Come as you are…
Really. The messy version. The high-functioning but exhausted version. The questioning version. The version still trying to understand who you are beneath everything you were taught to be.
Hi.
I’m Abir (she/her). My name means the fragrance of the rose in Arabic.
I’m a psychotherapist, climber, yogi, and lover of slow mornings and strong coffee with oat milk. I’m compassionate, curious, direct, playful, and everything in between.
I was born in Egypt and found an unexpected sense of home when I arrived in New York more than thirty years ago. My own experiences of culture, migration, identity, and belonging shape how I understand the many worlds a person may carry within them.
I believe we are shaped by family, culture, relationships, love, and survival. I also believe we can question what we inherited, understand the patterns that developed, and make intentional choices about who we are becoming.
My Professional Journey
Before becoming a psychotherapist, I worked throughout New York City’s nonprofit and human-services systems, supporting underserved individuals and families through care coordination, community behavioral health, and supportive housing. These experiences showed me how culture, relationships, trauma, discrimination, poverty, and access to care shape emotional and physical well-being.
I hold a Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health from Arizona State University and a Master of Social Work from Silberman School of Social work, Hunter College in NYC. Together, my education and experience shaped a culturally responsive, mind-body approach that sees each person as a whole—not as a problem to fix, but as a layered human being shaped by what they have lived through and capable of choosing what they carry forward.
My Values
Integrity. Curiosity. Emotional honesty. Cultural awareness.
Depth matters here. Real conversations matter. Spaces where you do not have to shrink, perform, or justify your existence matter. I believe autonomy and personal responsibility are powerful. I believe inherited beliefs can be questioned with respect. I believe integration is more healing than fragmentation. Shame softens in safe connection. Sexuality is not something to perform, but something to understand and embody. Identity is layered and allowed to evolve. Steadiness. Compassion with clarity. Growth that is intentional, not reactive. Above all, feeling at home in yourself.
You don’t need to have all the answers before reaching out. Bring it all in, and we’ll make sense of it together.