I am a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor. I graduated from Palo Alto University with a Masters in Counseling. I have experience working in a community mental health setting, seeing clients from a broad range of backgrounds with various concerns such as relationship and family issues, complex trauma, attachment loss, social and other forms of anxiety, depression, and many more issues.
I work from a Family Systems and Attachment approach, understanding that an individual is always in relation with others and impacted by those relationships. I take time to get to know an individual’s life context, their family of origin, and how they relate to their identified family. I work with clients to understand their needs and interests, allowing creativity and collaboration to lead the session. I also offer family therapy, in which I get to know each member of the family; allowing them to all have a voice. Rather than focusing on one individual in the family, my focus is to make the family unit stronger and healthier by improving the family relationships.
I also work with teens and young adults to help overcome feelings of isolation, low self-worth, hopelessness, and other common struggles. I have spent many years working with youth from Muslim and minority communities, understanding the struggles that many youth face on daily basis such as identity issues, cultural barriers and expectations, questioning spiritual and religious beliefs. I’ve worked with these youth to help create safe spaces for them to be able to relate and communicate with others facing similar struggles; allowing them to feel confident and empowered in their communities.
I was personally raised in a family that instilled values of engagement, community, and activism. With that, I see families as the nucleus of any society and thus strive to help families overcome conflicts that have them feeling stuck and disconnected. Through my work in interfaith settings and with families from diverse backgrounds, I have also developed a unique capability of understanding the needs of multi-cultural families and importance of intersectionality.
- Family Issues/ Stressors
- Relational Issues and Conflict
- Cultural Issues
- Life Transitions
- Identity Issues
- Low self-worth, self-esteem
- Trauma
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Spiritual/ Existential Crisis
Family Systems, Attachment-Based, Trauma Informed, Sand Tray, Art Activities, Mindfulness, Person Centered, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing
Teens, Young Adults, Couples, Families