Therapy for MENA & SWANA Clients
Growing up between two cultures is its own kind of experience. You may have spent years managing family expectations, or feeling like you didn't fully belong anywhere. The weight of your family's sacrifices sits heavy on you, and you've never quite had a space to talk about what it's really like to be you.
I work with people of Middle Eastern and North African descent (MENA). You might also see me use the term SWANA (Southwest Asian & North African), which a lot of folks in the community prefer as a way of reclaiming identity from Eurocentric and colonial framing. Whatever term feels most like yours, you're welcome here.
I bring both professional training and a personal understanding of the MENA immigrant experience to our work together. That cultural context shapes how I listen, what I notice, and how I hold space for the complexity of your story. If you are looking for a therapist who understands the culture- your culture, deeply, I may be a good fit.
In our sessions, we'll go beneath the surface. We may work with imagery, dreams, metaphor, and the deeper layers of your inner world, the parts that are harder to reach (unconscious) but often hold the most. This is a space for real exploration, healing, and growth at your own pace.
Whether you're navigating identity, family dynamics, trauma, anxiety, or simply trying to figure out who you are outside of everyone else's expectations, you deserve a space where your full self, both cultures, all of it, is welcome.
