Muslim Therapists in Frisco, TX
I'm a Pakistani Muslim therapist specializing in South Asian women navigating cultural identity, family expectations, and staying connected to the people they love without losing themselves.
You're the person who holds it together for your family, your work, and the people who depend on you. You're thoughtful, self-aware, and capable, yet something still feels off. You've spent years meeting expectations, caring for others, and doing everything right, but somewhere along the way, you lost touch with yourself.
Many of us learn that belonging feels safer than authenticity. We adapt, over-function, keep the peace, and become who others need us to be, often at the expense of ourselves. These patterns helped us survive. But over time they leave us disconnected, stuck, or wondering why insight alone hasn't created change.
I'm a Pakistani Muslim therapist specializing in South Asian women navigating cultural identity, family expectations, and staying connected to the people they love without losing themselves.
You're the person who holds it together for your family, your work, and the people who depend on you. You're thoughtful, self-aware, and capable, yet something still feels off. You've spent years meeting expectations, caring for others, and doing everything right, but somewhere along the way, you lost touch with yourself.
Many of us learn that belonging feels safer than authenticity. We adapt, over-function, keep the peace, and become who others need us to be, often at the expense of ourselves. These patterns helped us survive. But over time they leave us disconnected, stuck, or wondering why insight alone hasn't created change.
You carry guilt for choosing a path different from the one your parents laid out. While the relational blueprint you inherited wasn't ideal, it's the only one you've ever known. Now, you have the privilege—one your ancestors didn’t have—to explore and define what truly works for you. Yet, you struggle to let go of the guilt and shame attached to your decisions.
You carry guilt for choosing a path different from the one your parents laid out. While the relational blueprint you inherited wasn't ideal, it's the only one you've ever known. Now, you have the privilege—one your ancestors didn’t have—to explore and define what truly works for you. Yet, you struggle to let go of the guilt and shame attached to your decisions.
You might look like you have it together on the outside, but inside you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or emotionally exhausted — especially when you're also carrying family expectations, cultural pressures, or your own high standards for yourself. Maybe anxiety follows you quietly. Maybe relationships feel heavy. Maybe you're trying to balance faith, culture, family expectations, and your own growth. You don't just want coping skills — you want clarity, steadiness, and real change.
You might look like you have it together on the outside, but inside you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or emotionally exhausted — especially when you're also carrying family expectations, cultural pressures, or your own high standards for yourself. Maybe anxiety follows you quietly. Maybe relationships feel heavy. Maybe you're trying to balance faith, culture, family expectations, and your own growth. You don't just want coping skills — you want clarity, steadiness, and real change.
Hello! Life is filled with so many uncertainties and you do not have to do it alone. I provide a safe, warm, judgement-free space for my clients. I believe your ability to heal is already in you. I use Solution Focused Therapy techniques and am trained in EMDR. Call me for a 10 minute consultation for free!
Hello! Life is filled with so many uncertainties and you do not have to do it alone. I provide a safe, warm, judgement-free space for my clients. I believe your ability to heal is already in you. I use Solution Focused Therapy techniques and am trained in EMDR. Call me for a 10 minute consultation for free!
Welcome, my name is Aminah, and I'm so glad you're here.
You've always been the strong one. The responsible one. The one who figures it out.
You move between cultures, expectations, and identities — often carrying more than anyone sees. You honor where you come from, even when it feels heavy. You strive, achieve, and hold it together while quietly navigating anxiety, self-doubt, or exhaustion beneath the surface. If you're a mother, you may feel this pull even more — caught between how you were raised and the mother you're trying to become, often figuring out both as you go.
Welcome, my name is Aminah, and I'm so glad you're here.
You've always been the strong one. The responsible one. The one who figures it out.
You move between cultures, expectations, and identities — often carrying more than anyone sees. You honor where you come from, even when it feels heavy. You strive, achieve, and hold it together while quietly navigating anxiety, self-doubt, or exhaustion beneath the surface. If you're a mother, you may feel this pull even more — caught between how you were raised and the mother you're trying to become, often figuring out both as you go.
I graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a PhD in School Psychology and completed an APA-accredited internship at The Children’s Center in Utah. With a deep expertise in special education services and school systems, I bring extensive experience in psychological assessments across the lifespan, from infancy to young adulthood. This includes evaluations for neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and Autism, learning disabilities, developmental disorders, and mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, trauma-related disorders, and mood disorders.
I graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a PhD in School Psychology and completed an APA-accredited internship at The Children’s Center in Utah. With a deep expertise in special education services and school systems, I bring extensive experience in psychological assessments across the lifespan, from infancy to young adulthood. This includes evaluations for neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and Autism, learning disabilities, developmental disorders, and mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, trauma-related disorders, and mood disorders.
