Vida Khavar is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been practicing since 1994. She was born in Geneva, Switzerland, lived in Los Angeles for 26 years, and moved to Knoxville, TN in 2016.

Vida graduated from Antioch University in Los Angeles where she began her career as a clinician in various agencies. She has 30 years experience working with adults, children and families. 

She currently divides her time between seeing clients in her own practice, being an independent consultant, training organizations to be LGBTQ+ competent and being the Clinical Director for Family Builders where she also leads the Youth Acceptance Project and getREAL CA which aims at improving the lives of LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare. Vida Khavar was also a Board member of the  YWCA Knoxville.  She is passionate about equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.

Vida speaks fluent French, and is conversational in Farci.

Vida Khavar is licensed in both California and Tennessee.