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Welcome to Zinnia Counseling Services. My name is Hoda Tabatabaei-Moghaddam and I have been practicing as a therapist for the last 10 years. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both Washington and Oregon.

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Zinnias are beautiful flowers that require little maintenance and are relatively easy to grow, however they are at their healthiest under full sunlight. I believe a lot of us humans are similar. We can get by with very little and put up with a lot but we're at our healthiest when our needs are being fully met.

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We live in a culture that places too much value in struggling toward a better life and not enough in achieving peace and comfort in the now. The common fear is that if we applaud comfort and self-care we may encourage a life of laziness and entitlement. I'm of the belief that healthy minds and bodies don't choose a life of "laziness" or entitlement. Yes, we need to deal with discomfort but our level of self-worth should not be dependent on the intensity of our pain or steepness of our uphill climb. In a world that doles out suffering so freely, the last thing we need is to be our own worst enemy.

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Zinnia Counseling Services is rooted in the belief that our pain matters and compassion helps.