Scheherazade Collins , LMFT

Scheherazade Collins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 12 years of professional experience. She combines traditional talk therapy with specialized, evidence-informed techniques to support people managing stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, attention and motivation challenges, self-esteem concerns, and the pressures of high-performance environments.

Collins has substantial experience using QEEG-guided Neurofeedback to address a range of symptoms and diagnoses and to enhance performance in elite sports and the performing arts. As a primary therapist at Linden’s Attention Learning Center, she worked with hundreds of adults and children and gained practical insight into neurofeedback as a treatment option for attention disorders, mood disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. She pursued further training consistent with the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance, the organization that oversees international certification standards for biofeedback practitioners, and she is a HeartMath Certified Practitioner for stress management.

With a background as a professional ballerina and training in sport psychology, Collins brings particular expertise with elite performers and clients in high-stress professions, offering mental skills training, peak performance coaching, and strategies for coping with performance anxiety and career transitions. She works with a broad range of concerns including relationship and family issues, trauma and grief, ADHD, addictions, and life transitions, and invites people to explore strengths-based pathways toward their goals.

Integrating Therapeutic Approaches for Effective Online Care

Scheherazade Collins uses a mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness practices to support clients in an online setting. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and helping clients identify their own strengths and values so they can set goals and make meaningful changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills to manage anxiety, mood challenges, and behavioral issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and awareness skills that support emotional regulation and reduce reactivity, which can be helpful for stress, panic, and performance pressure.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Collins works with each person to understand their needs, goals, and preferences and adapts methods over time so treatment fits the individual rather than following a fixed formula.

Online therapy with Collins uses flexible formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, access care from different locations within her practice area, and continue work between appointments through messaging and shorter check-ins when helpful.