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Directory

Muslim Mental Health Professionals in the US & Canada

To be listed in the Directory send your particulars to: UzmaMazhar@hotmail.com 

Note: Please check out the credentials of the professionals for your self, I am only listing them not recommending them.


Arizona
Aneesah Nadir PhD  issaforeduusa@yahoo.com
1113 W. Kilarea Ave.
Mesa, Arizona 85210 
Phone: 480-752-1035  

Arizona State University/Islamic Social Services
1030 E. Baseline Road, #105 
Tempe, Arizona
Phone: 1-888-415-9920
http://www.west.asu.edu/chs/FACPROFS/nadir.HTM

Social Worker

Arkansas

Shamshad Haroon MD
Phone: 870-338-3900 or 870-633-0124
Psychiatrist
(Child, Adolescent, Adult)

California

Laeeq Evered, Psy.D.    laeeq@earthlink.net             
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510-543-6836
Psychologist
Zari Hedayat, Ph.D
Brentwood (Los Angeles) CA 90049
310-457-8039 
Psychologist
Nabila Mango    nabilamango@hotmail.com
251 Hyde St. San Francisco, California

Phone: 415-673-5700 Ext. 2018
Counselor
Jamal Lawrence Granick  jamalg@sbcglobal.net
Community Healing Centers.
Phone: 415-499-1115  
Counselor
Dr. Jess Ghannam PhD
University of California-San Francisco
1939 Divisadero #3  San Francisco, California
Phone: (415) 921-8096
Psychologist
Barbara Larsen       
East Bay Area.  San Francisco
Phone: 866-462-9221
Counselor
Zakiyyah Hyatt PhD   zhyatt5765@aol.com
San Francisco, California
Phone: (408) 927- 8039
Psychologist
Mike Kabar MD 
Palestinian Christian, has experience with Muslims
San Francisco, California
Phone: (415) 810-7829
Psychiatrist
Community Healing Centers at (415) 499-1115.
San Francisco Healing Center. 3637 Sacramento St., Ste F, San Francisco, CA 94118
Marin Healing Center, 14 Commercial Blvd., Suite #101, Novato, CA 94949
Sonoma Healing Center, call (707) 793-2230
Email: info@communityhealingcenters.org
Al-Shifa Free Clinic    2034-B Mallory Street, San Bernardino, CA.
Phone: 909-473-0600  
UMMA Free Muslim Clinic   contact person: Yasser Aman
South-Central Los Angeles, 711 W. Florence Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
Phone: 323-789-5610  
MAS Social Services Foundation       ssf@mas-sac.org
3820 Auburn Blvd, Suite 83
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: (916) 486-8626
www.mas-sac.org 
Issues addressed: marriage, teen, parenting, individual counseling, and pre-marital counseling.
We also refer people to other Muslim providers, professionals and other Muslim resources if available.

Connecticut

Numan Mohammad Gharaibeh   n_gharaibeh@yahoo.com
Assistant Clinical Professor. Glastonbury, CT 06033  
Psychiatrist

Florida

Sahar Sheikh MSW
Lantana, Fl 33465-3588
Phone: 561-533-1060
Social Worker

Georgia

Bait ul Salaam Network, Inc.   haleem1@aol.com

PO Box 11041, Atlanta, GA. 30310
Crisis Line: 404-873-1766 or Phone: 770-887-1121

Phone: (800) 285-9489 pin#00 or  (404) 366-6610
www.baitulsalaam.org

 Shelter
Ashia J. Bayyan    PhD
Natural Solutions & Education Center
P.O. Box 473
Elberton, GA 30635
Phone: (404) 295-1307/ (706) 213-9287
Offers programs in weight loss, smoking cessation, stress reduction, memory & learning enhancement, motivation, pain management, children’s wellness (including ADD) and more.  
info@naturalsolutionsaec.com 
Serving Elberton, Athens & Lithonia, GA
Hypno-therapist
Hypno-counselor
Al~Nisaa Counseling and Consulting
Khalidah Tunkara 
Kanteh
P.O. Box 741506
Riverdale, GA 30274
Phone: 1 (888) 446-2284 Direct Line (678) 558-7564
www.muslimcounseling.com 
Counselor
Marriage Coach

Certified Islamic Counselor & Marriage Coach


Illinois

Jaleel K. Abdul-Adil  PhD
Chicago, IL
Phone: 312-413-1371
Counselor
Abdul Basit PhD
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
7230 Arbor Drive.  Tinley Park, IL 60477
Phone: 708-614-4799
Counselor
Amin Daghestani MD
One South 224 Summit, Ste 103.  Oakbrook Terrace, Il 60181
Phone: 630-424-9204
Psychiatrist
Hedal Shalabi BSW
6441 S. Pulaski  Ste. 214.  Chicago, IL 60629
Phone: 773-767-3025 and 3026
Social Worker
Nareman Taha  BA
6441 S. Pulaski  Ste. 214.  Chicago, IL 60629
Phone: 773-767-3025 and 3026
Social Worker
Hamdard Center
355 North Wood Dale RoadWood Dale, Illinois 60191
5030 N. Broadway Chicago, IL

