Scheherazade Collins

Scheherazade Collins is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California with 12 years of clinical experience. She frames therapy around each person's strengths and helps people make practical changes. Her work frequently addresses stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, motivation, attention, and self-esteem.

Scheherazade draws on client-centered principles to shape sessions around what matters most to the individual. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are woven in when clients need tools for emotion regulation and staying present.

Her background includes work with performers and people in high-stress jobs. That history informs how she approaches performance anxiety, peak performance, and career transition conversations. She also brings experience supporting people facing mood disorders, ADHD-related struggles, trauma, grief, and relationship concerns.

Scheherazade explains techniques in straightforward terms and focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions. Sessions tend to emphasize skill-building, problem-solving, and strengthening self-awareness. She encourages clients to set clear goals and revisits what’s working as therapy progresses.

Based in California, she offers therapy in English and works with adults on a range of life challenges. Prospective clients who want to begin can follow the site’s matching process to schedule an initial appointment and discuss fit.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy begins by listening to each person’s priorities and building the work around those goals. In practice this means sessions focus on the client’s experience, values, and strengths to decide what to try next.

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practice small changes that reduce symptoms over time. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and issues around eating and motivation. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes specific emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that are useful when emotions feel overwhelming or when someone needs step-by-step tools to stay grounded.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose techniques that fit their goals, pace, and preferences, and she will adjust methods based on what helps most. This exploration is shared and practical rather than fixed.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and offering more scheduling flexibility. It can also support shorter check-ins when a quick skill review is needed or allow people to meet from settings that reduce sensory or scheduling burdens. Confirm the current session options before booking to learn which formats are available and how they might fit into daily routines.