Parinaz Fard-Aghaie, LMHC

Parinaz Fard-Aghaie is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. She works in Florida and brings three years of professional experience to her practice.

Her approach starts with listening. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths that can be built on. Sessions are meant to be practical and centered on the client’s goals rather than long lectures.

Parinaz uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on client-centered methods to make space for what matters most to the person in the room. When trauma is part of the story, she may incorporate EMDR-informed strategies alongside narrative and psychodynamic ideas to address painful memories and patterns.

She helps people work through issues such as attachment and abandonment, family of origin concerns, codependency, commitment worries, and the fallout of divorce or domestic violence. Other areas she supports include immigration stress, financial strain, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

Her style is supportive and straightforward. Parinaz aims to empower clients to take steps they can sustain outside sessions. For someone looking for concrete tools and a collaborative therapist, she offers an approach that blends clear techniques with empathetic listening.

CBT, EMDR, and Client-Centered Work Online

Parinaz commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, stress, low mood, and relationship worries because it focuses on concrete steps you can practice between sessions.

She also incorporates client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own priorities and pace. This approach means sessions focus on what matters most to you and on building your sense of agency. For people who have experienced trauma, aspects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing can be used to address painful memories alongside other techniques.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Parinaz will talk with you about goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you progress. She aims to pair practical tools with listening so you can notice change in everyday life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can offer a quicker check-in, and text messaging lets you keep the thread going between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to choose what feels most practical for each session.