Adult Psychiatrist, Board Certified

San Diego

✅ Accepting New Patients

💼 22 Years Experience

⭐ Highly Recommended

🕰️ Excellent Wait Time

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Getting to know Shala Sobhani, M.D.

Personally of multiple cultural backgrounds, I’ve been privileged for the past 24 years to encounter many different people from different backgrounds /cultural beliefs and personal stories which have enriched my life in many different ways.

I’m Passionate about helping people transitioning through difficult times in their lives. Believing in combining cultural, personal beliefs and strengths and hidden capacities to medications and different type of therapy for a personally tailored treatment.

Focus Areas

Life Transitions
Panic Attacks
Mood Swings
Schizophrenia
Bipolar Disorder

Bereavement/Grief
Anxiety
PTSD
Women's Issues (Perinatal/ Reproductive)

ADHD
Childhood/ Adolescent Issues
Depression

Clientele

Immigrants/ Refugees

Adults

Young Adults

Treatment Approaches

Perinatal Psychiatry: focuses on the mental health and well-being of individuals during pregnancy and the postpartum period (up to one year after childbirth).

Identity

Gender

Female

Languages

English

French

Farsi

Insurance Providers

UMR
PHCS MultiPlan
Medicare
Carelon Health
VHP

ComPsych
Kaiser Permanente
Aetna
Cigna

BlueCross BlueShield
Magellan Health
TriWest
MHN

5.0

I have had a very good experience. I'm very pleased withmy psychiatrist. She is thorough and caring. I'm glad I switched to Comprehensive Psychiatric Services of San Diego.

FAQs

1. What is your approach to working with patients?

Collaboration on finding the best treatment plan for patients’ desired outcome.

2. How do you integrate medication management?

When necessary by evaluating the intensity and extend of the current symptoms/patient’s desire and preference about their treatment.

3. What types of concerns do you specialize in treating?

Mood, Anxiety disorder, life changes/transition related stress.

4. What's something you want your patients to know about you?

There is no better joy than seeing my patients feeling better and having a easier and more satisfying life.

5. What do you believe is the most important part of the healing process?

Desire for change, trust in one’s inner strength and openness to learn different ways of healing.

6. What kinds of clients do you work with best?

Motivated, cooperative.

7. Do you have experience with trauma or PTSD?

Yes worked with Veterans, Refugees of wars, Sexual assaults.

8. What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

Music, traveling, reading, writing, dancing, walking and hiking with my dog, movies.