Phone: 630-860-2290  or 773-293-4600
Shelter

Psychiatrists & Counselors
Itedal Shalabi, MSW
Arab American Family Services
10608 S Roberts Rd
Palos Hills IL 60465
Phone: 708-974-8084 or 708-974-8086
http://www.aafamilyservices.org/
Social Worker
Arab American Family Services
10608 South Roberts Road
Palos Hills, IL 60465
Phone: 708-974-8084 or 708-974-8085
http://www.aafamilyservices.org/  
Many health services provided.
 Madiha Haroon, LMFT, LCPC, CADC       madihalmft@yahoo.com 
Isenberg and Associates, LLC
236 S. Washington St.
Naperville, IL 60540
Phone: (630) 355-8410 or (630 ) 747-3730
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Yosri Y. Hassan, LCSW      yosri.hassan@comcast.net 
14930 S. Cicero Ave. Suite 3E
Oak Forest, IL 60452
Phone: 708-535-7347
Works with the chronically mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and dual-diagnosed (MI and DD), individuals, couples, and families.
Licensed Social Worker
Munira Merchant, PhD, LCPC      tffm@yahoo.com
1776 S Naperville Road
Suite 203-B
Wheaton, IL. 60187
Also Offices in Aurora & St. Charles
Phone: 630-650-1515
www.pathway2empowerment.com
Psychologist
Fatima Z. Ali, M.D.
1776 S. Naperville Road; Building B, Suite 203; Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630-690-2222
Area of expertise: General Psychiatry including Eating Disorders and Women's Issues.
Psychiatrist
Syed I. Ali, M.D.
1776 S. Naperville Road; Building B, Suite 203Wheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630-690-2222
Area of expertise: General Psychiatry including Adolescents
Psychiatrist
Rashid A. Raja Psy.D       dr.rashidraja@yahoo.com 
Hoover and Associates
16325 S. Harlem Avenue, Suite # 2NW, Tinley Park, IL. 60477
Phone: 708-429-6999 x 232
Fax# 708- 429-6909
Psychologist
Alia Ammar, PhD     dr.alia.ammar@gmail.com 
Hinsdale, Il
630.321.1115
Offers cognitive assessment (i.e., memory, attention, language/motor skills, higher order functions, and mood/personality features) of adult and geriatric patients.  Primary clinical presentations include a variety diagnoses including diagnoses such as stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury, and complications related to medical/psychiatric illness.    
Clinical Neuropsychologist

Indiana

Carole Reyes-Gillett PhD (Hameedah)
Madison, Indiana 47250
Phone: 812-265-1663 & 812-265-3243
Counselor

Kentucky

Maryam Hand MS, MEd
317 Fairmeade Rd.  Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: 502-893-6122
Counselor

Maryland

Dr. Riffat Ashai, MD
Psyc. Associates in Columbia, MD. 
Phone: 410-740-1924
Adult and Child Psychiatrist 
Razia Kosi, LCSW-C - Clinical Social Worker    raziakosi@chaicounselors.org 
5570 Sterret Place, Suite 205
Columbia, MD 21043
Phone: (443) 615-1355

Howard County Public School System
Counselors Helping (South) Asians/Indians,Inc. (CHAI)
Clinical Social Worker

Massachusetts

Yousef Abou-Allaban MD, MBA  yousefmba@yahoo.com 
Boston Health Care
420 Main St., Suite # 15  Walpole, MA 02081
Phone: 508-660-7949
http://www.bostonhealthcareinc.com
Psychiatrist

Michigan

ACCESS
6451 Shaefer. Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Phone: 313-945-8138
Counselors & Psychiatrists
Islamic Health & Human Services
Book Tower Building.  Suite 2040-41
1249 Washington Blvd.  Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: 313-961-0678
Counselors & Psychiatrists
Judi Muhammad PhD   smuslim@comcast.net
Islamic Health & Human Services
Ferndale, Michigan
Phone:
248-789-0214
Psychologist
Muslim Family Services
12346 McDougall    Detroit, Mi 48212
Phone: 313-366-6800  
Counselors & Psychiatrists
Syeda Muhammad PhD  
Detroit, Michigan
Phone: 734-737-1200
Psychologist
Sofia Sohail   SofiaB99@aol.com
Rochester Hills, Michigan
Phone:
Counselor
Cheryl El-Amin  cze46@yahoo.com Social Worker
Tahira Khalid  tkhalid@med.wayne.edu
Institute of Maternal Child Health
Detroit, Michigan
Phone:
Social Worker
Janine Sinno Ph.D.   jsinno@ingham.org 
Family & Community Development Services
4970 Northwind, Ste. 218-D      East Lansing, MI 48823
www.fcds-lansing.org 
Phone: (517) 896-6564.
Family & Child Ecology
Huda Community Clinic
Nausheen Hasan, MPH      director@hudaclinic.com 
1605 W. Davison Avenue
Detroit, Mi 48238
Phone: 313-865-8446
Fax: 313-865-8446
Medical Doctors
Social Workers

