Atash Yaghmaian
Bio
Atash Yaghmaian is an Iranian-American author, psychotherapist, and educator whose work explores trauma, multiplicity, and parts-work. She is the author of My Name Means Fire (Beacon Press, 2025), a memoir weaving her personal history with Dissociative Identity Disorder with the story of Iran’s shifting political landscape. The founder of Atash Healing and Founding Member of Harvest Collegiate High School’s counseling program in New York City, Yaghmaian has been featured in The Daily News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ruminate Magazine, and Medium. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW-R) and EMDR-certified therapist who speaks and writes widely on healing, trauma, and the power of storytelling.