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Bahareh Sahebi

Bahareh Sahebi

Bahareh Sahebi, PsyD, LMFT, is a clinical psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical assistant professor of psychology at Northwestern University, whose work and writing focus on collective trauma and the Iranian diaspora.

Aug 31, 2026

17:43
And then also finding myself like deeply disagreeing almost ethically with how they're positioning, but also, of course, positioned to be of support.
17:56
Oh, that's such a valid and good question.
18:00
Actually, this is where I had to really be able to take a step back and really that whole shadows, working under the shadows of collective trauma article that I wrote was exactly about that because I found myself dysregulated and joining in the system that is where the tension is.
18:32
This is, you know, Rumi, Our friend from our background had a saying that, let your pain be your cure.
18:46
This was my opportunity in the past year or more since the Masa Amini incident.
18:53
Women Live Freedom movement before that too.
18:56
But since Masa Aminia, I became more active in my writing and be able to be more curious.

7 MINS LATER

26:14
um yeah so i don't know i guess i'm i'm kind of like bumbling around on this but i guess i wonder if this fractional if you have a sense that this fractured national attachment that we're talking about in regards to the iranian diaspora is something that is applicable to folks, citizens of the United States?

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