Bahareh Sahebi, PsyD, LMFT

Bahareh Sahebi, PsyD, LMFT is a practicing clinical psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical supervisor, and teaching faculty member whose work focuses on collective trauma, diaspora psychology, authoritarian systems, and Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST). She provides IST-informed supervision and consultation to therapists and postgraduate clinicians. Dr. Sahebi is the co-author of Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice: A Clinician’s Handbook (Routledge, 2022) and has published widely on collective trauma, psychotherapy, and supervision in outlets including Family Process, Family Therapy Magazine, The Independent UK, Rest of World, Fair Observer, Global Voices, and Open Global Rights. Her 2020 Family Process paper on telesupervision during COVID-19 helped address the rapid structural and relational shifts required in clinical supervision during the pandemic.

Dr. Sahebi has served as Assistant Program Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University and teaching faculty at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She is the recipient of Northwestern University's Teaching Excellence Award and she continues her teaching now with a focus on building bridges between marginalized communities and the institutions that shape public understanding. She is also recognized as an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.