Influential Woman · Psychotherapy
Mitra Rashidian, Rashidian
PhD
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, Diplomate Sexologist,, 21st Century Sexology
Los Angeles- Encino, CA 91436
Her Story
About Mitra
My work is devoted to helping people understand themselves more deeply.
I’m interested in the ways sexuality, relationships, attachment, culture, identity, and emotional life shape who we become — and how healing begins when we reconnect with the true-self beneath adaptation, shame, fear, and expectation.
As a therapist, sexologist, researcher, and educator, I take an integrative, individualized approach. I do not believe in one-size-fits-all therapy, and I do not believe people are broken. I believe every symptom has meaning, and that awareness, understanding, and compassionate curiosity can create real transformation.
What matters most to me is helping people move toward authenticity, emotional safety, intimacy, and self-trust in both their inner lives and their relationships.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Mitra
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to curiosity, integrity, and a deep commitment to understanding people rather than judging them. I have always believed that healing begins with insight. That belief has shaped my work across psychotherapy, sexology, research, education, and writing. I also think consistency matters — staying faithful to the same core question over time: how do human beings find their way back to their true-self.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice is to build your work around what is deeply true, not what is merely marketable. When your work is rooted in conviction, clarity, and integrity, it becomes more coherent, more meaningful, and ultimately more impactful.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Develop depth before you develop visibility. Learn how to think carefully, listen deeply, and stay grounded in your values. Do not rush to sound impressive. Focus on becoming rigorous, compassionate, and trustworthy. And do not disconnect from your voice in order to belong your true-self is part of your authority.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
One of the biggest challenges is oversimplification. Sexuality, relationships, and emotional life are deeply complex, yet public conversations often reduce them to trends, labels, or symptom-based advice. The opportunity is to bring more depth, nuance, and humanity back into the field especially by integrating culture, identity, attachment, and lived experience into the conversation in more meaningful ways.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Authenticity, compassion, intellectual honesty, and respect for complexity. In both my work and my life, I value emotional safety, curiosity, self-understanding, and integrity. I believe people deserve to be met with depth, not reduction; with understanding, not blame.
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