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About My Clients
Seeking therapy is one of the most courageous steps you can take. Whether you want to heal past wounds, resolve relational conflict, or better manage life's stressors, therapy is where your goals and values are prioritized. It is where you feel safe to be vulnerable and open. Because there is no singular way to engage in treatment, therapy does not conform to strict constructs, norms, or stereotypes. Rather, therapy is meant to reflect your authentic self and promote the innate power you hold.
My Background and Approach
As a therapist, I have the privilege of working with people to understand the role that stories play in shaping our everyday lives, and how these stories show up as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and other psychological/physiological responses. Through deconstructing these stories together, we can harness ideas, skills, beliefs, and new experiences to reclaim the story that you want to live. It is my sincerest intention not to reproduce any prior harm that you may have incurred in prior health settings. Therefore, in our first session (and all subsequent sessions), I normalize feedback-informed treatment so that you feel safe to provide input about the therapeutic process, our working relationship, and your overall wellbeing. From there, we’ll explore the themes that are coming up for you and create a plan for future sessions that is individualized and tailored to your goals.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
In addition to my work as a therapist and LCSW, I am a published poet and storyteller who believes in the power of self-expression to confront the adversities that life throws our way. Through creativity, I have embraced my own healing journey and redefined what it means for me to identify as an Arab-American Muslim from Stockton, California (Land of the Yokuts, Miwok, Plains Miwok, Muwekma, and Lisjan Villages). In my professional and personal capacities, I strive to personify the values most dear to me: justice, responsiveness, equity, and belonging.