welcome to

calamansi counseling

culturally integrative therapy & liberatory care in maryland, washington dc, and internationally

hello, kumustaka, ahlan wa sahlan

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I’m Heba! My multicultural Arab and Asian roots inspired the founding of Calamansi Counseling, a liberatory healing space. I am a licensed therapist serving Maryland, the District of Columbia & select countries internationally.

meet heba
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for adult children of immigrant parents, multicultural / bipoc individuals and couples, those who are queer or questioning, and third culture kids.

mental health therapy

healing starts here

individual & couples counseling

I specialize in supporting clients heal from trauma while they also navigate the unique challenges of holding multiple cultural identities. Many of the people I work with experience anxiety or depression in response to the political and global climate, the weight of cultural expectations, family wounds & conflict—alongside the everyday stress of balancing career, relationships, and a sense of self.

where

In-person therapy in Ellicott City, MD. Online therapy in Washington DC, Maryland, & internationally*

rooted in

Liberatory care that promotes healing from systemic and institutional harm and is LGBTQ+ affirming

who

Centering the needs of multicultural/BIPOC adult individuals and couples

approach

Trauma-informed, somatic & feminist; integrating cultural and ancestral wisdom as a pathway for healing

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liberatory healing

People I work with often come to me after painful experiences with white therapists who lacked cultural or sociopolitical consciousness. I provide culturally integrative care which promotes healing from systemic and institutional harm, drawing from somatic, feminist, and trauma-informed approaches while integrating cultural and ancestral wisdom as a pathway for healing.

located in ellicott city, md

3525-H Ellicott Mills Dr, St 105, Ellicott City, MD 21043

inside courthouse square office complex

 
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  • grey therapy couch with white pillows, reflection of birds of paradise tree in mirror situated in back corner of the couch
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who do we work with?

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    The hybrids, chameleons, rebels, and nonconformers who occupy space outside of the box, whose names are often mispronounced or who’ve ever been asked where are you *really* from?

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    Those of us with hyphenated identities, othered for defying eurocentric / americacentric “norms” …those who dare to disrupt the norm

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    Those of us who are the children of immigrant parents and have had to figure out how to navigate the experience of having a foot in two, three, or more cultural worlds

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    Those of us wounded by failing systems and oppressive institutions, and looking for spaces that center the intersection of social justice and anti-oppressive healing

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    Those of us feeling chronically exhausted by the stress of racism, colonialism, and white fragility, while minimizing parts of who you are or code switching to experience safety or acceptance

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    Those of us feeling the impact of assimilation, severed from our culture(s) of origin and ancestral lineages, desiring to experience reconnection

social justice

Calamansi Counseling is an Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ). AFZs are an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and are about creating spaces free of racism, oppression, and racial discrimination in Palestine and elsewhere ♡

Our Values

  • therapy can help us cultivate a deeper relationship with ourself

    and supports us in nurturing connection with those around us

  • therapy supports us in building self-confidence, allowing us to feel more secure in our identity

    and moves us into alignment with the person we want to be

  • therapy can help us feel unstuck by identifying patterns and cycles that keep us in a loop

    while learning skills to forge new pathways forward

  • therapy can help us deepen our capacity for resilience

    building spaciousness to hold both joy and pain as we endeavor to exist in and disrupt systems of oppression

  • therapy can help us improve our communication skills

    better equipping us to navigate intimacy and conflict in our important relationships

  • therapy offers an environment of safety, compassion, and non judgment to heal from trauma

    whereas unprocessed trauma will continue to seep into the relationship we have with ourselves, others, and the world around us

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