Fatima Mehmood, LMHC

Fatima Mehmood is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She brings five years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety while building stronger self-worth. Fatima aims to help people make concrete changes that fit their day-to-day lives.

Her style is direct and compassionate. She helps clients name patterns that get in the way and practices new skills in session. Conversations are used to clarify goals and to create step-by-step plans for progress.

Fatima uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. That combination helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and learn ways to calm the body and mind. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas and motivational interviewing when useful to understand deeper patterns and build motivation.

She works with common concerns such as depression, panic attacks, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, career questions, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency, communication challenges, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation.

Sessions are offered in English from her New York practice. Fatima emphasizes culturally sensitive care and aims to honor each person's background while helping them create usable coping strategies.

How Fatima’s approaches translate to online therapy

Fatima commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thoughts that lead to distress and try concrete behavior changes to feel better. Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing skills that reduce overwhelm and help with anxiety and panic. Motivational Interviewing supports clients who are ambivalent about change by exploring values and strengthening motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She discusses goals and preferences with each person and tailors methods to what feels most useful. This collaborative process means techniques may shift over time based on progress and what the client wants to focus on.

Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone calls work well for lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins, and chat or text can support quick reflections or between-session check-ins. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, parenting, and daily life.