My Story

Firoozeh Tuller, LCSW

I was once in your seat; my life challenges finally led me to the process of self-exploration. Initially through therapy, which lead to curiosity and years of self-immersion in learning the human mind, behavior, meaning of life, and the art of happiness. I studied the scientific, spiritual, and ancient tradition approaches. I had many 'aha' moments along the way, but initially only in my head—only conceptually. My head was full of knowledge, but the knowledge didn’t quite reach the cellular level in my body where it could be felt and lived. In 2004, my desire to transform led me to take a leap of faith into the unknown and participate in a 10-day silent retreat with my first teacher, S. N. Goenka, learning and practicing mindfulness meditation and working with sensations in the body. In the silence, when I gazed inwardly, a portal opened that I had never seen before, and I saw the reflection of a woman I knew to be my true Self. This calm, collected, compassionate, joyous person with an expansive heart and immense wisdom was my innate nature—deep down, this was the real me. Meditation and the breath bridged the gap between the different aspects of me.

At the time, I had founded and was managing my company in design and space planning of commercial furniture, but after my profound transformation, the path forward could never be the same. I pivoted from this career path and made it my purpose to light the road for those who aspire or feel called to take this journey.

I needed a platform to do this, so I began my post-graduate studies at age 50. I received a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work at the University of Houston in 2015 and completed training at the Menninger Clinic. In the years that followed, I worked with a wide range of psychiatric disorders both in intensive outpatient programs and in private practice, namely personality disorders, anxiety, depressive and mood disorders, somatic pain, developmental trauma and PTSD, and substance abuse.

My work is primarily with individuals struggling with issues of self-worth, identity, developmental trauma, interpersonal and relational difficulties, and individuals seeking spiritual, existential, and personal exploration and growth.

I’m trained in Psychodynamic treatment modalities, Depth and Jungian Psychology, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), DBT (Dialectical, Behavior Therapy), Voice Dialogue and Parts work, AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), Interpersonal Neurobiology, Attachment Theories, Mindfulness-based treatment approaches, body-centered treatment approaches, Buddhist psychology, and ancient and eastern philosophies. I am a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher as taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brock. I am a certified yoga and trauma informed yoga teacher, I have training in cultural diversity, equity, inclusivity and accessibility. My therapeutic approach is eclectic and strives to integrate all aspects of the human phenomenon: mind, matter and spirit.

  • “Since we all have a darkness within us, its impossible to trust another. therefore, trust then is an act of courage. We choose to be courageous and risk trusting, knowing that even if they or it fails us, we trust that we have the strength to overcome the pain. “

    Bill Kerley

  • "Start doing what is necessary, then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

    St. Francis of Assisi

  • "When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?"

    Thich Nhat Hanh

  • "Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?”

    Buddha

  • "If wisdom arises in your mind you become humble and modest, as a branch laden with fruit is sure to bow low."

    S. N. Goenka

  • “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.”

    Buddha

  • “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."

    Buddha

  • "This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, its with us wherever we are."

    Pema Chodron

  • "To be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight - and never stop fighting."

    E.E. Cummings

  • "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."

    Albert Einstein

  • "Happiness, just like love and compassion, isn’t something that is “out there,” something you pursue. Happiness is the result of getting the inherited and learned roadblocks out of the way so it can find expression through how we live."

    anonymous

  • "It’s not the pain that destroys us, it’s the things we do to avoid it. If you can embrace the pain you can embrace your full power."

    anonymous

  • "It’s not the pain that destroys us, it’s the things we do to avoid it. If you can embrace the pain you can embrace your full power"

    Anonymous

  • "Sometimes you have to go through something hard to avoid something that’s much more worse"

    Anonymous

  • "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

    Mahatma Gandhi

  • "No one can hurt me without my permission."

    Mahatma Gandhi

  • “Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.”

    Mahatma Gandhi

  • “There are two days in the year that we can not do anything about, yesterday and tomorrow.”

    Mahatma Gandhi

  • “An emotion is like a cloud passing through the sky. Sometimes it is fear or anger, sometimes it is happiness or love, sometimes it is compassion. But none of them ultimately constitute a self. They are just what they are, each manifesting its own quality. With this understanding, we can cultivate the emotions that seem helpful and simply let the others be, without aversion, without suppression, without identification.”

    Joseph Goldstein

  • "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

    Martin Luther King

  • “Life is a short pause between two great mysteries”- “it is up to us to make that paus as illuminous as possible”

    Carl Jung – James Hollis

  • “One of the great misconceptions we often carry throughout our lives is that our perceptions of ourselves and the world are basically accurate and true, that they reflect some stable, ultimate reality. This misconception leads to tremendous suffering, both globally and in our personal life situations.”

    Joseph Goldstein

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