- Addiction and grief
- Trauma recovery
- Thoughts and habits
About Malikah
Malikah Z Shaheed is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people through difficult life moments. She focuses on supporting individuals dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. Her approach is warm and collaborative, aimed at helping clients make small, practical changes in thoughts and everyday habits to improve daily life.
She works with people facing family conflict, adoption and foster care questions, abandonment, and attachment issues. Malikah also supports those coping with chronic illness or pain, caregiving stress, aging concerns, and the emotional impact of cancer. Her practice includes helping with communication problems, commitment and control issues, and the fallout from divorce and separation.
Her style emphasizes listening first, then helping clients identify steps they can try between sessions. Sessions often include straightforward skill-building for managing upsetting memories, shifting unhelpful thinking, and improving everyday routines. She aims to make change feel doable rather than overwhelming.
Malikah draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide work on trauma responses and relationship patterns. She brings two decades of practice in New York to bring practical experience to complicated problems. She supports people who want clearer thinking, steadier daily habits, and stronger connections with others.
Beginning therapy with Malikah starts with selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
She works with people facing family conflict, adoption and foster care questions, abandonment, and attachment issues. Malikah also supports those coping with chronic illness or pain, caregiving stress, aging concerns, and the emotional impact of cancer. Her practice includes helping with communication problems, commitment and control issues, and the fallout from divorce and separation.
Her style emphasizes listening first, then helping clients identify steps they can try between sessions. Sessions often include straightforward skill-building for managing upsetting memories, shifting unhelpful thinking, and improving everyday routines. She aims to make change feel doable rather than overwhelming.
Malikah draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide work on trauma responses and relationship patterns. She brings two decades of practice in New York to bring practical experience to complicated problems. She supports people who want clearer thinking, steadier daily habits, and stronger connections with others.
Beginning therapy with Malikah starts with selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issues
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Approaches that guide online care
Malikah uses evidence-based techniques focused on trauma responses and everyday thought and habit patterns. For trauma-related work she emphasizes stabilizing reactions and building skills to reduce distressing memories and bodily responses; this can help people who are processing abuse, loss, or major life events. For work on thoughts and habits she helps clients identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with small, repeatable routines that reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Malikah collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan as progress and challenges emerge so the work stays practical and relevant.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions during workday breaks or evenings. It can also allow shorter check-ins by phone when video is not needed, or full conversation-focused sessions when deeper processing is required. Ask about the available session formats when you schedule so you can choose what matches your routine.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Malikah commonly help with?
She helps people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related issues. She also addresses family conflict, attachment and abandonment concerns, chronic illness, and life transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens first, then works with clients to set practical steps and habit changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Malikah has 20 years of clinical experience working with people on trauma responses, relationship struggles, addiction-related concerns, and grief.
Where is her practice based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in New York and holds the LCSW credential, which stands for licensed clinical social worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Malikah?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to her availability.