Teletherapy for Pennsylvania

Have you ever felt, "Why is this happening to me, I don't know who I am anymore!" Constant worrying, low mood, relational challenges, and life transitions can wear you down. Simultaneously, navigating multiple cultural contexts can challenge your values and world views, often creating dissonance about who you are. Within the mindful space of therapy, I can help you examine the nature of your worries, the frequent blues, your existing thinking style, responses to people and the world around you. Through collaboration, I can offer alternative ways of thinking and responding to challenges, and help develop an effective coping toolkit.

My clients come in with varied concerns- cultural-specific relational challenges, parenting challenges, infidelity in marriage, coping with psychological disorders, codependency. They work on building resiliency, to overcome obstacles through application of skills that they learn in their therapeutic process with me. My clients move through their therapeutic journey empowering themselves with the ability to navigate through life challenges. Together we can work on helping you create healthier boundaries in life, gain work-personal life balance, overcome parenting challenges and have a more integrated mental health experience.

Do you have a difficult time prioritizing yourself? Do you keep putting others' needs before your own? Do you feel like you are having trouble saying the word "no"? Are you feeling guilty about disappointing others? Do you feel like you don't belong anywhere? You are not alone!

My interest in becoming a therapist was personal, having had my own journey with mental health and throughout my adult life helping friends and family navigate a wide range of challenges ranging from abrupt loss to life-long anxiety and depression. I found that people needed not an expert or directives, but someone to listen attentively and help explore without judgement. While schooling and practice allowed me to build my clinical lens and techniques, I believe the therapist-client relationship remains the most crucial tool in allowing exploration to occur effectively and safely.

I have successfully worked with all ages, from college aged students, as well as elementary to high school aged kids. I also have specialized experience in working with kids who have special needs and neurodevelopmental conditions. I also have a long standing experience in working with families overcome issues such an communication problems and helping the family adjust to medical or mental health diagnosis. I use an eclectic multicultural approach. I have used cognitive behavioral therapy, applied behavior analysis techniques, family-based therapy, person-centered, motivational interviewing, mindfulness therapy, and trauma informed

You're slamming the alarm clock; it was another night of broken sleep. Feeling drained and wishing for a moment of peace and happiness. You are giving to others when you're running low and rarely have time for yourself. Pressures and stress are piling up and weighing on your shoulders. You want to reach out for help but are scared of being vulnerable. At night when you lay down to sleep, the thoughts are racing and the worries return. All that you want is understanding, support, and acceptance.

We effectively work with individuals with addiction & mental health issues which include depression, anxiety, stress, anger, sexual abuse, low self-esteem, impulsivity, trauma, bipolar disorder, PTSD, personality disorder, schizophrenia, codependency, & relationship issues. They want us to assist them in recognizing their true potential & achieving their goals. They want us to guide, support, encourage, empower, & help them to recognize the error in their thinking. We partner with them to prioritize & assist them in resolving their issues. They want to learn coping skills, how to make better choices, and lead a healthy life.

By coming here, you took the hardest and most important step towards the path of healing. You are a parent seeking help for your teen daughter who is experiencing anxiety, depression and who has lost interest in her daily activities. You are a woman who is going through separation and divorce and struggling with whether you made the right decision. Whether you are feeling anxious or depressed or grieving a loss of a loved one or a relationship and you feel overwhelmed, I am here to help you! I work with teens and women who have experienced traumatic situations and feel like there is no joy in their lives.

I help individuals struggling to have power over themselves and their decisions. I also help couples and families who are struggling to maintain trust and connection in their relationships. Sometimes we feel stuck in a vicious cycle or pattern of behaviors that we need extra help interrupting. I help empower clients to help themselves, break the cycle and create a new pattern on their own terms.

Saad is a bilingual psychotherapist who graduated with a masters in counseling from UPenn. Several years ago, he made a career shift from management in the financial industry to become a mental health therapist. He understands workplace and corporate environments very well and the stressors prevalent in various industries. Specialty focus- challenges faced by BIPOC women in the workplace. His approach to therapy is holistic. Saad has specialty trainings in trauma, CBT, DBT and experiential therapy. His style is collaborative, supportive and direct. Saad has worked with various clients from different cultural backgrounds.