Hello & Salaam
I go by Setareh Azar Jinn (they/them). I am a Somatic Trauma Therapist (LMFT #104844) & Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) under my given name Nima Saalabi. I am nonbinary, neurodiverse, QTBIPOC & SWANA identified & my practice is gender-affirming, anti-genocide, liberatory, sex-positive, body-positive.
Western therapy has historically centered cisheteropatriarchal, mononormative, white supremacist, neurotypical norms as part of the colonial project to oppress & control our bodies & disconnect us from earth, eros, culture, & each other.
Navigating the world as a Multicultural Queer, Trans, Kinky, Poly, or Neurodiverse person you may have lived experience of suffering, harm, oppression, & marginalization.
It may feel like your body is turning against you & that you have to mask parts of yourself to survive within the systems around you.
No wonder relationships can be so hard. When you’re working so hard to feel safe in your body & mask in the world it can all feel like too much.
It need not be this way.
Decolonial body therapy means rediscovering your body as a cultural home, a rich flowing wellspring of vitality, creativity, & strength that deepens relationship to self, earth, ancestors, community, & spirit. Decolonial body therapy centers refusal or resistance to the colonial paradigm and embodying authentic expression.
Through slow & safe sensory awareness & embodiment practice we unwind patterns of colonial trauma in the body, while cultivating safety, ease, power, vitality, agency, & connection.
I have over 12 years experience as a somatic therapist with cultural-embodied approaches to trauma healing. I work with traumas resulting from accidents & injuries, medical procedures, chronic pain & illness, physical & sexual abuse, systemic oppression, war, cultural displacement & exile, ancestral or cultural trauma, & childhood developmental trauma.
I believe in the power of embodied & creative cultural transformation & the deconstruction of colonial gender, sexual, relational binaries.
Folks drawn to work with me are typically at intersections of Queer, Trans, Neurodiverse, BIPOC,Poly/ENM, Kink identities & fellow healers, creatives, deep-feelers, artists, change-makers, & others drawn to liberation. If you feel called to traverse this journey of cultural body liberation towards a new therapeutic healing paradigm I would love to hear from you!
I provide therapy in person in Sebastopol, CA & teletherapy in CA. I am also available for embodied decolonial educational & consultation sessions globally. My fee structure is $185 for 50 minutes for weekly therapy.
