After completing my secondary education, I sought admission and was accepted to Mashad University of Medical Sciences. I completed my medical education with honors at the age of 26 and started practicing medicine and teaching in medical school. In time, I realized that my passion lay in the stories of my patients’ lives and how they became the individuals they were. I trained in clinical psychology at the University of Montana and obtained my PhD. In order to become a specialist, I pursued postdoctoral training in couples therapy at the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (ICP&P) and also in family systems theory at the Bowen Center for The Study of The Family.

In the years of my practice, I have served at the World Bank Counseling Unit, Georgetown University Counseling and Psychiatric Services, Ross Center for Anxiety and Mental Health, the University of The District of Columbia Counseling Center, and Trinitas Regional Medical Center. I currently hold the position of Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the George Washington University doctor of psychology program and couples therapy Faculty at the ICP&P. I have been the clinical supervisor of psychiatric residents from St. Elizabeths Hospital (the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States), doctoral and postdoctoral candidates from the George Washington University, and fellow psychologists.