Therapist in the Bronx — South Asian, Couples & Anxiety
If you are looking for a therapist in the Bronx who understands what it means to hold a family together across two countries, you are in the right place.
Rubina works with Bronx clients from Parkchester, Riverdale, Norwood and the neighborhoods in between. Some come in person in New York City. Many prefer to log on from home after the children are asleep, or from a parked car on a lunch break, because a video session from the Bronx takes no travel at all. Either way, you get a therapist who knows the weight of family duty, the pull of faith and the exhaustion of being everyone's person.
- LCSW
- CASAC-2
- Author of Stop Being Okay
- Urdu · Hindi · Punjabi
- In person in NYC
- Online across New York
Parkchester, Riverdale, Norwood — and the families who make them home
Parkchester is home to one of the city's best-known Bangladeshi communities, and many of the Bronx clients Rubina hears from have roots in Sylhet, Dhaka or Chittagong. Some arrived as adults and still send money home every month. Others grew up here, translating letters and doctor's visits for their parents before they were teenagers. Both carry something heavy, and both are often told that talking about it is unnecessary.
Norwood and the streets around Bedford Park bring together South Asian, West African, Caribbean and Latino families who share the same building lobbies and the same pressure to keep going. Riverdale has its own mix of professionals, students and older families. Rubina does not assume one story for the whole borough. She asks about yours.
What Bronx clients most often bring
Every person is different, but three themes come up again and again from this part of the city:
- Family responsibility that never switches off — supporting parents, siblings and relatives in Bangladesh or Pakistan while trying to build a life here, and feeling guilty for wanting anything for yourself. Burnout therapy and individual therapy both start here.
- Marriage strain, especially when one partner grew up here and the other arrived after the wedding. Different expectations about money, in-laws and freedom can turn a loving marriage into a cold one. South Asian couples therapy gives both of you room to be heard.
- Anxiety and low mood that the family calls stress, weak faith or overthinking. You may be sleeping badly, snapping at the people you love or feeling flat for months. Anxiety therapy treats that as real, without labeling you.
Faith, privacy and a therapist who will not judge
Many Bronx clients are Muslim, and some worry that a therapist will treat their faith as the problem. Rubina does not. If prayer, fasting or your relationship with God helps you, it belongs in the work. If faith has become tangled with guilt or fear, that can be talked about gently too. Clients of every faith, and of none, are welcome — see the Muslim therapist page for more on how faith is held in sessions.
Privacy matters in close communities where everyone knows everyone. Nothing you say is shared with family, a mosque or an employer. Many clients never tell anyone they are in therapy, and that is completely fine.
Pages that may speak to you
Each of these explains a part of Rubina's work in more depth:
- South Asian therapist in NYC →Therapy with someone who already knows the culture.
- Muslim therapist in NYC →Faith-aware counseling for individuals and couples.
- Therapy for children of immigrants →For the ones who translated, carried and kept quiet.
- Anxiety therapy →For the racing mind and the body that will not rest.
- Depression therapy →When everything feels heavy and nobody calls it by its name.
- Family therapy →Helping parents and adult children hear each other.
What sessions look like
Bronx clients can meet Rubina in person in New York City or online through a private, secure video link. Online sessions are the same length and the same quality, and many people find it easier to open up from their own room. You only need a phone or laptop and somewhere you will not be overheard.
Individual sessions are 50 minutes; couples and family sessions are an hour. You can speak in English, Urdu, Hindi or Punjabi, and if Bangla is your first language you are welcome to use English with the Bangla words that fit — Rubina will ask when she is unsure what something means rather than guess. Fees are on the fees page.
Rubina K. Singh, LCSW, CASAC-2
Rubina has spent more than fifteen years in mental health. She holds a BSW from Rutgers, an MSW from Capella and is completing her doctorate in social work. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York, a CASAC Level 2 addiction counselor, and the author of Stop Being Okay. She grew up between cultures, and she speaks English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.
Questions people ask
Do you see clients from Parkchester in person?
Yes, Bronx clients can meet in person in New York City, and many choose online sessions instead because it saves the commute. When you reach out, the team will explain the options and you can pick whichever feels easier.
Do you speak Bangla?
Rubina speaks English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi, not Bangla. Many Bangladeshi clients work with her in English with Bangla words mixed in, and she understands a great deal of the cultural context that comes with them.
My husband will not come to couples therapy. Can I come alone?
Yes. Individual sessions can focus on your marriage, your choices and how to look after yourself inside it. Sometimes a partner joins later once they see it is not about blame.
Is therapy private if my family is close-knit?
Completely. Rubina does not contact anyone without your written permission, apart from the legal exceptions every therapist has when someone's safety is at serious risk.
Last reviewed October 13, 2026 by Rubina K. Singh, LCSW
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