Who is Leila?
I’m Leila, an SMGI® Guide Trainee who helps people committed to doing their own deep inner work get unstuck, ease depression and heal trauma by connecting more deeply in a warm, safely held environment so they can move through transitions feeling enriched, relieved and free.
Meet Leila.
I'm Leila Samrad, and I’m in the process of becoming a licensed marriage and family therapist, and have been using SMGI® for quite a few years now as a client, as well as using it with many of my clients, with astounding, wonderful results. Whenever I start to feel stuck with a client, if they're open to it, we use SMGI® and it very quickly gets us unstuck and opens up a whole world for exploration.
Anyone who really is committed to doing their own work is a good referral for me. I don't take on people who just want to complain, but people that are really on a journey of doing their deep inner work and really wanting to be proactive and participate. Anyone that is looking to do deep psychological work, but also do the deep psycho-spiritual work.
If you’re feeling a little stuck or maybe you’re feeling at a point of transition and you’re not sure how to navigate it, or maybe you’re aware of issues in your life that are related to your past traumas, but aren’t really sure how to address those, I’m definitely moving into a specialty around trauma, and especially developmental trauma specifically.
Maybe you’ve tried therapists before and found it unhelpful. Because I've done a lot of my own inner work, am very experienced in SMGI®, and warmly create a safe, strong feeling of being held in a safe environment, you might find a new level of relief in our work together.
I've had a a very regular yoga and meditation practice yoga practice for nearly two decades, that also informs my work with clients. I’ve found ways to live with depression really well without taking antidepressants or pharmaceuticals. I've had my own trauma as a child and came from a pretty abusive background, so I've walked through a lot and I've healed a lot.
I'm from Iran originally, so I do well with people from other cultures and especially immigrants. I understand a lot of the aspects of growing up in a family that's not of this culture, living in this culture, and what a challenge that can present.
I use Sufi poetry as a psycho-spiritual development tool in small group workshops, in a wonderful style I learned from Jim Fadiman from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. We work with the poems to connect more deeply with ourselves and share in a group. It's a really beautiful process that I love sharing with people that’s so enriching.
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What people are saying.
“Leila is such an attentive guide, able to follow my journey and support its unfolding.”
— Jean-Pierre, MILL VALLEY, CA
“I was physically unwell at the time of my work with Leila and I found her voice and her presence to be calming and soothing. She made me feel nurtured and supported when I felt I needed a little extra - I felt safe!”
— Jessica, MODESTO, CA
