“Therapy should do more than help you cope. It should help you understand what keeps repeating, and change it”
-Eman, Therapist and Founder
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HOW I WORK
I want to understand the whole picture — not only what is happening now, but what has shaped you, what keeps repeating, and why.
I’m very engaged in the room. I’ll listen closely, but I won’t only listen. I’ll ask questions, make connections, notice patterns, offer perspective, and give you things you can use beyond our sessions. I may challenge you when I think it will help, and I’ll tell you what I’m seeing rather than leave you wondering what I’m thinking.
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I tend to work through a relational lens. The ways we protect ourselves, respond to conflict, become anxious, shut down, keep people at a distance, or work hard to keep everyone happy rarely appear out of nowhere. Often, these patterns made sense somewhere along the way. We’ll understand where they came from without assuming they still need to shape what happens next.
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I often think of part of my role as being a translator. Two people can love each other deeply and still reach a point where neither feels heard. I help you move beneath the anger, defensiveness, silence, or frustration to understand what is actually being communicated — and to express what you need in a way your partner has a better chance of hearing.
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With families, I’m less interested in deciding who the problem is and more interested in understanding what is happening between you. Families can become caught in patterns where everyone is reacting to everyone else. We slow that down, make sense of it, and begin changing the way you relate to one another.
WHAT I’M LIKE TO WORK WITH
I’m warm, curious, straightforward, and very human.
I take this work seriously, but I don’t believe therapy has to feel stiff or overly clinical to be meaningful. There may be difficult conversations. I may challenge you. We may also laugh.
I want you to feel understood and comfortable enough to be honest with me, while also knowing that our time together has purpose. You’re investing your time, trust, and resources into therapy, and I believe you should feel the thought, experience, and intention behind the work we’re doing together.
EXPERIENCE
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with specialized training and experience in relationships, couples therapy, betrayal and affair recovery, trauma, and intensive couples work. My training includes the Gottman Method, Relational Life Therapy, neuropsychotherapy, and intensive couples therapy.
I’m also an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, with experience in clinical leadership, training, and supervision. Beyond therapy, my work includes immigration psychological evaluations and selected forensic evaluations, supported by additional training in forensic mental health assessment and report writing.
There are plenty of letters, certifications, and therapy models I could list here. You don’t need to know what all of them mean.
View full credentials and training.
What matters most is that you can feel the value of that experience in the work we do together.
TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Education
Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy , Holy Family University
B.A. in Psychology, Minor in Sociology , Wichita State University
Credentials & Professional Designations
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT)
NPT-C® , Neuropsychotherapy
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
AAMFT Clinical Fellow
Couples & Relationship Training
Gottman Method Couples Therapy , Levels 1 & 2
Gottman Treating Affairs & Trauma
Relational Life Therapy (RLT)
Certified Intensive Couples Therapy , ICTI
Betrayal and affair recovery
Intensive couples work
Trauma, Individual & Family Training
Neuropsychotherapy in Addiction & Complex Trauma
DBT Emotional Regulation
Perinatal Mood Disorders
Emotional Dynamics in Families Dealing with Complex Eating Disorders
Game Play Therapy
Immigration & Forensic Evaluation Training
Immigration Psychological Evaluation Training , Georgia King
Introduction to Forensic Mental Health Evaluation , NBFE
Clinical & Forensic Report Writing , NBFE
Verbal Lie Detection / CCA , NBFE
Neurocriminology
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
Relationships are a big part of my work, but they’re also a big part of who I am. In my own life, I’m a mom, wife, daughter, sister, and friend — and I genuinely value each of those roles. Much of my family lives abroad, which has made those relationships no less important, just sometimes a little more creative to maintain.
I speak English and Arabic, and living across different cultures has shaped the way I think about family, identity, belonging, and the places we call home. It’s also probably part of why I’m so interested in people and the relationships that shape them.
Outside of therapy, I love baking and decorating cakes. If I had another life, I’m fairly certain I was a cake decorator in it. There’s something about creating something beautiful from scratch that I genuinely love.
I think all of these parts of me come into the room in some way. Not because therapy is about me, but because I don’t believe I have to stop being a person to be a good therapist.
I can take your story and our work seriously while still bringing warmth, curiosity, humor, and humanity into the room.
I’ve been quoted as a relationship/mental-health expert in several publications.
Cosmopolitan — How to Ask for an Open Relationship Without Hurting Your Partner
Elite Daily — How To Preserve Friendships & Minimize Conflict On A Girls Trip
The Guardian — “Honestly, he kind of sucks”: trash-talking can feel great but is it really bad for you?
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging — The complexities of dating, relationships during a pandemic
