Afshan Khalid
I am a licensed professional mental health therapist. I love my job and am passionate about helping individuals and families navigate through obstacles and difficulties they are facing. I help clients relate their thoughts, feelings, and actions and empower them to make positive choices to reach their highest potential.
I have several years of experience working with individuals struggling with addiction and substance abuse, anxiety, depression, emotional management, grief and loss, emotional dysregualtion issues, trauma, and other life challenges.
I work from a strengths-based perspective and encourage clients to play an active role in their own treatment. I utilize a holistic approach to therapy, pulling from various approaches, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy.
First session
To develop the rapport with the client and develop treatment goals
Strengths
I have several years of experience working with individuals struggling with addiction and substance abuse, anxiety, depression, emotional management, grief and loss, emotional dysregualtion issues, trauma, and other life challenges.
Ideal clients
I personalize treatment for each client's needs. While creating a warm, non-judgmental environment, I collaborate with the client to increase hope for change and optimism based on the work that we do together in therapy.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have more than 7 years of experience with anxiety, trauma, depression, parenting and family concerns, and ADHD and learning struggles with adults, adolescents, and children in a wide variety of clinical settings using evidence-based treatments. Together, we can create a plan and course for treatment tailored to your individual concerns.My experience is mainly in CBT, DBT and EMDR therapy for PTSD and traumatic experiences. CBT is a behavioral modification therapy which is a type of psychotherapy that uses goal-oriented talk therapy to help clients in manage their mental health conditions, emotional concerns, and psychological health conditions.
EMDR
I use EMDR therapy for traumatic past experiences and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The population, I work with from the ages of 16 yr-old onwards.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness is based of staying in a moment and develop coping skills to work in past and plans for future with a new mindset.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions3301 Green Street, Claymont, DE 19703, 235 F