Nima Saalabi is a Marriage and Family therapist located in Santa Rosa, CA. He graduated with a degree in Somatic (Body-Mind) Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2014 and a certification in Somatic Resourcing from Bill Bowen's Psycho-Physical Therapy Institute. He utilizes a holistic, experiential, & body-mind approach for shifting & regulating nervous system patterns to promote recovery from complex childhood trauma and PTSD.
He works with all folks, but is especially called to helping Black, Indigenous, People of Color, South West Asian & North African (SWANA), Immigrant, & 2SLGBTQIA+ communities manage the ongoing stresses, cultural upheavals, traumas, injustices and challenges they face living in our social world. Many of Nima’s clients come to him overwhelmed with explicit and assumed responsibilities for their families, culture and themselves. He works with these clients to develop an awareness and understanding of their cultural, intergenerational and childhood developmental traumas, empowering them to heal while learning to build healthy boundaries in their lives. He also enjoys working with first responders, health workers, artists, professors & other folks in high stress or creative professions.
Nima practices Decolonized Somatic Therapy, a body-oriented approach that uses listening and reflection as well as breath and movement to help clients interrogate and interrupt personal traumas along with toxic social forms of domination such as white supremacy, colonialism, and patriarchy. This approach is born from his love for sacred storytelling, ancestral healing, embodiment and social justice, using these to build creative coping skills to respond to life’s challenges and social injustices with increased flexibility and resilience. Nima believes body, ancestry, and community are primal resources for wellness and welcomes the feelings, questions and doubts new clients bring.
