Background:

Nazanin is a Licensed Professional Counselor who grew up in Northern Virginia and brings over nine years of experience supporting adolescents, adults, and older adults across a wide range of life circumstances. She earned her Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from George Mason University and has worked across diverse settings, including community mental health and nonprofit counseling centers. As a first-generation Iranian American, Nazanin carries a deep, personal understanding of cultural nuance, family dynamics, and the pressure many people feel to hold everything together while quietly struggling. She brings that understanding directly into her clinical work.

Approach:

Nazanin's work is grounded in a humanistic, trauma-informed strength-based philosophy, drawing on attachment-based approaches, psychodynamic theory, CBT, and DBT to tailor treatment to each individual. Some clients need structure and concrete coping tools while others need space to process, or simply someone who can sit with them in hard moments without rushing toward a fix. Nazanin meets people where they are. She has particular depth working with identity-based and racial trauma, the intersection of cultural expectations and mental health, and the relational wounds of betrayal, shame, and grief that often sit beneath the surface of a client's presenting concerns. Warm, direct, and deeply committed to creating emotionally safe space, she works with immigrants,  BIPOC clients, LGBTQ+ individuals,  individuals facing significant life transitions including: relationship changes, parenthood, career shifts, and questions of identity and belonging.

Just for Fun:

Outside of work, Nazanin enjoys spending time with her husband and their dog, discovering new restaurants, and traveling.

Nazanin Altamirano is licensed to practice psychotherapy in Virginia.