Hi, I’m Sanaa
You want a meaningful life.
One where your actions align with your values, where you feel emotionally grounded, and trust yourself. You're curious about who you really are. You want to grow from your past, set boundaries that feel good, and move through life with more confidence, clarity, and peace.
You’re also someone who wants to make a difference—through your family, your community, your ideas.
But maybe you need some support along the way.
That’s where I come in.
I walk alongside people who are ready to live with more intention, depth and self-trust. I can help you tune into the experiences and wisdom that you already have.
My work is rooted in lived experience and years of deep, integrative study. I’ve spent over 13 years in my own therapeutic process—with multiple therapists, psychiatrists, and family counselors—so I know firsthand how frustrating the traditional model can be: the slow pace, the weekly sessions, the effort it takes to get to the root of something that feels just out of reach.
That’s why I’ve chosen to work differently.
Through ongoing training in compassionate, neuroscience-informed approaches, I endeavor to hold space in a way that invites your inner wisdom forward. Whether you’re looking to build self-trust, deepen self-esteem, or transform how you relate to yourself and others—I’m here to help you access what’s already within you.
This isn’t just my profession. It’s my practice - with myself. With my clients. With the therapists and students I guide.
Let’s walk this path together.
Relevant Trainings & Credentials:
STAIR certified therapist; STAIR Method (Self Trust and Integrated Resilience) is a way to help increase a client’s self-trust and integration through experiential, power-with and brain-wise strategies
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Memory Reconsolidation Demo group member with Jules Taylor Shore 2022-2025
STAIR Group member with Jules Taylor Shore 2024-2025
Relational Life Therapy (RLT) Trained
Internal Family Systems Informed Coach
Real Life Community Membership, live online training in RLT
Couples Therapy consultation group member 2021-2022
Gottman Method (Level 2)
I’m a certified educator in:
Gottman’s The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work
Gottman’s Bringing Baby Home
Ongoing coursework:
Internal Family Systems
Dan Siegel’s Interpersonal Neurobiology
I’m an entrepreneur and a creative. In my previous career I launched two fashion brands. If you’re here you are also probably persistent, curious, or creative in some way. I’m a Licensed Counselor. I have a Masters from Fordham University, a Fashion Marketing degree from Parsons the New School, and a Bachelors in entrepreneurship from Babson College. I love learning. I am constantly taking courses and learning new methodologies so that I can pass along skills to my clients. I use skills that resonate most for me in my life and that have moved me and my clients towards a deeper and more integrated life.