Therapist

Thahira Ahmed, is a Licensed Professional Counselor, she has more than fifteen years of experience in counseling couples, families and children. She enjoys helping adults, teenagers and children work through difficult relationship issues, heal from depression and anxiety, to cope with loss and grief, to recover from sexual or physical trauma and emotional abuse. She is experienced in trauma-focused treatment interventions and emotional regulation. Overall, helping people feel happier, more confident and better about themselves: as parents, as partners, and as professionals. Having raised her four children in the United States, she brings a wealth of experience and has helped parents work through difficult parenting issues, especially cultural and generational barriers between parents and youth.

She is a Registered Play Therapist, as a trained play therapist she uses art, expressive therapy, trauma based play therapy, sand tray therapy (with adults) and filial therapy (with parents) in treating childhood trauma and parent-child relationships. She is an LPC-Supervisor, she provides training and supervision to Interns who are working on getting their State Licensure. She is also Licensed as a Distance Credentialed Counselor, an online counseling service that is accessible for individuals across Texas. Furthermore, she is Certified to provide therapy with focus on Islamic Psychotherapy paradigm, an approach which integrates Islamic faith with modern psychotherapy.

Thahira Ahmed has been providing therapy to individuals and couples in the Greater Houston Community since 2003. She has volunteered her services to a non–profit organization, An-Nisa Hope Center for more than 10 years. Over the years, she saw an increase in the divorce rates and mental health issues in the Muslim community. She is compassionate about the emotional wellbeing of the community.