Overview:

This is a free online workshop for Persian speakers audience.

In times of war and collective crisis, many find themselves carrying an invisible weight, navigating anxiety, overwhelm, grief, and a persistent sense of helplessness while continuing to function in their daily roles. For Farsi-speaking individuals with personal, familial, or cultural ties to the region, this impact is often deeply embodied and layered with responsibility, guilt, and ongoing uncertainty.

This presentation offers a trauma-informed, culturally attuned framework for understanding these responses through the lenses of Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Psychotherapy, and EMDR. We will explore how different internal parts respond to crisis, such as hyper- functioning, emotional numbing, or intrusive worry, and how the body holds and expresses these experiences.

Participants will learn practical, body-based tools to regulate the nervous system, work with anxiety and overwhelm, and gently process feelings of grief and loss. The workshop emphasizes accessible strategies that can be used in real time, supporting a shift from survival-driven functioning toward greater grounding, emotional capacity, and internal stability during ongoing uncertainty.

Speaker

Yassi Keshavarz, LCSW, is a trauma therapist and founder of Aria Mental Health Counseling in California and Utah. She specializes in working with complex trauma, chronic illness and pain, anxiety, depression and OCD, integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and Somatic Psychotherapy.

Yassi works extensively with high-performing professionals, including medical and mental health providers, engineers, and attorneys, who experience chronic stress, burnout, and overwhelm. She is deeply committed to supporting individuals from collective cultures, including immigrants, refugees, and Farsi-speaking communities, bringing culturally attuned, body-based healing into her work, especially during times of collective crisis and uncertainty.

Licensure: 9841760-3501

Materials Needed:

Paper; pen or pencil (drawing pencils optional); and a few small, easily available objects, such as rocks or similar items, to represent internal feelings.