- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Khadeeja
Khadeeja Mirza is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and issues tied to trauma or addiction. She works with adults who are juggling life change, career pressure, or the emotional weight of caregiving. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she aims to make therapy feel practical and doable.
Khadeeja offers short-term coaching and longer-term therapy depending on what a person needs.
Background and approach
She uses clear techniques to identify unhelpful thinking, build coping skills, and set small steps that fit into busy lives. Sessions move at a pace the client feels comfortable with and focus on real-world changes. With nine years of practice in California, Khadeeja brings experience supporting people through grief, addiction recovery, parenting strain, and mood disorders.
She blends talking through life history with concrete strategies to reduce symptoms and boost confidence. Her LCSW credential means she holds a clinical social work license in California. Khadeeja pays attention to cultural background, immigration concerns, and the stress that comes from caregiving and work.
She can help people facing isolation, guilt, forgiveness challenges, or career crossroads. Her work also addresses adoption and foster care issues, HIV/AIDS concerns, and multicultural stressors. Therapy sessions can include exercises drawn from cognitive behavioral and motivational approaches as well as insight from psychodynamic work.
The focus is on understanding patterns, trying new behaviors, and measuring progress in everyday life.
What Khadeeja works with
Everything Khadeeja lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Khadeeja helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Khadeeja lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Khadeeja uses therapy approaches online
Khadeeja commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. CBT sessions usually include simple exercises and homework to practice between meetings.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find internal reasons to change when motivation feels low. This approach uses open questions and reflective listening to clarify goals and strengthen commitment to steps like cutting back on substances or improving routines.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Khadeeja will talk with each person about their goals, life demands, and what feels doable. Together they decide whether short-term solution work, skill building with CBT, or deeper psychodynamic exploration is the best fit.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing encouragement and homework prompts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, a parenting schedule, or travel.
Questions people ask about Khadeeja
What problems can Khadeeja help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, and parenting concerns.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and compassionate, using straightforward language and practical steps to help clients make small, manageable changes.
What experience does she bring?
Khadeeja has nine years of professional experience working with adults on mood disorders, trauma recovery, addiction, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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