Noor - Professional Counselor Associate (OR), Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (WA), MA, MS.

Mental health counseling for misfits.

I am a human who exists in this world in ways some may consider to be a contradiction. The world always attempts to force us into neat binaries.

But I have always found that all the parts of me don’t live independently from one another. I exist at the crossroads of all these worlds. I don’t have to choose anything based on other people’s perception of who I am.

I get to decide who I am. It’s nice to meet you, wholly as I am.

I completed my master’s degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and wrote my thesis on Islam and Lebanese culture. After graduation I taught as an adjunct professor at a university while I tried to figure out my next steps. I’d gained knowledge about identity, global and national structural systems, transnationalism, how culture has evolved and continues to evolve, historical context regarding systems of oppression, and other nuances about how people conceptualize themselves and how the world functions.

I felt I needed to do something impactful in my career with the wisdom I’d acquired throughout my life and education, but I couldn’t quite figure out how to best utilize what I’d learned.

Around that time I was trying to find a therapist. It was challenging to find someone who understood the complexity of my whole being and how I exist in this world, further complicated by my dedication to creating systemic and cultural change for our collective liberation. Upon reflecting on my many failed therapeutic relationships, I realized our communities deserve more therapists who understand the nuances of who we are and the future we are collectively cultivating.

I chose to I pursue my master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I felt it was important to support my community in navigating a world that often does not make space for our whole selves, whether it be structurally, in community, or interpersonally.

I’m here to make space for you. For all of us.

I look forward to meeting you, wholly as you are.