About Fatima
Fatima Mehmood is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Her tone is practical and supportive with an emphasis on building coping skills and clearer communication.
Fatima centers sessions on each person's real-life concerns. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try new ways of responding, and set small goals that fit their daily life.
How Fatima works
She also offers coaching-style support for career questions and guidance around parenting stress. Her work draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to handle anxiety and panic. She uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify values and find momentum for change.
Psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques are used when helpful to understand patterns and plan next steps. Fatima pays attention to cultural background and the impact of identity on well-being. She often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, and communication problems that affect relationships.
She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, guilt, shame, and isolation. Sessions are conversational and task-oriented. Expect a mix of talking, simple exercises, and homework you can try between meetings.
Fatima aims to make therapy useful and doable for people juggling busy lives.
Fatima lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Fatima works with
The areas below are the ones Fatima selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approach and online options that fit your life
Fatima commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and learn calming practices. CBT focuses on spotting thinking patterns and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to manage stress and ground reactions.She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find personal motivation for change and set realistic goals. Together the client and therapist explore values, weigh options, and build steps that feel achievable. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and she works collaboratively to tailor methods to each person’s needs and goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video calls are useful for full discussions and observing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people send shorter updates, do brief coaching, or check in between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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