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Farah Asghar, LCSW, PMH-C

Farah Asghar, LMSW provides counseling for teens, adults and couples. She works with the Muslim population as well. She provides counseling for depression, counseling for anxiety, counseling for grief and loss, trauma treatment and marriage and couples counseling.
Accepting new clients for day and evening appointments. Virtual and in-person appointments available. Private-pay only.

Farah works with children ages 9 and up, teens, adults and couples. She is passionate about helping clients who are struggling with relationship conflict, life transitions, trauma, stress management, and anxiety. Her counseling approach is cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, and includes cultivating self-compassion and tools and techniques for her clients to develop a healthier relationship with themselves and the people they care about the most. She understands that seeking help can be difficult and strives to make the therapeutic experience as calming and grounding as possible.

Farah enjoys infusing humor into sessions and believes that the most important ingredient for change is a comfortable and trustworthy therapeutic relationship. She fosters a nonjudgmental, safe space for you to feel truly heard and cared for. Farah has a particular interest in working with pregnant or postpartum mothers and has received advanced training in perinatal mental health.

Farah's other areas of specialization include: helping children, teens and adults learn skills to cope better with anxiety and depression, 
helping couples resolve their communication issues and discover a deeper connection; and helping her clients learn to establish better boundaries with family or coworkers, and work on people-pleasing tendencies. She can also help teens and parents to communicate more effectively with one another. Farah highlights the strengths each client already holds, and is patient and compassionate as she works together with each client to empower them to live more authentically. 

If you're ready to make a change, or even if you're on the fence, she would love to work with you.

Farah received her Master's in Clinical Social Work at Columbia University and has professional experience in schools, community mental health centers and working with clients of all ages in a group practice setting. These experiences have given her a broad exposure to working with clients from many different cultures, backgrounds. and a diverse range of ages. Farah is fluent in Hindi and Urdu. 

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