Shireen Oberman(She/Her/Hers)

Shireen Oberman is a licensed clinical social worker in West Los Angeles with almost 20 years of clinical experience working in medical, university and non-profit settings. She received her MSW from the University of Southern California and has been doing advanced training in Psychoanalysis through the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, since 2013. She has completed additional post-graduate trainings in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Brief Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Shireen’s areas of clinical specialty include grief and loss, trauma, phase of life issues and Maternal Mental Health. She currently maintains a private practice working with clients from diverse professional and personal backgrounds, focusing on a variety of issues.

Whether short-term or long-term, Shireen’s work is always client focused. She draws significantly upon her trainings in CBT, DBT, and Psychoanalysis to help clients both achieve their therapeutic goals and develop usable skills which they can continue practicing outside the therapy session. Shireen’s clinical style is warm and interactive, while maintaining the necessary space for reflection as people are often not given time to think and feel.

In addition to her private practice, Shireen is an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University, where she teaches courses on trauma and grief and bereavement. She has created and delivered multiple presentations and trainings, ranging from cultural sensitivity, to improving interpersonal boundaries, to addressing grief and loss in the workplace. Organizations where she has presented include, UCLA Rape Treatment Center, Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles, UCLA and USC Medical School.