Heal Better Therapy

12/10/2025

This is your reminder to check in with someone today:
“Hey, how are you really doing?”
Sometimes a simple message can make a big difference.
You never know who might need that extra care. ❤️

12/10/2025

🌙 Taking care of your mind is part of taking care of your soul.
Islam teaches balance, compassion, and seeking help when we need it.
Your feelings matter, your struggles are valid, and reaching out is a courageous act.
May Allah grant ease to all who are struggling. 🤲💚

12/08/2025

Canadian Muslim Mental Health Conference 2025

12/06/2025

For many women, perimenopause and menopause can feel like stepping into a chapter no one warned us about. Hormone changes, mood shifts, sleep disruptions, hot flashes, and emotional ups and downs can all show up—often when life already feels full.

But here’s the truth: you don’t have to go through it alone, and there are ways to navigate this transition with support, knowledge, and compassion.

✨ What Can Help During Perimenopause & Menopause?
🌿 Stay informed: Understanding what’s happening in your body can reduce fear and confusion. Knowledge is empowering.
🌿 Prioritize emotional health: Mood changes, irritability, and anxiety are common. Talking to a therapist or support group can make a real difference.
🌿 Nourish your body: Small changes like balanced meals, hydration, and movement can help with energy and overall well-being.
🌿 Sleep support: Creating a calming nighttime routine and reducing stimulants can ease sleep challenges.
🌿 Mind–body strategies: Mindfulness, breathing exercises, yoga, and grounding techniques can help balance stress and regulate emotions.
🌿 Seek professional guidance: Medical providers can help explore options that are safe and appropriate for your individual health needs.

✨ Most importantly: Menopause is not a decline—it’s a transition. A powerful one. A new chapter of wisdom, strength, and self-awareness.

If you’re experiencing this stage of life, be gentle with yourself. You’re not “overreacting.” You’re not “just hormonal.” You are navigating a real physical and emotional shift that deserves understanding and support. 💛

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12/06/2025

I’m offering **clinical supervision** for psychotherapists and mental health professionals who are looking for encouragement, guidance, and a supportive space to grow.

I help therapists strengthen their clinical judgment, build confidence, navigate challenges, and stay grounded in ethical, client-centered care.

If you’re an RP(Q) collecting hours or a practicing therapist wanting ongoing professional support, I’d love to connect. Let’s grow together in this meaningful work. 🌿

Send me a message anytime if you’re interested!

11/29/2025

our Window of Tolerance is the space where you feel balanced, grounded, and in control.
When life pushes you outside that window, you’re not “failing”—your nervous system is overwhelmed.
Take a pause, breathe, ground yourself, and reconnect.
Healing widens the window. 💚

11/28/2025

Proud to be part of this amazing team at NISA. Grateful to work with an organization that supports women and children. Honored to share this moment with everyone.

11/11/2025

🌸 EMDR & Perinatal Mental Health: Healing for Mothers, Before and After Birth

The journey into parenthood can be beautiful — but it can also bring emotional challenges, especially for those who’ve experienced trauma, loss, or difficult births.

**Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)** therapy offers a gentle, evidence-based way to help new and expecting parents process painful memories, fears, or birth-related trauma — so they can feel more present, connected, and supported in their transition to parenthood.

💫 EMDR can help with:
🕊 Birth trauma or difficult delivery experiences
💭 Anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or guilt after childbirth
💔 Pregnancy or infant loss
🤱 Postpartum depression or fear around future pregnancies

By safely reprocessing distressing memories, EMDR allows the nervous system to find balance — helping parents reclaim calm, confidence, and connection with themselves and their baby.

Because healing the mind is also part of nurturing the next generation. 💛

💬 **“When a mother heals, generations heal with her.”**

11/11/2025

💞 EMDR & Couples Therapy: Healing Together, Not Just Side by Side

Trauma doesn’t just live in our memories — it can show up in how we connect, communicate, and respond to our partners.
That’s why integrating **EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)** into **couples therapy** can be such a powerful step toward deeper healing and connection.

EMDR helps individuals process past experiences that still trigger emotional reactions in the present.
When this approach is used within couples therapy, it allows each partner to:
💫 Understand how their history shapes their reactions and attachment style
💫 Reduce emotional reactivity and triggers during conflict
💫 Create space for empathy, repair, and new patterns of safety

By combining EMDR’s trauma-processing framework with relationship work, couples can move from *reacting* to *understanding* — from *defensiveness* to *connection*.

Healing isn’t just about looking back; it’s about building new emotional pathways forward, together.

💬 **“When two people heal their own wounds, they make space for love to breathe again.”**

11/11/2025

🌍✨ EMDR & Cultural Adaptation: Healing Through Every Lens

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful, evidence-based therapy used to help people process and heal from trauma.
But one of the most important parts of any healing approach is **cultural sensitivity** — recognizing that how we understand, express, and recover from trauma can look very different across cultures.

When EMDR is **culturally adapted**, it becomes more than a clinical method — it becomes a bridge.
It honors language, belief systems, spiritual practices, and community values, allowing individuals to feel seen and understood in their unique story of healing.

🧠✨ EMDR helps the brain reprocess painful memories so they no longer feel overwhelming.
🌿✨ Cultural adaptation ensures that process feels safe, respectful, and relevant for *every* person — no matter where they come from.

As mental health professionals, we’re reminded that healing isn’t “one-size-fits-all.”
Culturally informed EMDR invites both clinician and client to work in partnership — weaving together science, story, and identity.

💬 **“Healing happens when we honor both the science of trauma and the soul of culture.”**

11/09/2025