Yalda Hasara , LCSW

Yalda Hasara is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience providing therapy in California. As an LCSW - a clinical license for social workers who provide psychotherapy - she focuses on grief and depression while also supporting people facing anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, career transitions, and addiction-related issues. She has worked with individuals, teens, and families and has considerable experience helping clients who have survived trauma or emotional abuse.

Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, offering respectful guidance that recognizes each person’s strengths and resilience rather than relying on stigmatizing labels. Yalda draws on cognitive-behavioral methods alongside humanistic, psychodynamic, and rational-emotive techniques to tailor interventions to the unique goals and needs of each client. She prioritizes sensitivity and compassion in sessions and adapts strategies to fit different life stages and challenges.

Yalda aims to create a supportive environment where clients can explore difficult emotions, build coping skills, and work toward practical changes that improve daily functioning and well-being. She views the therapeutic relationship as a partnership, providing direction, encouragement, and tools to help clients move toward greater fulfillment and clearer purpose.

Yalda provides services in English and Persian and brings an empathetic, strengths-based orientation to work with diverse individuals and families.