Ikram Hassan, PsyD, Postdoctoral Fellow

The presenting problem is the doorway for individuals, couples, and families to seek out services. My approach to treatment is collaborative and holistic (mind, body, spirit, and soul). I view human development and human experience as a complex interactive process that is understood in terms of relational dynamics at many levels of contextual understanding. My approach is recognizing that individuals and families are linked to the wider cultural contexts and shaped by socio-political and sociolinguistic realities. I have enjoyed the critical integration of theoretical models and learning to shift the focus from linear to circular causation.

I use person-centered and strength-based approach to working with children, adults, caregivers, and families. I believe that everyday our lives can present us with challenges but also with I draw from a variety of approaches to fit the needs of my clients, including cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, humanistic, somatic, dialectical behavioral therapy, emotion-focused, attachment-based, mindfulness through the cultural context, family systems, multicultural therapy and play therapy. opportunities to heal. There is a saying: “You do not have to teach a cut how to heal, you just have to create the best environment for healing to take place.” My goal is to create and foster a safe space for healing to take place.

Education:

• Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology from Adler University
• Completed Doctoral Internship at Washburn Center for Children
• Completed Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center

Experience:

I have practiced in both urban and rural communities, with diverse populations in various setting ranging from private practice, community mental health, Veterans Hospitals, County Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers. In some settings, I have provided therapy and assessments to families and individuals in Somali and German.