Meet Our Providers

Dr. Xhihani is a licensed Psychologist and has 18 years of psychotherapy experience in a variety of settings and varying client concerns. He has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, college counseling centers, addiction centers, and for the past 5 years, a psychotherapy private practice. His varied clinical experiences have broadened his perspective of clients needs and have allowed him to be flexible in meeting clients where they are. He has a passion for psychotherapy work and is naturally curious, which helps him strive to keep learning and honor his clients experiences.

Dr. Xhihani primarily operates from a psychodynamic perspective but incorporates other approaches to his work, including humanistic, existential, relational, and CBT. His work is insight and process oriented. He believes that past experiences and relationships shape clients' current relationship dynamics and methods of coping. He is warm, patient, non-judgmental, curious, and engaging in the therapy room. He asks thoughtful questions aimed at deepening insight of a thoughts and feelings. He utilizes the therapy relationship as a tool to both promote insight and foster healing. He believes life is a journey characterized by growth and change, and therapy can help foster that growth.

He identifies as Albanian American. Dr. Xhihani was born in Albania and moved to the United States at a young age. His bicultural worldview and immigrant identity has contributed to his openminded and empathic nature. Outside of his career interests, he enjoys learning about history, reading, comedy, spending time with his family and friends, hiking, and traveling.