Zina Asmar-Salem

• Licensed Marriage Family Therapist and Limited Licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples and groups. Experience in utilization of a wide range of clinical and therapeutic modalities. Member of American Psychological Association and CAMFT. Therapist in CA and MI. Nationally certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT). Expertise in treating a variety of anxiety and mood disorders, relationship, family issues and ADHD/ADD

Ability to understand each client's needs through utilization of initial psychosocial assessment to understand immediate issues, dynamics of their childhood, underlying factors, trauma and impact of the clients environment. A person-centered plan is implemented, addressing client's goals and objectives, allowing the client to focus on issues they would like to address in therapy thus creating a structured goal focused session. Various homework exercises that are goal and issues specific are generated to help client on the path to self-realization and holistic recovery.

• I believe everyone should have a safe and healing place to work through life's difficulties. My goal is to help individuals to understand, predict and control behavior and emotions that are leading them to psychological discomfort. Additional focus in therapy is to help bring families and couples closer together through therapeutic work that lead to fulfilling relationships.