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Saha Jamshed, LCSW
Saha Jamshed is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of California and currently practices as a Mental Health Therapist at Axis Community Health and Maristan. Saha provides support to individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds presenting with symptoms of depression, anxiety, marital conflict and low self-esteem. She completed her master’s at University of Southern California and completed her training with a focus on Mental Health at John George Psychiatric Hospital. Saha utilizes a multitude of therapeutic intervention modalities based on the needs of the client including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and stress management. Saha is certified as a Positive Discipline Parent Educator. She provides services in Dari and English. Simultaneously, Saha has been working at NISA, a Muslim domestic violence organization for over 15 years where she provides counseling and case management for survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
Payment plans: can see insurance (Cigna, Aetna, United Behavioral Health, and Magellan), out of pocket, sliding scale, and financial aid clients.
Patient demographic: specializes in working with adult individuals, also sees families and couples.
Hamed Fatahian, LMFT
Hamed Fatahian is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor who graduated with a master's in counseling psychology from Palo Alto University. He works at New Paths (Couples Recovery Center). He specializes in couple therapy, especially with the Muslim population. He has also trained in EFT over the past few years from ICEEFT (International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy).
Payment plans: can see out of pocket, sliding scale, and financial aid clients
Patient demographic: specializes in working with couples, also sees adult individuals and families. Does not work with youth under the age of 13.
Nuzhath Quadri, LMFT
Nuzhath Quadri is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She holds a Masters in Counseling Psychology from University of San Francisco. Most of her 10+ year career has been spent working with youth and their families through the Santa Clara Unified School District school-based therapy program.
Alongside the school work, her experience also includes working in community clinics with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, grief and personal life challenges. Her education focused on family systems approach but she pulls from various modalities, including CPT, DPT, mindfulness-based interventions, play therapy to meet her clients’ needs.
Payment plans: can see insurance (Cigna, Aetna, United Behavioral Health, and Magellan), out of pocket, sliding scale, and financial aid clients.
Patient demographic: specializes in working with youth and families, also sees adult individuals
Tephiny Jones, LCSW
Tephiny Jones is an Associate Social Worker registered with the Board of Behavioral Science. She holds a Masters in Social Work from USC with 10 years experience working with older adults, transitional aged youth, military personelle, and the homeless population. She currently works for the City of Berkeley as a Behavioral Clinician with the Full Service Partnership team serving homeless individuals dealing with severe mental illness and substance use. She specializes in Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focused Therapy, and trained with Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness. Tephiny works with a wide range of ages doing individual and family therapy, but does not offer couples counseling.
Payment plans: can see out of pocket, sliding scale, and financial aid clients
Patient demographic: specializes in working with individual adults and transitional youth, also sees families. Does not work with couples.
Wajma Nasir M.A., AMFT
Wajma Nasir is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. She graduated from University of San Francisco with a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is currently employed at Wellness Together, a non-profit organization that provides school - based therapy services. She specializes in serving children grades TK to 6th grade. She utilizes modalities such as ACT, CBT and solution focused in order to serve the needs of her clients. She is a Certified Domestic Violence Counselor.
Patient demographic: children ages 5 to 18 and individual adults
Payment plans: can see out of pocket, sliding scale, and financial aid clients