My name is Mojdeh (Mozh- deh which means good news in Persian).
I am a mental health social worker and therapist with over 17 years of experience across Australian community services, child and adolescent mental health, and family violence and grief counselling. I hold a Master of Social Work (Deakin University) and a Master of Counselling (Monash University), and I am a member of AASW and a Full Member of EMDRAA.
About me
Education and Professional memberships
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Master of Social Work — Deakin University
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Master of Counselling — Monash University
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Member — Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
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Full Member — EMDR Association of Australia (EMDRAA)
Therapeutic Approach
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Strengths-based and collaborative practice
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Trauma-informed practice
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
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Dyadic and parent-child work
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Neurodevelopmentally informed and NMT-informed practice
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
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Emotional regulation and co-regulation
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Neurodiversity-affirming and culturally responsive practice
My approach
Like the ocean, our inner world can hold many things at once - calm and turbulence, vulnerability and strength. Therapy is not about removing every difficult wave. It is about finding ways to move through them with greater safety, connection and confidence.
My work is warm, strengths-based, collaborative and trauma-informed. Rather than focusing only on symptoms or behaviours, I look at what may be happening underneath them - shaped by a person's experiences, relationships, culture and environment.
When working with the children, I see behaviour as a form of communication. I work with children and the important adults around them to build safety, connection, regulation and confidence.
For adults, therapy is a space to slow down, make sense of experiences and patterns, and build on your strengths - you do not need to arrive with everything figured out.
I offer therapy in English, Persian/Farsi and Dari, and welcome people from diverse cultural and life experiences.
For the storms, the calm, and everything in between.