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Aalaa Alshareef, MS, LAMFT
I help individuals, couples, and families to recover from psychological and relational issues.
As a systemically-oriented therapist, I acknowledge the importance of broadening the view of clients’ systems by searching for strengths, resources, and constraints. I provide personalized treatment plans for each client and take their unique context into consideration. The road to change requires curiosity, empathy, encouragement, and persistence. I am honored that clients allow me to witness their journey and walk the road with them to help achieve their therapy goals. I am trained to help clients adapt solution sequence instead of the problem sequence and help them maintain the progress they make in therapy.
Education & Experience
I hold a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from The Family Institute at Northwestern University (Top 10 School, U.S.News, 2021). I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota studying Couple and Family Therapy and specializing in Medical Family Therapy to help individuals, couples, and families who struggle with health conditions both mental and physical. I have experience working with individuals, couples, and families who struggle with ADHD, anxiety, chronic health conditions, depression, loss and grief, stress, trauma, and relationships issues such as boundaries, parenting, sex and intimacy, infidelity, trust, and more.
The human experience is so complicated, which makes any single treatment model limited to thoroughly attending to every level of clients’ experiences. So, I utilize Integrative Systemic Therapy. I believe that the integrative approach bridges the gaps between different models and enables me to develop treatment plans that are personalized and more comprehensive.
I have special training in:
My Therapy Philosophy
Behind each wound is a story. People walk through life with powerful, solid, and heavily built stories. Some stories are sensitive and secretive, making them even more challenging to carry because there is not only the wound of having endured them but the secret they have become. I have a safe “enough” space for clients to share, explore, change, and grow. I will explore clients’ expectations of the therapy and provide them with personalized therapy
As a systemically-oriented therapist, I acknowledge the importance of broadening the view of clients’ systems by searching for strengths, resources, and constraints. I provide personalized treatment plans for each client and take their unique context into consideration. The road to change requires curiosity, empathy, encouragement, and persistence. I am honored that clients allow me to witness their journey and walk the road with them to help achieve their therapy goals. I am trained to help clients adapt solution sequence instead of the problem sequence and help them maintain the progress they make in therapy.
Education & Experience
I hold a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from The Family Institute at Northwestern University (Top 10 School, U.S.News, 2021). I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota studying Couple and Family Therapy and specializing in Medical Family Therapy to help individuals, couples, and families who struggle with health conditions both mental and physical. I have experience working with individuals, couples, and families who struggle with ADHD, anxiety, chronic health conditions, depression, loss and grief, stress, trauma, and relationships issues such as boundaries, parenting, sex and intimacy, infidelity, trust, and more.
The human experience is so complicated, which makes any single treatment model limited to thoroughly attending to every level of clients’ experiences. So, I utilize Integrative Systemic Therapy. I believe that the integrative approach bridges the gaps between different models and enables me to develop treatment plans that are personalized and more comprehensive.
I have special training in:
- Integrative Systemic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Medical Family Therapy
- Premarital Counseling
- Sensate Focus to Treat Sexual Issues
- The Neurobiology of feeling safe: Working with Boundaries Inside and Out.
I provide therapy in both Arabic and English. I am a culturally sensitive therapist. I believe that each family has its own culture. Each family is unique in how they conceptualize change and challenges. I help couples and families to interact safely and effectively based on their own culture, religion/spirituality, socioeconomic status, and values.
My Therapy Philosophy
Behind each wound is a story. People walk through life with powerful, solid, and heavily built stories. Some stories are sensitive and secretive, making them even more challenging to carry because there is not only the wound of having endured them but the secret they have become. I have a safe “enough” space for clients to share, explore, change, and grow. I will explore clients’ expectations of the therapy and provide them with personalized therapy