Minnesota

Manijeh Daneshpour, Ph.D. LMFT
AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Marriage and Family Therapy Program
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth St. S.    St. Cloud MN 56301
Phone: (320) 308-5212  Office
Fax: (320) 308-3216  Fax
Marriage & Family Therapist

Missouri

Azfar Malik MD, MBA
Psych Care Consultants
Phone: 314-569-1717 & 314-843-4333
Psychiatrist
Adult, Geriatric, Adolescents
Raafea Malik MD
Psych Care Consultants
Phone: 314-569-1717
Psychiatrist
Adult, Adolescents
Shazia Malik MD
Psych Care Consultants
Phone: 314-569-1717
Psychiatrist
Adult, Geriatric, Adolescents
Uzma Mazhar MA, LPC    
Phone: 314-569-1717 & 314-843-4333
Counselor
Akhtar Raza MD
Psych Care Consultants
Phone: 314-843-4333
Psychiatrist
Child, Adult
Fazle Yasin MD
Psych Care Consultants
Phone: 314-569-1717
Psychiatrist

Mississippi

Mohammad Hoque PhD  mohammad_r_haoque@hotmail.com
Mississippi Valley State University
14000 Hwy 82 W 
Itta Bena, Mississippi
Phone:
Social Worker

New Hampshire

Dahlia Rizk MA 
Choices Counseling of Londonderry, L.L.C. 
80 Nashua Road Suite B2, Londonderry, NH 03053. 
Phone:  603-413-5223.
Counselor

New Jersey

Nora Alarifi Pharaon PhD   pharaon3@aol.com
Pharaon Consulting Group, Inc
60 Euclid Road, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Phone: 201-886 8460
Psychologist
Fatin Kheirallah      Director  muslim_youth_social_services@yahoo.com 
Muslim Youth Social Services Of New Jersey
Assist youth 13-25 yrs of age in all challenges from the ordinary: school help, choosing a major etc to the extreme: substance abuse, mental health problems.
Phone:
201-647-7229 
Counselors  
Social Workers Therapists
Psychiatrists
M. Salim Chowdhrey, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Dept of Psychiatry RWJ-UMDNJ
201 S. Livingston Ave
. Livingston. N.J. 07039
Phone: 973-533-9373 
Psychiatrist
Ashia J. Bayyan     info@holisticfamilycare.com 
Holistic Family Care  (Jersey City, NJ or Lithonia, GA)
P.O. Box 1212.  Redan, GA 30074-9998
Phone: 1 (800) 790-3511
Offers programs in weight loss, smoking cessation, stress reduction, memory & learning enhancement, motivation, pain management, children’s wellness (including ADD) and more.
http://www.holisticfamilycare.com/
Hypno-therapist
Hypno-counselor

New York

Osman Ali, M.D.     mail@osmanali.com
Bellevue/NYU Faculty
Private Practice in Psychiatry including psychotherapy and/or psychopharmacology on sliding scale basis.
19 West 34th Street, PH Suite
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-947-7111 x 104
www.osmanali.com 
Psychiatrist
Ruksana Ayyub  MA, CAC
Phone: 516-294-6133
Counselor
Abdullah Hasan, MD     hasannovember@yahoo.com
Clinical Assistant Professor,  Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine
New York
Psychiatrist
Sheikh Ali     SHAYKHALI@aol.com
475 Riverside Drive Suite 1960 
New York, New York
Phone: 201-315-2782
Substance Abuse Counselor
Abdullah Hasan MD
New York University South Asian Clinic

New York, New York
Phone:
Psychiatrist
Nora Alarifi Pharaon PhD  pharaon3@aol.com
TAMKEEN
38 Gramercy Park, Suite 1A 
New York, New York
Phone: 201-486 3987
Psychologist
Mahroo Moshari  mahrooo@yahoo.com
Mulitcultural Perspectives
303 West 42nd Street, Suite 402 
New York, New York
Phone: 212-388-3191
Social Worker

National Muslim Aids Initiative 
Abdelaziz M Abdelaziz -Project Director  m.aziz@angelfire.com 

A Project of Health Force: Women & Men Against Aids
Bronx Community College of the City University of NY
552 Southern Blvd. New York  10455
Phone: 718-585-8585
http://www.angelfire.com/az/azizpage/nmai.html

