Dr. Azmat is a queer-affirming woman of color and counseling psychologist currently in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Her clinical interests include working with individuals navigating identity concerns around gender, sexuality, religion, and chronic illness including but not limited to anxiety, depression, and PTSD. She also enjoys exploring intra and interpersonal relationships concerns related to family of origin.
Dr. Azmat's training has predominately been with college students and women of color. She has supplemented her doctoral training with a post-doctoral fellowship with the Center for Victims of Torture where she worked with immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking populations. As such, she is has a vested interest in working with children of immigrants and serving communities of color in a culturally-humble and sensitive manner.
Dr. Azmat's research interests include Muslim women’s experiences in therapy, critical qualitative research, and sexual and reproductive health. Specifically, her dissertation examined Muslim women's experiences in therapy at university counseling centers from a public health perspective. Additionally, she has worked for a national reproductive justice organization for over 10 years. As such, she brings a systemic and trauma-informed lens to all of her work.
In addition to individual therapy, she offer workshops and consultation around working with Muslim women, vicarious trauma, and critical qualitative research.
