About Shira Myrow

Relational Therapist for Individuals and Couples in Santa Monica

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Nationally recognized therapist, relationship expert, writer, educator and co-founder of I-Psychedelic Therapy

I’m a relational therapist committed to helping you do the deep work of healing, so you can show up in your life and relationships with presence, emotional intelligence, and self-trust.

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Shira Myrow, MA, LMFT

I am a trauma-based psychotherapist in private practice in Santa Monica, California. I am deeply committed to helping people transform painful experiences and dysfunctional relationships into healthier lives and more resilient, loving relationships.

I’ve spent nearly two decades working at the intersection of trauma, individual development, attachment and love. I guide individuals and couples through the hard, courageous work of relational healing. Together, we’ll get underneath those legacy patterns. We’ll trace them to their roots, reframe the internal narrative, and build practical tools that create real, sustainable change.

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My Story

I came to psychology not just as a profession, but as a personal imperative to make meaning of my own childhood trauma. As the daughter of a treatment-resistant schizophrenic mother, I grew up without the foundation of secure attachment. There was no emotional roadmap. No blueprint for connection. I had to learn how to relate to myself and others without a model for what love felt like in practice.

That experience seeded a lifelong devotion to help others heal what was never modeled and build inner maps of safety, intimacy, and self-trust.
My work is always, at its core, relational. Focused on the repair of attachment wounds, and rooted in the belief that with the right guidance, even the most painful experiences can be transformed into profound sources of strength.

In recent years, my path has expanded. My own healing and clinical journey led me to explore the transformational power of psychedelic-assisted therapy. I completed facilitator training with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), and went on to co-found I-Psychedelic Therapy with my colleague, Dr. Alexa Altman. Together, we’ve developed an integrative, relational, and trauma-based approach to psychedelic healing offering preparation, integration, and consultation for individuals and couples on the journey.

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My Approach: Unraveling patterns that hold us back

The way that we see ourselves and the world is shaped by a web of internal stories that we unconsciously repeat over and over in our minds. It can create tremendous suffering in our relationships and in our lives. It may look like depression, anxiety, uncertainty or conflict within ourselves or with loved ones.

As poet David Whyte writes:

"We are shaped by our shaping of the world and are shaped again in turn."

In other words, our experience is filtered through our unconscious beliefs and expectations. Many of those beliefs are patently false but we believe them anyway. It's what we know.

What if you could redefine and rewrite the inner narratives that don't serve you? Redeem the story about yourself that is so confining and limiting? Repair your sense of who you are? You could radically change your life.

I help people unearth the architecture that keeps them stuck—in love, in conflict, and in stories about themselves that no longer serve them.

My work is grounded in clinical rigor and relational depth. I bring advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, Relational Life Therapy, Depth Psychology and Internal Family Systems as a foundation. While I’m trained in a range of evidence-based approaches, the key is finding language and practices that resonate, ones that meet you where you are. We begin with the pain points and follow the thread toward insight, relational skillfulness, and self-trust.

The first step toward healing is simply the willingness to begin.

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Values

Emotional Maturity & Relational Courage

Healing begins when we trade avoidance and blame for presence and compassion. Staying with difficult emotions is an act of maturity and courage—and a gateway to deeper connection.
I help clients move from reactivity to responsiveness, so they can show up with self-awareness and integrity. This kind of emotional maturity builds the trust and stability that make intimacy possible.

Attachment Repair

The way we love—and expect to be loved—is shaped by our earliest experiences. Many of us carry unconscious blueprints from environments where our needs weren’t met, where love came with conditions, inconsistency, or emotional distance.

These patterns often drive how we relate, react, and protect ourselves, without us even realizing it. But they’re not fixed. With curiosity and care, we can trace these imprints back to their origins, repair the rupture, and begin to build new pathways for trust, attunement, and emotional safety.

This is the slow, powerful work of creating secure connection—from the inside out.

From Insight to Integration

Insight is powerful, but it’s only the beginning. True transformation happens when insight becomes something you can feel, practice, and live. The work is to actively bring understanding into your body, your nervous system, and into your daily life.

This is where change becomes tangible. Not just knowing or intellectual understanding but a felt experience that leads to more concrete shifts in a life that feels whole, fulfilling and balanced.

Integrity

Lasting change asks for alignment. My work invites a return to inner authority: the ability to choose from clarity, to act from truth and maturity, and to honor what’s most essential. Healing isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about remembering who you are, and living from that center with integrity.