AIDS Info
Shamir A. Khan, Ph.D.        PsychotherapyNYC@gmail.com
19 West 34th Street, Penthouse Suite, NY, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 947-7111 ext: 581
Individuals, couples, families, and groups.
www.ShamirKhan.com
Clinical Psychologist
Tanvir Amna, LCSW, ACSW, Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
In Forest Hills: Gregory House 71-36 110 Street, Suite 1 J Forest Hills, NY 11375
In Queens Village: 227-49 111th Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11429
www.tanviramna.com  
Clinical Social Work
Nadia Khan       info@turningpoint-ny.org.
PO Box 670086, Flushing NY 11367. 
Phone: (718) 883-9400 &
Fax number is (718) 883-9449. 
Turning Point for Women & Families, a seminal non-profit organization providing culturally sensitive services to the Muslim community. 
Work with women in crisis by providing counseling, advocacy, outreach and education.
Maintain a weekly Youth Group where teenage Muslim girls come together to talk about what it means to grow up a Muslim in this society, to learn new skills and develop their own leadership potentials.
Advocate & Youth Coordinator

Ohio

Mona M. Amer, M.A.   
The University of Toledo.  Department of Psychology
2801 W. Bancroft St.  Toledo, OH 43606-3390
Phone: 419-530-2721
Counselor
Muslim Women’s Network   
PO Box 14023
  Columbus, OH 43214
Phone:
Counselors
Jameelah J. Salihin, MSW    jjswolf1@aol.com Social Worker
Substance Abuse Counselor
Tarek Aziz, MD          Olela@msn.com
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Phone: 937-723-3963 
Psychiatrist

Oklahoma

Allison  
Phone: ?-760-1987 
Counselor

Pennsylvania

Khadijah Lakins 
al Usrah Muslim Family Support Network
Phone: 412-363-1836
Counselors
Sister S. E. Jihad Levine, BA, CAC/CCS     Jihadlevine@yahoo.com
Pennsylvania
Substance Abuse Counselor

Texas

M. Basheer Ahmed, M.D. mcc1999@hotmail.com
Arlington, TX 76015
Phone: 817-589-9165 
Psychiatrist
 Afshana Haque, MA, LMFTA  AfshanaH@aol.com 
Marriage and Family Therapist - Associate
Phone: 713.560.9379 
Austin & Houston, Texas
http://muslimfamilysupport.webs.com/index.htm 
Marriage and Family Therapist

Virginia  

Sharifa AlKhateeb     (deceased) I am not removing Sharifa's listing... to honor the work she did for the Muslim community in this field.
P. O. Box 942, Great Falls, VA  22066
Phone: 703-980-6333  &  703-726-1072.
Domestic Violence Advocate
Salma Abugideiri, M Ed., LPC    
46950 Jennings Farm Dr. Suite 200
Sterling, VA  20164
Phone: 703-430-6175  or (703) 430-2002
Counselor
Iman el Kadi   MSW. LCSW     ielkadi@cmhs.org
Center for Multicultural Human Services
CMHS, 701 W. Broad St, Ste. 305, Falls Church, VA 222046.
Phone: 703-533-3302, Ext. 189 
Social Worker
Abdallah Ezekiel Rothman, LPC, ATR        info@shifaacounseling.com
1984 Isaac Newton Sq. West
Suite 204; Reston, VA 20190
Phone: (202) 812-HEAL(4325)
www.shifaacounseling.com
Psychotherapist
Gazala A. Ansari, Ph.D.         ansarg@aol.com
Psychological/Educational Assessment and Psychotherapy
Alexandria, Virginia
Phone: (703) 598-6176
Psychologist

Washington DC

Nicole Monteiro PhD   nicolemaisha@yahoo.com Counselor

Canada

Shahina Siddiqui MSW   shahinasiddiqui@hotmail.com
4202 Roblin Blvd.  Winnipeg, MB.  R3R 0E7 Canada
Phone: 204-889-7451  
Social Worker
Mohammed Sadiq
Shifa Psychological Services
Edmonton, Alberta; Canada 
http://www.shifa.ca 
Ph: 780-710-7230
Clinical Psychologist
Mohammed Said  msaid@casott.on.ca
Child Protective Services
1365 Richmond Rd. Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: 613-596-2914
Social Worker
Wahida Valiante MSW  nvp@canadianislamiccongress.com
420 Erb St. West Suite 424. Waterloo, Ontario
Phone: 519-746-1242
Social Worker
Mohammed Baobaid mbaobaid@changingways.on.ca
Changing Ways
388 Dundas St.  London, Ontario
Phone: 519-438-9869 X 25
Counselor
Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry  M.A; M.S.W.
1101-1276 Maple Crossing Blvd.; Burlington.ON.; CANADA. L7S 2J9
Phone: (905) 336-2569
Social Worker