Resources
Writings of Dr. Zarrabian…
On Depression
- Urban Shamanism: Using Shamanic Healing Practices to Treat Depression
- Coping With Depression: First Meditate Then Medicate
Shamanism is believed to have developed during the New Stone Age and the Bronze Age period. The word shaman derives from the Manchu-Tungus word šaman, literally meaning, “He who knows” (Encyclopedia Britannica online, par.1). Shamans can be found in all indigenous cultures of the world from South Asia, the Americas, to Russia and the Balkans, the Middle East, India and Africa. Read more
Are you having a hard time feeling good about yourself? Do you experience a loss of interest and enjoyment in life and have a tendency to isolate yourself? Is it hard for you to focus or concentrate on a task or an activity? Do you have feelings of guilt and unworthiness? How about having a hard time sleeping or the opposite, are you sleeping much but still feeling tired? Read more
On Communication
- The Gift of Effective Communication
Nearly one half of all marriages in the United States fail in the first four years. Racial tensions are rising and becoming more violent. Public’s approval of the government is as low as it has ever been in the past fifty years. International political crisis remain unsolved for years at a time. Read more
On Spirituality, Love and Health
- Before Dating, Single Moms Should Embrace A Spiritual Outlook
- Psychotherapy & Shamanism: Conversations Between Two Contemporary Shaman Psychologists
- The Lover and the Beloved: Rumi and Love
Are you a single mom who is thinking about dipping your toes in the dating scene? Are you unsure if it’s the right time or if sharing information about your children is the right thing to do? To help you answer these questions and more, I have interviewed Transpersonal psychologist and a shamanic healer Dr. Zarrabian. Read more
In his works, Rumi often speaks of the heart as a mirror for the soul. As a historical note, mirrors from the ancient times, unlike the mirrors we have today, were usually covered with a rust like material that needed to be polished on a daily basis so that the person could see their own image in it with clarity. Read more
Those who are familiar with the works of Molana Jalaluddin Rumi, revere him for the beautiful poetry he has written about and dedicated to his teacher and beloved master, Shams of Tabriz. Through out most of his adult life, Rumi wrote approximately 3,500 odes and 2,000 quatrains about love. Read more
On Iranian American Health
- Biography of Payam
- Ethnic Identity Formation in Iranian-Americans
- Who are Iranian-Americans?
- Sexuality in the Iranian American Community
It is difficult being openly homosexual in most heterosexual societies; but especially difficult within certain cultures since the consequences of being found out can be fatal. In Iran, “the punishment for gay men is public hanging, for lesbians, public whipping” (para. 3). Read more
The majority of Iranians emigrated to the Unites States and Europe as a result of the 1979 revolution in Iran. Due to the major political and religious upheaval brought on by the Islamic regime, many individuals, especially religious minorities fled Iran fearing imprisonment and persecution.Read more
A question many personality theorists have been grappling with is, does personality change over time or is it basically fixed? Caspi (1993) believes that personality is relatively stable over time and that in fact people are least likely to change during times of stress.Read more
Sexuality is an important aspect of human life and close examination will inevitably create a range of thoughts and feelings around it. This paper is an attempt to examine existing psychological and emotional sexual barriers among Iranian American women and to offer cross-culturally sensitive strategies when working with this population.Read more