, with a focus on understanding adaptive and maladaptive behaviors in their developmental context, not as character failures, but as survival strategies that made sense given the environments clients were raised in. She brings a particular clinical lens to the intersection of ADHD, intergenerational trauma, and shame, and works collaboratively alongside ADHD coaches within an integrated model of care. Dr. Mahsa also has personal lived experience with ADHD, which informs her empathic, non-pathologizing clinical stance. She offers therapy in both English and Farsi and has experience supporting multicultural and immigrant communities.
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