Building a trusting, compassionate relationship is my foremost priority in therapy. I help clients develop strengths, assertiveness, and resiliency to cope with life's challenges while reorienting to more adaptive thoughts + feelings, improving relationships and increasing attunement. I believe that our brains are naturally adaptive and a clear understanding of how your mind works can empower healthy change. That’s why I use a combination of attachment theory, trauma-informed mindfulness, CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing), and Gottman Institute's research-based approach to therapy.
Building a trusting, compassionate relationship is my foremost priority in therapy. I help clients develop strengths, assertiveness, and resiliency to cope with life's challenges while reorienting to more adaptive thoughts + feelings, improving relationships and increasing attunement. I believe that our brains are naturally adaptive and a clear understanding of how your mind works can empower healthy change. That’s why I use a combination of attachment theory, trauma-informed mindfulness, CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing), and Gottman Institute's research-based approach to therapy.
Are relationship dynamics, family tension, or the patterns you keep repeating leaving you feeling stuck and disconnected from who you truly are? Whether the struggle is personal, between partners, or felt across the whole family, it rarely exists in isolation — and neither should the solution. You don't have to untangle it alone, and you don't have to choose between getting help as an individual or getting help together. In addition to individual therapy, I specialize in couples and family therapy, helping you gain deeper insight into your patterns and become more of who you truly are.
Are relationship dynamics, family tension, or the patterns you keep repeating leaving you feeling stuck and disconnected from who you truly are? Whether the struggle is personal, between partners, or felt across the whole family, it rarely exists in isolation — and neither should the solution. You don't have to untangle it alone, and you don't have to choose between getting help as an individual or getting help together. In addition to individual therapy, I specialize in couples and family therapy, helping you gain deeper insight into your patterns and become more of who you truly are.
Experience fear of rejection or abandonment? Has a pattern of bad relationships left you feeling like you just can’t get it right? Do you lay in bed at night with racing thoughts? Feel like you can’t control worry? If you have anxiety or complex trauma (C-PTSD), you may feel like you’re not enough, yet somehow, too much. You fear something is wrong with you. But you're not broken, and you don’t have to live this way. Let's work to improve your relationship with yourself and with others. My goal is to help you find clarity of thought, peace of mind, and ways to improve your life from the inside out. It's not too late to begin again.
Experience fear of rejection or abandonment? Has a pattern of bad relationships left you feeling like you just can’t get it right? Do you lay in bed at night with racing thoughts? Feel like you can’t control worry? If you have anxiety or complex trauma (C-PTSD), you may feel like you’re not enough, yet somehow, too much. You fear something is wrong with you. But you're not broken, and you don’t have to live this way. Let's work to improve your relationship with yourself and with others. My goal is to help you find clarity of thought, peace of mind, and ways to improve your life from the inside out. It's not too late to begin again.
Welcome to the Safe Space. I work with BIPOC individuals navigating anxiety, ADHD, depression, eating disorders, relationship challenges, perfectionism, life transitions, and the stress of balancing work, family, and everything in between.
Welcome to the Safe Space. I work with BIPOC individuals navigating anxiety, ADHD, depression, eating disorders, relationship challenges, perfectionism, life transitions, and the stress of balancing work, family, and everything in between.
Your child struggles with big emotions and behaviors that are hard to understand. You struggle to find ways to manage those big emotions without getting overly emotional yourself. This is incredibly common and you should know you are not alone. Parenting is so hard. No one was ever meant to do it alone. We can work together to help your child grow their self-confidence, increase their ability to self-regulate, and overall feel more content in their lives (which leads to the whole family feeling happier!)
Your child struggles with big emotions and behaviors that are hard to understand. You struggle to find ways to manage those big emotions without getting overly emotional yourself. This is incredibly common and you should know you are not alone. Parenting is so hard. No one was ever meant to do it alone. We can work together to help your child grow their self-confidence, increase their ability to self-regulate, and overall feel more content in their lives (which leads to the whole family feeling happier!)
Every step of the way, I work to create a safe environment that respects you and your needs. We can collaborate to help you reach your therapy objectives, which could range from developing practical coping mechanisms and building or improving important connections to discovering and accepting your inner purpose. You deserve care counseling that is sensitive to your particular requirements.Working with teens, single people, and families at all phases of life is what I do professionally.
Every step of the way, I work to create a safe environment that respects you and your needs. We can collaborate to help you reach your therapy objectives, which could range from developing practical coping mechanisms and building or improving important connections to discovering and accepting your inner purpose. You deserve care counseling that is sensitive to your particular requirements.Working with teens, single people, and families at all phases of life is what I do professionally.
