Lillian Farzan - As a first-generation American and the daughter of Iranian Jewish immigrants, Lillian grew up with an acute awareness of oppression, discrimination, and inequity. Her passion for understanding the impact of intersectionality on an individual’s trajectory has led her to the valuable work of therapy.

Lillian’s private practice, Grounded Therapy, welcomes clientele from diverse backgrounds and she focuses on working with individuals who are impacted by systemic injustice. With her clinical roots in working with survivors of sexual assault, she is passionate about providing trauma-informed and feminist-based treatment to individuals who may feel unwelcome in their communities due to [both internal and external] perceptions of their identity. Lillian also works with clients to provide clarity around topics such as racial identity development, lgbtq+ identity development, sexual trauma, and family systems.

Lillian uses a relational and social justice-oriented approach with the understanding that identity plays a large component in an individual’s anxiety and depression among other very human struggles. She works with her clients through assessing their unique strengths and areas of growth to create treatment plans that embrace their varying stories.

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