Faizah MawusiLCSW

Faizah Mawusi is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience. She offers a calm, compassionate presence for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Her work also reaches those coping with addiction, grief, parenting strains, and LGBT-related concerns, including gender dysphoria.

Faizah centers sessions on listening first and then building practical steps forward. She uses straightforward tools to help with communication problems, self-esteem, mood challenges, and managing strong emotions like anger. She also supports people dealing with life transitions such as divorce, postpartum changes, or career stress.

Her style combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven into sessions when they fit a person’s goals. The focus is on small, doable changes that reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Faizah pays attention to cultural background and how it shapes identity and relationships. She often helps people work through family of origin issues, multicultural concerns, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Conversations include finding meaning, forgiveness, and ways to increase self-love.

People who meet with her can expect a steady, nonjudgmental approach and practical homework between sessions. She guides clients toward clearer communication, healthier coping, and renewed purpose without promising specific outcomes.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience first, then supporting them to set their own goals and move at their own pace. This approach is useful for anyone who needs a respectful space to process emotions and make decisions.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, postpartum mood changes, and everyday coping skills.

Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing self-harm behaviors. People who struggle with strong mood swings, anger, or overwhelming stress often find the skills helpful.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about what feels most useful and adapt methods to meet goals and preferences. That way work moves forward at a comfortable pace and is tailored to the problem at hand.

Because session formats are not specified here, confirm the current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also makes it possible to continue consistent care during life transitions like postpartum recovery or work changes.