Dr. Bahareh Sahebi is an Iranian American clinical psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, professor and author based in the Chicago area. Her work focuses on trauma, family systems, and the psychological impact of political violence and authoritarian systems on individuals, families and diasporic communities. She teaches and supervises in graduate psychology programs and writes about the intersection of psychology, society and geopolitics. Her recent work has appeared in Rest of World, Independent UK Voices, Global Voices, and Family Therapy Magazine. She is the coauthor of Integrative Systemic Therapy in Practice. Her writing often focuses on macrosystemic forces and how large political and social systems shape the lives of individuals, families and communities.