Farah Mohamoud, MS

About

Pre-Licensed Professional in Atlanta, GA. Works with Consciousness, Spirituality and Immigrant, Refugee, & Cultural Issues. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Grief
• Life Coaching
• Life Transitions
• Peer Relationships
• Racial Identity
• Relationship Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Compassion FocusedHelps people who are hard on themselves to build warmth and compassion toward themselves, as a counterweight to shame and self-criticism.
• Culturally SensitiveTakes a person's culture, identity, background and values into account, and shapes the work so it fits their life.
• ExistentialExplores life's big questions, such as meaning, freedom, choice, loneliness and death, and how they connect to a person's struggles.
• GestaltFocuses on the here and now, and on noticing what a person is feeling and doing in the moment, often through experiments such as role-play.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• Positive PsychologyFocuses on well-being, strengths, gratitude and what makes life fulfilling, alongside working through difficulties.
• RelationalSees relationships as central to well-being. The relationship with the therapist is used to understand and change patterns in other relationships.
• SomaticBody-focused therapy that pays attention to physical sensations, posture and breathing, on the view that stress and trauma are held in the body as well as the mind.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Consciousness, Spirituality, Immigrant, Refugee, & Cultural Issues, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Body Image, Career Counseling, Chronic Illness, Coping Skills, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Grief, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, Peer Relationships, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Sleep or Insomnia, Stress, Trauma and PTSD

Insurance

Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, BlueCross and BlueShield, CareSource, Cigna and Evernorth, Humana, Optum, Teladoc, TRICARE, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, VA Community Care Network (CCN), Out of Network

Fees

Individual sessions $125

Payment methods

American Express, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa

Ages

Preteen, Teen, Adults

Works with

Individuals, Group

Communities

Racial Justice Allied, Sex Worker Allied

Ethnicity

Black and African American

Religion

Muslim

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Other offices

Atlanta, 30310

Education & qualifications