welcome to
calamansi counseling
culturally integrative therapy & liberatory care in maryland, washington dc, and internationally
hello, kumustaka, ahlan wa sahlan
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.
for adult children of immigrant parents, multicultural / bipoc individuals and couples, those who are queer or questioning, and third culture kids.
mental health therapy
individual & couples counseling
I specialize in supporting individuals and couples—across the neurodivergent spectrum—who hold multiple cultural identities and experience chronic stress, anxiety, or depression. Many clients begin therapy at Calamansi Counseling to heal from past trauma, process the weight of the current political climate, receive support in navigating family or relationship conflicts, unexpected life events, or to gain a deeper understanding of the layered depths of their identity. Coupled with the day to day stressors of balancing career, family, health, and a sense of purpose. Together, we explore ways to build lives, relationships, and communities that honor cultural, spiritual, and ancestral wisdom, while challenging oppressive norms and nurturing resilience.
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
Talk therapy that integrates movement, art, mindfulness & cultural/ ancestral wisdom as pathways for healing
liberatory healing
People I work with often come to me after painful experiences with other therapists and/or institutions that lacked cultural and 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 pathways for healing.
located in ellicott city, md
3525-H Ellicott Mills Dr, St 105, Ellicott City, MD 21043
inside courthouse square office complex
who do we work with?
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The hybrids, chameleons, 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” …the rebels and resisters, 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 impacted by the stress of racism, colonialism, and white fragility; chronically exhausted from 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, looking for a space to nourish 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 ♡
connect with us on socials
@calamansi_counseling