Shahreen Awal

Shahreen Awal is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of New York with a graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling. She has experience providing individual, group, couples and family therapy sessions to individuals who are experiencing life’s stressors, including issues with addictions, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, and schizophrenia. Her area of focus and expertise includes working with a wide range of mental health needs, such as PTSD, anxiety and mood disorders.Additionally, Shahreen assists clients who are struggling with losses, relationships, stress, anger and self-esteem.

Shahreen is certified in Grief Recovery Method, a training designed specifically to assist individuals who wish to heal and cope with loss through group and individual counseling. She is also trained in assisting clients who have symptoms of trauma, utilizing Trauma-Informed Treatment Protocol to assist clients in addressing and coping with trauma, in addition to utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which further alleviates symptoms and emotional distress resulting from disturbing life experiences.

Shahreen's theoretical orientation is an integrative approach which incorporates humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioral ideologies. This allows her the flexibility to give individualized care for her clients. This integrative approach is an opportunity for the client to explore his or her own thoughts and feelings in a safe environment, while exploring the root causes of their core beliefs and learning to challenge them, develop healthy coping tools and feeling a sense of empowerment. Overall, Shahreen's philosophy as a therapist is to treat each person as a unique individual, worthy of unconditional acceptance, regardless of his or her personal circumstances.