I am an empathic Licensed Marriage Family Therapist (132754) with a humanistic-existential approach, offering a decade of experience with both group facilitation, couples work, and one-on-ones. My strengths include mindfulness-based interventions, trauma and crisis, incarcerated youth and adults, and Muslim outreach. I believe that the client/therapist relationship is not only sacred, but an actual tool for healing. Because of this, I highly value authenticity, empathy, and an unwavering belief that healing is always possible no matter what we've gone through. Specifically I work with grief, anxiety, trauma, communication, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness. University of California, San Francisco, MD, 1996 Massachusetts General Hospital, General Surgery, 2001 American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2004 American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, 2002 University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine, Plastic Surgery, 2003 Northwestern University, MBA, 2013