About Haleh Rambod, MFT

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My name is Haleh Rambod, and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFC 42996) practicing in Turlock, California, and an online therapist providing online counseling, virtual counseling and e-counseling to clients throughout the state of California.

Since 2001, the focus of my clinical career has been providing counseling services to help children, adolescents, and individual adults cope with and overcome personal, emotional, behavioral, educational, cross-cultural, and crisis issues.

Upon receiving my California Credential for Pupil Personnel Services from San Jose State University in 2003, I have also been helping college-age individuals with their educational and career choices.

In addition to being a certified hypnotherapist, I’ve also received training in sand play therapy, Jungian psychology, and dream analysis, and am a certified AF-EMDR consultant and therapist, having completed three trainings in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) provided by Laurel Parnell. I am also an EMDR consultant to therapists who are working towards their certification and serve on the faculty for the Parnell Institute.

I also provide mental health consultation services to benefit students, families, teachers, and schools in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties by helping them access needed resources when psychological problems, developmental delays, and emotional troubles are detected in preschoolers and public school students.

My eclectic and extensive training has enabled me to successfully guide individual adults and teens in managing and resolving anxiety, anger, depression, stress, and other challenging life issues.

Public Appearances

• August 18, 2010 – Markazi TV Interview
  Topic: What makes a relationship and/or marriage successful?
   
• June 29, 2010 – Noor TV Interview
  Topic: Marital challenges of Middle-Eastern immigrants living in the United States
   
• May 19, 2010 – Kanoon Presentation
  Topic: Depression and anxiety
   
• March 9, 2008 – University of California, Berkeley – Neeki Cancer Forum conducted in Farsi
  Topic: Inform and educate the Iranian-American community of the resources available to generate hope and relatedness
   
• February 3, 2008 – Union City Library
  Topic: Communication in multicultural families
   
• November 29, 2007 – City College – General Psychology Class
  Topic: Different approaches and therapy modalities, Sand Play therapy, EMDR, Family Systems, Hypnotherapy, Psychodynamic, solution-focused, and short-term vs. long-term therapy
   
• August 15, 2007 – Northern California Association of Iranian Parents
  Topic: Cross-cultural issues
   
• July 10, 2007 – Markazi Iranian TV – Sofreyeh del
  Topic: Marriage and family therapy in the Iranian community: self-esteem, parenting styles, multicultural issues, and relationship issues
   

Training, Credentials, and Memberships

My educational training and diverse experience working with a variety of clients has provided me the ability and expertise to successfully help people cope with, and overcome, a wide range of issues.

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 42996) who provides bilingual counseling services in English and Farsi, obtained my M.A in Counseling Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California, and received my California Credential in Pupil Personnel Services from San Jose State University in San Jose, California. I am also a Certified Hypnotist.

In addition to these credentials and degrees, I’ve also received training in:

• Sand Play Therapy from Marvin Kalf in Zurich, Switzerland, and in the United States;
   
• Jungian dream analysis from Jeremy Taylor, with whom I’ve also co-facilitated dream workshops;
   
• Crisis counseling, and I’ve served as a volunteer crisis counselor at Try-Valley Haven, and AASRA;
   
• Certified AF-EMDR consultant and therapist after having completed three trainings in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR); and
   
• Official EMDR consultant with the Parnell Institute for MFTs who are working towards their EMDR certification.
   

I maintain active memberships in the following professional organizations:

• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapist (AAMFT)
   
• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist (CAMFT)
   
• Santa Clara Valley Chapter of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (SCV-CAMFT)
   
• National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH)
   

Please note, in addition to being a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Turlock, California, I also provide online counseling, virtual counseling and e-counseling to clients throughout the state of California.

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