About Nusrat
Nusrat Karim is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth strategies and listens without judgment to understand each person’s situation. Nusrat aims to make therapy feel approachable and useful from the first session.
She uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people recognize unhelpful thoughts and try small, manageable behavior changes. She also draws on client-centered techniques to center the conversation on the person’s needs and goals.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are added when helpful to reduce reactivity and increase focus. Nusrat has worked with adults and youth on issues including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and family concerns, and struggles with self-esteem and isolation. She also supports people dealing with life changes, career stress, and parenting-related strain.
Her additional focus areas include communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and finding a sense of purpose. In sessions she uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused steps to identify immediate goals and build momentum. Meetings tend to be collaborative - setting clear, achievable tasks and checking progress over time.
Expect straightforward feedback, empathy, and active listening paired with concrete suggestions. Nusrat trained at Florida International University and practices in Florida. She offers work in English and accepts international clients.
Her style is practical and warm, aiming to reduce stigma and help people move forward one step at a time.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like low mood, worry, or attention challenges. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room, using empathetic listening and reflection to build trust and clarify goals.Nusrat approaches the choice of methods as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, try different techniques, and adapt the plan based on what helps most. Finding the right mix of ACT, CBT, or client-centered work is part of the process, not a single decision made at the start.
Online appointments can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can fit shorter breaks or low-bandwidth situations. Chat and messaging support brief check-ins, homework, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while maintaining consistent momentum.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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