Yasmine Hallab (she/her)

Your parents sacrificed, and you know it. Every act of self-definition can feel like a small betrayal. So you translate yourself into terms they can accept, your background into terms everyone else can understand. Somewhere along the way, parts of you feel missing. Rather than ask you to choose between your family and yourself, our work together will help you reclaim what got lost in translation and move toward a life that feels more authentically your own.

Sometimes insight is not enough. You may understand exactly where a fear or a flinch comes from. You've told the story, you've connected the dots, and still your body reacts as if it's happening now. That gap between what you know and what you feel is precisely what I use EMDR to address. I'm also trained in the Flash Technique protocol for memories that are too disturbing to describe.

I pay close attention to the history behind who you are and the familial and cultural stories that shaped you. Knowing yourself deeply brings lasting change and a wider sense of what's possible in life. What was once automatic begins to feel like a choice. As you move through the world with more freedom and flexibility—in how you feel, in how you relate, in who you allow yourself to be, life begins to feel less inherited and more authentically your own.  

Most couples don't need to be told they're fighting badly. What helps is specificity, and that's what the Gottman Method offers: it lets you name what actually happens between you—the harsh start to a conversation, the withdrawal that reads as indifference, the repair attempt that doesn't land. We slow those moments down, look at what they mean underneath, and build the skills for a stronger connection.

Sometimes insight is not enough. You may understand exactly where a fear or a flinch comes from. You've told the story, you've connected the dots, and still your body reacts as if it's happening now. That gap between what you know and what you feel is precisely what I use EMDR to address. I'm also trained in the Flash Technique protocol for memories that are too disturbing to describe.