Bio: Sara Stanizai, LMFT is a licensed therapist and the owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer + trans affirming therapy practice with a special focus on working with first- and second-gen immigrant and other bicultural communities. Sara and her team of therapists help individuals, teens, couples and families work through complex trauma and emotional neglect in order to create relationships in their lives that do more healing than any therapist could. She is currently offering a Afghan-American women's group program, as well as a two-month workshop series focused on Impostor Syndrome in First-Generation Americans. She is also on the board of the LA Bisexual Task Force, which promotes education, advocacy, and visibility for the Bi+ community in Los Angeles. Learn more at www.prospecttherapy.com or follow @prospecttherapy on instagram.

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Sara Stanizai: Setting boundaries, feeling accepted and being a first generation immigrant