Services
About My Clients
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS! I can see clients virtually in NC, SC, and FL. Aliya's treatment focus areas include: anxiety, depression, emerging adulthood/college students, grief & loss, identity & growth, trauma, life transitions, self-esteem & self-love. Aliya particularly enjoys working with young women in emerging adulthood (ages 18-25), but has experience working with adults of all genders and all ages.
My Background and Approach
Aliya aims to provide LGBTQIA+, sex-positive, affirming services while incorporating a social justice anti-racist framework. In her clinical work, she draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy modalities and mindfulness approaches to meet clients “where they are.” Aliya engages clients in collaborative processes to assist them not only in improving their relationships with others, but also enriching their relationship with themselves. She has extensive experience counseling adults and young women at Duke Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and completed her clinical internship placements at Duke Hospice Bereavement Services and Duke University Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatry. Additionally, Aliya has been involved in multidisciplinary consultation/didactic teams focused on trauma treatment, multicultural concerns, and clinical triage processes.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Part of choosing to engage in therapy is choosing to understand yourself more and to seek other perspectives to do so. Aliya takes great intention in creating a space where clients feel supported and accepted, because we must feel a certain level of safety and trust in order to have the courage to change, grow, and be vulnerable. Aliya considers psychotherapy to be one way that clients strengthen their hearts and she continues to be inspired by the resilience she sees in therapy sessions every day. Aliya is honored to be a part of her clients’ journeys towards living more meaningful lives.