- Years in practice
- 32
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Faizah
Faizah Mawusi is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience. She offers a calm, accepting space for people wrestling with stress, anxiety, mood changes, addiction, grief, and parenting concerns. She centers the work on each person’s real life.
Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer thinking. She uses tools that help with emotion regulation, communication, and coping through change. Faizah pays attention to how identity and culture shape experience.
Background and approach
She supports clients facing LGBT issues, gender dysphoria concerns, multicultural challenges, and postpartum adjustment. She also helps people dealing with family of origin matters, divorce and separation, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. Her approach draws from client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
That mix lets her tailor sessions to what a person needs in the moment - whether that is learning a new skill, shifting unhelpful thinking, or practicing grounding exercises. People often come for help with relationships, communication problems, self-esteem, and coping with life transitions. Faizah aims to make therapy straightforward and useful, helping people find more balance and stronger day-to-day coping.
She practices in Indiana and provides services in English. Her background includes long-term clinical care that combines practical strategies with a focus on each person’s values and goals.
What Faizah works with
Everything Faizah lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Faizah helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Faizah lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Therapeutic tools adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and building a respectful, empathetic connection. Online sessions let the therapist listen closely and reflect what matters to the client, which helps people clarify goals and make choices that fit their lives.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It can be used for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and mood challenges by practicing techniques and homework between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills help when strong emotions, relationship conflict, or self-directed harm are part of the picture.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process aims to fit techniques to the client’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and skills practice. Phone sessions work well for brief check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates, check-ins between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy parenting life and to continue work between appointments.
Questions people ask about Faizah
What kinds of concerns can I bring up in sessions?
Faizah helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication problems, divorce and separation, postpartum depression, and multicultural concerns.
What is her general therapy style and approach?
She blends client-centered care with practical methods like cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. The emphasis is on practicing skills and making changes that fit everyday life.
How much experience does she have working with these issues?
She brings 32 years of clinical experience supporting people through a wide range of emotional and life challenges. That background informs a steady, experienced approach to problem solving in sessions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Indiana. Sessions are conducted from her Indiana practice location.
Which languages are supported for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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