- Person-centered approach
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness tools
About Nadia
Nadia Maghsadi is an LCPC in Maryland with four years of clinical experience. She works with people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and substance issues. Nadia also supports concerns like grief, intimacy issues, parenting stress, ADHD, and questions about sexuality.
She trained at the University of Maryland, College Park and earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University. Her background includes inpatient work with girls, detention center work with juvenile boys, outpatient substance abuse treatment for adults, domestic violence intervention programs, and time on the National Suicide Lifeline. That variety shaped a practical approach to common life problems.
Nadia describes her approach as person-centered and humanistic. In practice that means she focuses on listening without judgment, being direct yet kind, and helping people name thoughts that lead to painful feelings or unhelpful behavior. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to notice and shift problematic thinking patterns.
She also draws on narrative and mindfulness methods, and uses Imago relationship ideas when relationship patterns are part of the problem. Nadia brings attention to cultural background as a part of understanding a person’s concerns, noting her own experience as the child of Middle Eastern immigrants.
Nadia can teach simple breathing and mindfulness practices learned through her yoga background. She aims to help people manage anger and frustration more clearly, reduce repeated unhelpful reactions, and improve how they relate to others.
How Nadia uses therapeutic approaches online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s concerns. It involves open questions, reflection, and support for people to find their own solutions. This approach helps when anger comes from feeling unheard or misunderstood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Nadia uses CBT to help notice thoughts that escalate anger and practice different responses that reduce reactivity. Mindfulness Therapy adds short breathing and attention practices to calm the body and interrupt automatic reactions. Choosing the right combination is part of the work. Nadia collaborates with clients to test methods and see what helps most for their goals, concerns, and daily life. She adjusts techniques as progress is made and as priorities shift. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Some formats can be useful when quieter surroundings or less screen time are needed, while others suit deeper conversation on video. Discussing practical arrangements happens during the matching and scheduling steps so sessions can fit regular life.Areas of expertise
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she support?
She works with people struggling with losing their temper with loved ones, workplace frustration, growing resentment, and living with someone else’s anger.
How would she approach my anger in sessions?
She uses a person-centered stance combined with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns that drive anger and practice new responses.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of experience across inpatient care, juvenile detention centers, outpatient substance abuse programs, domestic violence interventions, and the National Suicide Lifeline.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LCPC in Maryland and completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Johns Hopkins University.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.