Personal Statement

We all do our best to manage life's ups and downs, but sometimes we reach a point where our usual ways of coping just stop working. When life starts to feel beyond our control, having an attuned, objective listener can be invaluable.

I work with people inspired to build more meaningful lives and relationships. In our work together, the focus is on you: your history, your patterns, your responses to events and people. In a safe, nonjudgmental environment, your relationship to life can begin to shift.

Therapy offers empathy, insight, and new ways to respond to life's challenges. No matter what difficulties we’ve encountered—or will continue to encounter—each one of us has an inner compass that can guide our healing. If you want support for anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, or relationship challenges—or if you simply want to understand yourself better— I look forward to hearing from you.

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Client Focus (Age)

  • Adults

Therapy Specialties

  • Anxiety
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Multicultural Issues
  • Peer Relationships
  • Physical Illness/Impairment
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Stress
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Orientation

  • Attachment-based
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Gestalt
  • Humanistic
  • Integration of different therapy models
  • Interpersonal
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Person Centered/Rogerian
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational
  • Sand Play
  • Somatic

Modality

  • Individuals
  • Group

Accepted Insurance Plans

  • Out Of Network

Years in Practice

10+ years

Services Fee

  • Therapy Session $220-$230

Payments Accepted

American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Visa

Licenses

License Name License State Year
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) 97538 CA 2016

Education

School Degree Major Year
California Institute of Integral Studies MACounseling Psychology2012
Barnard College BAAmerican Studies1998

Languages

  • English

Office Address


Shirin Shoai, MA, LMFT

3223 Lakeshore Ave

Oakland, California 94610

Hours Of Operation

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10:00AM-8:00PM
Wednesday 10:00AM-7:30PM
Thursday 2:30PM-8:00PM
Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
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