Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh

Social Psychologist

About This Expert

Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD DipPST[1] is a Social Psychologist, COSRT[2]-accredited psychosexual therapist and AASECT[3]-certified Sexuality Counselor and Training Provider. In addition to maintaining local private practices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, she has been globally active in the field as a professional trainer, plenary speaker, research and clinical supervisor, media commentator and thought leader.

Dr. Sara also advises Fortune 500 companies, UN-affiliated institutions and governmental organizations on issues such as Customer Insights, Qualitative Market Research, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), User Experience (UX) and Program Evaluation as a consultant, subject matter expert and trainer.

Dr. Sara has worked intimately with the press and media to educate the public on most sensitive topics such as human sexuality. She created, produced and hosted a BBC World Service Radio and Online program named the Whispers that was aired for three consecutive seasons and won the BBC World Service’s Innovation of the Year Award “for putting delicate matters in a sensitive manner”. Her current BBC Persian TV segments on sexual health and relationship issues reach over 6 million viewers across the globe.

Dr. Sara’s leadership roles at professional organizations include:

Chair of the North American Organizing Committee for the World Sexual Health Day
Elected member of the Advisory Board and Chair of the Middle East Sexual Health Committee at the World Association of Sexual Health (WAS)
Member of WAS’ standardizing working groups for sexuality education as well as psychotherapy, which devise the standards of practice for these professions
Elected Board member of the American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and Chair of the Communication Steering Committee
[1] DipPST: Postgraduate Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy, [2] COSRT: College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists, [3] AASECT: American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists