In-person in Houston, online across Texas • In-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare/Optum, Oscar, Curative, Tricare • Therapy in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Farsi
Shirin Rahgozar, Ph.D.
Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow.
Approach & Availability
Clinical Focus:
Trauma, EMDR, OCD, PTSD, Cultural Adjustment.
Modality:
Telehealth, In Person
Languages:
English, Farsi
Insurance:
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Oscar, Curative, UnitedHealthcare
Age Groups:
Adults
Availability Across States:
No
Currently at Capacity
About
Dr. Shirin Rahgozar holds a Ph.D. in psychiatry and clinical psychology and is a psychology postdoctoral fellow with more than ten years of combined clinical, research, and teaching experience across Iran, Spain, and the United States. She brings a clinical background shaped by work across multiple cultural and healthcare contexts.
Her work focuses on adults dealing with trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and significant life changes, including when symptoms are shaped or influenced by displacement or the experience of living between languages and cultures. She regularly works with patients whose distress is connected to loss, instability, or prolonged exposure to uncertainty.
Dr. Rahgozar was born in Iran and provides therapy in English and Farsi. She works extensively with immigrant communities across Texas, and her approach attends closely to the psychological impact of cultural transition, family separation, meaning, and identity strain, especially when these intersect with anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, or obsessive thinking.
She provides individual therapy in person in Houston and via telehealth across Texas.
Strongest Fit
Adults experiencing trauma, PTSD, anxiety, OCD, looking for EMDR and other evidence-based approaches;
Individuals navigating immigration-related stress or cultural adjustment;
English- and Farsi-speaking individuals seeking individual therapy.
Training & Background
Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain;
Provisionally Licensed Psychologist in Texas, supervised by Dr. Adriane Barroso;
Trained in EMDR;
Experienced in multiple evidence-based models.
Selected Publications and Presentations
A sample of this clinician's published research, clinical writing, and presentations.
Shirin Rahgozar, Ph.D. is a Provisionally Licensed Psychologist in Texas who provides individual therapy for adults. Her work focuses on trauma and EMDR, OCD, PTSD, immigration and cultural adjustment, and major life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and Farsi, in person in Houston and via telehealth across Texas. Postdoctoral Fellow, supervised by Dr. Adriane Barroso (License: TX 37992). To verify a license, click here.
Life Isn't Fair: On the Belief That It Should Be.
2026. Read here.
Logotherapy in Houston: Finding Meaning When Life Feels Heavy
2025. Read here.
Design and effectiveness of an online group logotherapy intervention on the mental health of Iranian international students in European countries during COVID-19.
2024. Link.
Foundations and applications of logotherapy to improve mental health of immigrant populations in the third millennium.
2020. Link.