Therapist in Brooklyn — South Asian, Couples & Anxiety

The Brooklyn you might be calling from

You might recognise yourself here

Brooklyn clients often describe some version of these:

• You love your faith, but you are tired of it being used to keep you quiet.
• You are the one who translates the letters, calls the landlord and handles the doctor's appointments for your parents.
• Your marriage was arranged quickly, and you are still trying to get to know the person you married.
• You moved to Park Slope or Williamsburg for independence and feel guilty every time you don't visit.
• Someone in your family drinks or uses, and the whole family has agreed to pretend it isn't happening.
• You want help, but you are scared someone from the community will find out.

None of these mean something is wrong with you. They mean you have been holding a lot, mostly alone.

What Brooklyn clients most often work on

• Faith, family and boundaries. Rubina is a faith-aware therapist who works with practicing, questioning and non-religious Muslims, without pushing in either direction.
• Marriage, especially in the early years. Couples therapy that understands both families helps when in-laws, expectations and different upbringings collide.
• Trauma that nobody named. A strict or frightening childhood, a hard migration, loss and upheaval. Trauma therapy goes at your pace and never forces you to retell everything.

Getting help without the whole block knowing

Keep reading

• Pakistani therapist in NYC →Urdu spoken, privacy respected.
• Urdu and Hindi speaking therapist →Therapy in the language you feel in.
• Therapy for South Asian women →For the daughter, wife and mother with no one to tell.
• Addiction and recovery support →For people in recovery and families of someone using.
• Depression therapy →When sadness has quietly taken over.
• Intercultural couples therapy →Two cultures, two faiths, one relationship.

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