Muneera Zaidi, LMHC
APPROACH
Muneera Zaidi is a first generation, South Asian American, Mental Health Counselor who works primarily with individuals seeking recovery and support to cope with a range of mental health struggles such as: Depression, Anxiety/Panic, life adjustments, family and relationship conflicts, grief, complex trauma, generational trauma, codependency, narcissistic abuse, religious/spiritual trauma, and alcohol/substance abuse issues.
Muneera also offers couple’s and family therapy sessions for patients seeking to strengthen relationships which are typically impacted when one is struggling to balance their life and emotions.
She provides a warm, empathic, and person-centered approach using a integrative blend of evidence based treatment modalities that best fit the needs of her patients. She will primarily utilize Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness based practices and inner child healing work.
EXPERIENCE
Ms. Zaidi’s over 13 years of experience as a Psychotherapist also gathers from her years of work as a substance abuse counselor at Parallax, an OASAS licensed outpatient detox and continuing care substance abuse agency located in Midtown Manhattan. This work offered her an in-depth understanding of Addiction and Substance Abuse and the recovery model used in treatment centers.
Early in her career, Muneera trained as an individual, family and couples therapist at The Family Service League in Montclair, NJ which worked in conjunction with the Rape Care Center of Essex County. This offered a comprehensive foundation of experience and opportunity to work with large multi-generational families, children and individuals dealing with a multitude of issues including; depression, anxiety-panic disorder, post-traumatic stress, bipolar disorder, anger management, eating disorders, addiction/dependency issues, and family/relationship conflicts.
She has been recognized by her supervisors and colleagues for superior clinical and engagement skills needed to foster therapeutic relationships, and deliver psychological services in a considerate, effective and professional manner.
EDUCATION
Muneera holds a Master’s of Education in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University Teachers College. She has also received a Master of Arts in Counseling en route to her M. Ed. degree. She completed her Bachelors of Science studies in Psychology from The University of Houston in Texas.
Muneera was licensed as Mental Health Counselor in New York State in 2015 and regularly attend’s Continuing Education courses to stay up to date on the latest clinical research in Counseling Psychology and related fields.
Languages
Ms. Zaidi is fluent in speaking English, Urdu and Hindi.