Dr. Shahrzad Jalali
Clinical Psychologist Transforming Trauma, Identity, and Emotional Healing
About Dr. Shahrzad Jalali
Grounded in Jungian psychology, Dr. Jalali’s expertise in individuation helps clients explore the unconscious through dreams, associations, and symbolic narratives. By facilitating this deep exploration, she assists clients in uncovering hidden aspects of themselves, allowing them to find new meaning in their emotional struggles and pursue personal growth and psychological freedom. Dr. Jalali’s work also incorporates body-centered, sensation-focused techniques, addressing the somatic imprints of trauma to foster both emotional release and physical healing. This integrated approach enables clients to engage with their trauma at a fundamental level, promoting long-lasting transformation.
Drawing from her own personal journey through adversity, Dr. Jalali approaches therapy with deep empathy, recognizing emotional challenges as opportunities for transcendence and empowerment. She guides clients to move beyond mere survival, using their hardships as catalysts for self-realization, resilience, and the reconstruction of their identities.
As an author, with a book set to launch in 2025, Dr. Jalali delves deeper into these themes, offering readers a comprehensive roadmap for reclaiming personal power through trauma and emotional adversity. Her work bridges the mind-body connection and provides practical, real-world strategies for emotional and relational well-being.
As a speaker and podcast guest, Dr. Jalali shares her expertise on trauma, emotion regulation, and psychological self-awareness, making her a compelling voice for audiences seeking to understand and navigate mental health, personal growth, and relational dynamics.
Latest episodes
Your Response Ability : Rewriting Your Life’s Narrative with PsyD. Shahrzad Jalali
The Jan Broberg Show
207. What is silent trauma and why does it stay hidden?
Overpowering Emotions Podcast: Helping Children and Teens Manage Big Feels
How to Heal From Past TRAUMA & Pain?
State Of Mind Mental Health Podcast
Key topics
Breaking Cycles in Relationships: Unraveling Unconscious Patterns
In her therapeutic work, Dr. Jalali delves into the unconscious relational patterns that often underpin both romantic and familial relationships. These patterns, deeply rooted in unresolved trauma and early relational dynamics, frequently repeat themselves in adulthood, perpetuating cycles of dysfunction. Dr. Jalali provides strategic interventions to help individuals identify these patterns, explore their origins, and actively disrupt them to create healthier, more fulfilling relationships. By deepening self-awareness and emotional understanding, clients are able to break free from these repetitive cycles. This transformative process is also reflected in the book, where the protagonist strives to break away from toxic relational patterns and reclaim autonomy over her emotional life, underscoring the ongoing battle between stagnation and growth in intimate relationships.
Somatic Micro-Resets Break the Cycle of Stress in Real Time
High achievers often know their triggers but feel powerless to stop them in the moment-whether it’s snapping at a colleague or shutting down at home. Dr. Shahrzad Jalali shows how quick, evidence-informed nervous system tools can interrupt these reactions in under two minutes, creating the space to choose differently. Unlike traditional coping strategies that require long practice or formal therapy settings, her approach is designed for real life: between meetings, mid-conflict, or during high-stakes decisions. With her background in trauma resolution and somatic psychology, Dr. Jalali explains why these “micro-resets” work at the level where stress actually lives-in the body-and how anyone can use them to shift from reenacting old patterns to responding with clarity and calm.
Understanding Silent Trauma and Its Subtle Influence on Well-Being
Dr. Shahrzad Jalali addresses the concept of silent trauma, referring to unrecognized emotional wounds that often manifest in highly functional individuals. These unresolved traumas, frequently minimized or dismissed, can permeate daily life, subtly influencing relationships, career decisions, and personal well-being. In clinical practice, Dr. Jalali focuses on helping individuals uncover these hidden emotional disruptions, which operate beneath the surface of conscious awareness. By bringing these latent experiences into focus, clients can better understand how these underlying dynamics shape their self-perception and interactions, leading to emotional pain and relational challenges. Through depth-oriented therapy, individuals can address these silent traumas, fostering a process of self-transformation and restoring balance in all areas of life. This concept mirrors themes from Dr. Jalali’s book, where characters are depicted moving from stagnation to profound growth by confronting their emotional barriers and uncovering hidden meanings in their challenges.
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Latest episodes
Your Response Ability : Rewriting Your Life’s Narrative with PsyD. Shahrzad Jalali
The Jan Broberg Show
207. What is silent trauma and why does it stay hidden?
Overpowering Emotions Podcast: Helping Children and Teens Manage Big Feels
How to Heal From Past TRAUMA & Pain?
State Of Mind Mental Health Podcast
Key topics
Breaking Cycles in Relationships: Unraveling Unconscious Patterns
In her therapeutic work, Dr. Jalali delves into the unconscious relational patterns that often underpin both romantic and familial relationships. These patterns, deeply rooted in unresolved trauma and early relational dynamics, frequently repeat themselves in adulthood, perpetuating cycles of dysfunction. Dr. Jalali provides strategic interventions to help individuals identify these patterns, explore their origins, and actively disrupt them to create healthier, more fulfilling relationships. By deepening self-awareness and emotional understanding, clients are able to break free from these repetitive cycles. This transformative process is also reflected in the book, where the protagonist strives to break away from toxic relational patterns and reclaim autonomy over her emotional life, underscoring the ongoing battle between stagnation and growth in intimate relationships.
Somatic Micro-Resets Break the Cycle of Stress in Real Time
High achievers often know their triggers but feel powerless to stop them in the moment-whether it’s snapping at a colleague or shutting down at home. Dr. Shahrzad Jalali shows how quick, evidence-informed nervous system tools can interrupt these reactions in under two minutes, creating the space to choose differently. Unlike traditional coping strategies that require long practice or formal therapy settings, her approach is designed for real life: between meetings, mid-conflict, or during high-stakes decisions. With her background in trauma resolution and somatic psychology, Dr. Jalali explains why these “micro-resets” work at the level where stress actually lives-in the body-and how anyone can use them to shift from reenacting old patterns to responding with clarity and calm.
Understanding Silent Trauma and Its Subtle Influence on Well-Being
Dr. Shahrzad Jalali addresses the concept of silent trauma, referring to unrecognized emotional wounds that often manifest in highly functional individuals. These unresolved traumas, frequently minimized or dismissed, can permeate daily life, subtly influencing relationships, career decisions, and personal well-being. In clinical practice, Dr. Jalali focuses on helping individuals uncover these hidden emotional disruptions, which operate beneath the surface of conscious awareness. By bringing these latent experiences into focus, clients can better understand how these underlying dynamics shape their self-perception and interactions, leading to emotional pain and relational challenges. Through depth-oriented therapy, individuals can address these silent traumas, fostering a process of self-transformation and restoring balance in all areas of life. This concept mirrors themes from Dr. Jalali’s book, where characters are depicted moving from stagnation to profound growth by confronting their emotional barriers and uncovering hidden meanings in their challenges.
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