Ladan Alexandra Radafshar

-- Psychotherapy for Couples --
I offer a space to explore where you're feeling stuck in your relationship. Together, we will bring awareness to triggers and identify the negative relational cycle unique to every couple. This awareness will help us understand and resolve negative patterns, explore intercultural dynamics, process emotional responses, and create a positive shift in interpersonal interactions. This shift aims to move you and your partner toward a secure bond of trust and intimacy and deepen the quality of your communication and connection: https://illuminatherapy.com/couples-therapy

-- Workshops for Couples --
These are offered in extended session times, including half-day, full-day, and two-day time frames. This is a focused and immersive approach designed to rapidly address issues in your relationship. This format allows couples more time to delve deeper into their relationship dynamics without the schedule constraints of traditional therapy. Couples progress quicker in understanding and reshaping their negative cycle: https://illuminatherapy.com/couples-workshop

-- Psychotherapy for Individuals --
We live in the space between our relationship with self and our relationship with others — and it is through this relational lens that I work with clients. I support individuals in cultivating self-worth, healing past experiences, exploring their values and purpose, and creating safe and meaningful relationships. I work with a wide range of adult individuals and provide specific expertise to multicultural expats and third-culture individuals who may feel lost or out of place and are seeking meaningful belonging and community. I utilize EMDR often in my work with individuals to reprocess patterns that are not serving them or distressing past experiences. Overall, my approach is strengths-based and somatic-oriented, facilitating healing and clarity: https://illuminatherapy.com/therapy-services

-- Therapy for Friendships & Siblings --
Significant relationships go beyond our romantic partnerships. I work with a range of dyads, including friendships and siblings.
https://illuminatherapy.com/friends-siblings

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I offer online and in-person sessions. In-person sessions are located at my office in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, DE.

I believe that being a therapist requires a lifelong learning process, as the depth and complexity of this work means there is always more to understand. In my commitment to maintaining a high quality of care for my clients, I actively participate in 3 monthly clinical supervision groups, focusing on my specializations in EFT and EMDR.

2023 - present - U.S. Licensed Psychotherapist & Owner, Illumina Therapy, Oregon State, U.S., & Europe.

2021 - 2023 - Associate Therapist, North Star Therapy Collective, U.S.

2019 - 2021 - Clinical Intern, North Star Therapy Collective, U.S.

Over the course of 4 years with North Start Therapy Collective, I gained experience in women’s issues, life transitions, couples issues, relational beginnings + endings, adult ADHD, anxiety, grief + loss, burnout, trauma, and first-generation American issues.

2024 - Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills Advanced Training - The Ackerman Institute, U.S.

2024 - Integrating Sex and Intimacy in Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT Québec, Canada

2023 - EMDR FLASH Training, The Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, U.S.

2022 - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Basic Training, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Training, U.S.

2021 - Emotion-Focused Therapy Externship, New York Center For Emotionally Focused Therapy, U.S.

2019 - Mindful Self-Compassion Training, Portland Center for Self-Compassion, U.S.

2019 - Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Northwestern University, U.S.

2012 - Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Portland State University, U.S.