Trauma-informed healing that works—when talk therapy alone is not enough.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Brainspotting Clinician, and Prepare/Enrich Certified Facilitator with more than twenty years of experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and adolescents across diverse clinical settings.I specialize in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Using a compassionate, trauma-informed approach called “ Brainspotting”. I help clients identify and work through emotional blocks connected to childhood trauma, domestic violence, relationship challenges, and significant lif
Trauma-informed healing that works—when talk therapy alone is not enough.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Brainspotting Clinician, and Prepare/Enrich Certified Facilitator with more than twenty years of experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and adolescents across diverse clinical settings.I specialize in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. Using a compassionate, trauma-informed approach called “ Brainspotting”. I help clients identify and work through emotional blocks connected to childhood trauma, domestic violence, relationship challenges, and significant lif
I work with teens and adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves as they navigate anxiety, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, trauma, substance use, relationship concerns, or emotional struggles. Many of my clients are looking for a safe, supportive space to understand their experiences, heal and develop healthier ways of coping. Together, we explore your story with compassion and curiosity while building self-awareness, resilience, and practical tools to create lasting change and move toward a life that feels authentic and fulfilling.
I work with teens and adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves as they navigate anxiety, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, trauma, substance use, relationship concerns, or emotional struggles. Many of my clients are looking for a safe, supportive space to understand their experiences, heal and develop healthier ways of coping. Together, we explore your story with compassion and curiosity while building self-awareness, resilience, and practical tools to create lasting change and move toward a life that feels authentic and fulfilling.
You're capable. That doesn't mean you have to do this alone.
Maybe you're the person everyone assumes has it together, the high achiever, the reliable one, the student or professional who's always pushing forward. But underneath that, you're exhausted. Anxiety, procrastination, self-doubt, or a brain that won't quite cooperate with your to-do list have made it harder to feel like yourself, let alone perform at your best.
You're capable. That doesn't mean you have to do this alone.
Maybe you're the person everyone assumes has it together, the high achiever, the reliable one, the student or professional who's always pushing forward. But underneath that, you're exhausted. Anxiety, procrastination, self-doubt, or a brain that won't quite cooperate with your to-do list have made it harder to feel like yourself, let alone perform at your best.
Hello! I’m Nabiha and I'm here to offer you a supportive space where we can tackle the issues facing you! Whether it's depression, anxiety, self-esteem or trauma, I believe I can help you work through these challenges to unlock your best self. As your therapist, my mission is to help you discover what gives you purpose and to help you embrace positive growth.
Hello! I’m Nabiha and I'm here to offer you a supportive space where we can tackle the issues facing you! Whether it's depression, anxiety, self-esteem or trauma, I believe I can help you work through these challenges to unlock your best self. As your therapist, my mission is to help you discover what gives you purpose and to help you embrace positive growth.
Therapy is a safe space for you to express whatever comes to mind, without holding anything back. From there, we gently begin to explore the patterns in your emotional responses and relationships, as well as, make meaning of behaviors that may feel automatic or hard to explain. Rather than viewing these experiences as problematic, we understand them to be the wise ways you developed to adapt to your environment and upbringing. Beneath it all is a human longing to be fully known and to feel emotionally safe in the process, but past experiences cause us to unconsciously put up walls that push others away, leaving us feeling unseen.
Therapy is a safe space for you to express whatever comes to mind, without holding anything back. From there, we gently begin to explore the patterns in your emotional responses and relationships, as well as, make meaning of behaviors that may feel automatic or hard to explain. Rather than viewing these experiences as problematic, we understand them to be the wise ways you developed to adapt to your environment and upbringing. Beneath it all is a human longing to be fully known and to feel emotionally safe in the process, but past experiences cause us to unconsciously put up walls that push others away, leaving us feeling unseen.
Life can feel overwhelming when anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, anger, grief, or parenting challenges begin affecting your daily life. You may feel stuck, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward. I work with individuals, couples, and families to identify obstacles, develop healthier coping skills, and create meaningful change.
My approach is practical, supportive, and goal-oriented. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, relationship conflict, anger, parenting challenges, or a major life transition, we will work together to identify patterns that keep you stuck and develop strategies that help you move forward.
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Life can feel overwhelming when anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, anger, grief, or parenting challenges begin affecting your daily life. You may feel stuck, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward. I work with individuals, couples, and families to identify obstacles, develop healthier coping skills, and create meaningful change.
My approach is practical, supportive, and goal-oriented. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, relationship conflict, anger, parenting challenges, or a major life transition, we will work together to identify patterns that keep you stuck and develop strategies that help you move forward.
