My therapy style is warm, collaborative, and relational, with a focus on creating a safe and affirming space where patients feel understood and empowered to explore their experiences. I take an integrative, trauma-informed approach that incorporates curiosity, compassion, and evidence-based interventions tailored to each patient’s unique needs, goals, and cultural context. I view therapy as a collaborative process that supports patients in developing insight, strengthening relationships, and creating meaningful change.

Patients can expect a warm, welcoming presence that helps ease the anxiety that often comes with beginning therapy and sharing personal experiences. During the intake session, I strive to create a space where they feel heard, respected, and comfortable moving at a pace that feels right for them. They can expect me to be attentive, curious, and genuinely invested in understanding their unique story. I pay close attention to the details they share, integrating them into a thoughtful and collaborative exploration of their experiences, strengths, and goals for treatment.

At the end of treatment, patients have often reflected that they feel more understood, empowered, and equipped to navigate challenges with greater self-awareness and compassion. Many have shared that therapy helped them better understand their emotions, recognize patterns in their relationships, develop healthier coping strategies, and communicate their needs more effectively. Patients have also described gaining a stronger sense of self, increased confidence in their ability to manage difficult experiences, and a greater capacity to make intentional choices aligned with their values.

Patients have often shared that they appreciate my authenticity, warmth, and ability to bring genuine human connection into the therapeutic relationship. They have described valuing that I engage with them as a person rather than simply applying techniques, and that I create a space where they feel comfortable being open and fully themselves.

Credentials

Education

Master of Science

Master of Arts

Personal Interests

I love getting completely absorbed in stories, whether that’s a movie, book, or video game. I’m the person who will happily spend way too much time analyzing characters, themes, and tiny details that may or may not have been intended by the creator. I love Renaissance faires, wandering around walkable cities with no real plan other than seeing what I find, and having deep conversations about everything from big philosophical questions to completely random topics that somehow turn into fascinating discussions.

In-network

Insurance Accepted

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Employers Health Network
  • Aetna
  • Cigna/Evernorth
  • Medicare
  • Partners Direct Health
  • Curative

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialities

Relationship Issues, Trauma, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Grief and Loss, Life Transitions

Expertise

  • Academic Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Trauma or Insecurity
  • Boundaries / Assertiveness
  • Career Counseling / Professional Growth
  • Childhood Abuse or Neglect
  • Cultural Identity / Acculturation Stress
  • Depression
  • Existential Issues
  • Gender Identity (LGBTQ)
  • Lack of Emotional Awareness
  • Life Transitions
  • Open Relationship / Polyamory
  • Racial Identity
  • Racial Trauma
  • Religious Trauma
  • Self-Esteem / Negative Self-Talk
  • Sex Therapy / Sexual Concerns
  • Sexual Identity (LGBTQ)
  • Social Anxiety
  • Social Isolation / Loneliness
  • Stress / Burnout
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma / PTSD
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Attachment-based
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Existential
  • Family / Marital
  • Feminist
  • Interpersonal
  • Journal Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Strength-Based
  • Systems Approach

Locations

Steck Office

location_on8140 N Mopac Expressway
Building 4, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78759
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Client Focus

  • Age Groups Served: 18 - 65+
  • Services Type: Individual Therapy, Relationship Therapy (Cash Pay)
  • Languages Spoken: Arabic, English

I bring a systemic lens to therapy, helping patients step back and understand how their experiences are shaped by relationships, culture, and broader social contexts, which patients have expressed is helpful.