Zahra is a Licensed Associate Counselor in New Jersey. She earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Rowan University. Prior to immigrating to the United States, Zahra owned and operated an outpatient mental health clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, giving her substantial experience in the mental health field that predates her current licensure in New Jersey.

Zahra works with adults across a range of mental health concerns, with a particular focus on trauma and trauma-related difficulties, including PTSD, complex trauma, attachment injuries, dissociation, longstanding anxiety and depression, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.

Zahra uses a trauma-informed and collaborative approach, with an emphasis on understanding what may be underneath longstanding symptoms and patterns. She has training in EMDR Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Ego State Therapy and also draws from attachment-informed approaches.

“You don’t have to have everything figured out before coming to therapy. We can start with what is happening now and make sense of it together.”