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As a first-generation Muslim immigrant, I understand how hard it is to balance where you come from with where you are now.
As a Certified Trauma Professional, I provide culturally sensitive support to help you navigate family dynamics, life transitions, and the healing of past trauma and triggers. Together, we’ll explore your experiences, process emotions, and chart a path toward clarity, growth, and balance.
As a first-generation Muslim immigrant, I understand how hard it is to balance where you come from with where you are now.
As a Certified Trauma Professional, I provide culturally sensitive support to help you navigate family dynamics, life transitions, and the healing of past trauma and triggers. Together, we’ll explore your experiences, process emotions, and chart a path toward clarity, growth, and balance.
My name is Shanna Dominguez and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. You may be experiencing worry, fear, anxiety, depression, other overwhelming emotions. The good news is these can be managed. I believe there are two experts in the room: you are the expert of your life, and I am the clinical expert. I have experience working with adults, couples, and adolescents. I offer virtual therapy across Texas with flexible scheduling and tailor my approach to meet your needs. I specialize in CBT and DBT methods that help you understand yourself and why you do what you do, while giving you tools to make lasting changes.
My name is Shanna Dominguez and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. You may be experiencing worry, fear, anxiety, depression, other overwhelming emotions. The good news is these can be managed. I believe there are two experts in the room: you are the expert of your life, and I am the clinical expert. I have experience working with adults, couples, and adolescents. I offer virtual therapy across Texas with flexible scheduling and tailor my approach to meet your needs. I specialize in CBT and DBT methods that help you understand yourself and why you do what you do, while giving you tools to make lasting changes.
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What can a Muslim therapist help with?
Muslim therapists can help you with the same range of mental health concerns that any qualified therapist can, including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship challenges, and family conflict. They can support you in developing coping skills, communication strategies, and improving self-esteem. If you are Muslim, seeing a therapist who personally identifies as Muslim may be especially helpful when your mental health concerns intersect with your faith, culture, or identity. Topics that may be especially relevant to discuss with a therapist who shares your background include navigating discrimination, family expectations, gender norms, marriage expectations, religious questioning, or feeling disconnected from your faith or community.
Why might faith context matter in therapy for Muslim clients?
A therapist who understands Islamic beliefs may be better able to recognize how spirituality and religious observance affect your life. In some cases, a therapist may directly incorporate faith into therapy, which may be described as Islamic counseling, and is used alongside other types of mental health support. A shared faith context may also strengthen the therapeutic alliance since you may find more trust with a therapist who understands your background. At the same time, you and your therapist do not need to share the same faith or cultural background to work together effectively. Many therapists who are not Muslim can still provide culturally responsive care if they approach your beliefs, practices, and experiences with respect and humility, rather than making assumptions or dismissing the role of faith or culture.
How can a Muslim therapist support couples counseling or family therapy?
A Muslim therapist can support couples counseling, family therapy, and marriage counseling for concerns such as communication challenges, conflict, parenting, intimacy, life transitions, and extended family stress. For example, Muslim marriage counseling may help a couple navigate disagreements about religious practices or managing expectations from extended family. For Muslim couples or families, therapy may include discussion of how Islamic values or community norms shape relationships. Therapy may be especially helpful when partners or family members have different expectations around marriage, gender roles, parenting, caregiving, or religious practice. Depending on your preferences, a Muslim therapist may incorporate faith-informed discussion alongside traditional therapy approaches, such as communication skills, emotional regulation strategies, and conflict-resolution techniques.
How might I inquire about a therapist's experience working with Muslim clients?
If faith or cultural background is important to you in therapy, it can be helpful to ask a prospective therapist whether they have experience working with Muslim clients. In initial conversations with potential therapists, you might ask questions such as, “Have you worked with Muslim clients before?” or “How do you approach conversations about faith in therapy?” If a specific branch or tradition of Islam is important to you, you may also ask whether they have experience with your specific community, such as Sunni, Shia, or another Muslim community. As sessions begin, it can be helpful to notice how the therapist responds to your concerns. A good therapist should respond with respect, curiosity, and cultural humility. If you feel dismissed, misunderstood, or find yourself having to explain your beliefs or cultural context constantly, it may be worth considering another therapist.
Who is included in Psychology Today's directory of Muslim therapists?
The directory of Muslim therapists includes mental health providers who have shared their cultural background in their profiles. Psychology Today uses this information to assist clients in finding a therapist with a similar background. However, not all therapists choose to disclose this information, and they may not appear in search results for this reason. When the number of therapists identified as Muslim is limited, the directory will also show therapists with extensive experience working with clients from relevant backgrounds.