I was born and raised in Persian culture that values community, belonging, and shared meaning. My professional path first led me into the worlds of engineering and business. For nearly two decades, I managed our industrial family business, navigating complex decisions, leading teams, and learning firsthand about risk, and adaptation in uncertain times. Later in life, I faced the profound experience of immigration — rebuilding a life from the ground up, redefining identity, and learning what it means to belong in new lands and new cultures. It opened a deeper curiosity in me: how people rediscover themselves when familiar structures fall away. Along the way, fatherhood reshaped me in the most intimate way — teaching me patience, the courage to love without guarantees, and the humility of knowing we are always learning, especially about the ones closest to us. It taught me how deeply we hope, how fiercely we care, and how vulnerable loving can be. And as the years pass, aging has become its own unexpected teacher — reminding me of limits, inviting me into gratitude, and showing me the quiet wisdom that comes only from lived experience. So, my shift from engineering and business to psychotherapy has not been a sudden leap but a gradual homecoming — toward a calling rooted in human connection, resilience, and meaning. I now bring all these worlds into the therapy room: •⁠ ⁠the clarity and groundedness of an engineer and business leader •⁠ ⁠the empathy and curiosity of a therapist •⁠ ⁠the depth and tenderness shaped by fatherhood and aging This integration helps me meet people in their complexities — their transitions, fears, hopes, and longings — and walk beside them as they move toward what feels more alive, more truthful, and more their own.