Najwa Awad, LCSWC, PMHC

Najwa Awad, LCSWC, PMHC Psychotherapist, EMDR Provider, Author

Helping Muslims heal, grow and thrive after adversity.

Najwa is a psychotherapist, certified perinatal mental health specialist and organizational mental health consultant that has provided services to individuals and families in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area for over 15 years. She has a private practice that offers psychotherapy to women and children, and specializes in treating depression, anxiety, trauma and family conflict. Her experi

ence in the field is diverse and includes providing services at group homes, Islamic schools, public schools and in the foster care system. In addition to giving regular workshops in the community, Najwa is also Fellow at the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research in which she authors publications on the intersectionality of Islam and mental health.

08/28/2026
08/21/2026
Breaking generational patterns starts with understanding where they began.In therapy, one of the most common things peop...
07/17/2026

Breaking generational patterns starts with understanding where they began.

In therapy, one of the most common things people carry is frustration about struggles they never chose: the anxiety they absorbed, the unhealthy beliefs they were handed, the ways their family taught them to survive.

Naming what you've inherited is not making excuses but the first step toward working with it.

Understanding your story matters, and through your choices and your du'a, you have the power to change it.

Allah created the brain to learn from experience. Especially painful ones.When something hurts us, the brain naturally l...
07/03/2026

Allah created the brain to learn from experience. Especially painful ones.

When something hurts us, the brain naturally looks for patterns to keep us safe. It begins asking, “How do I make sure this never happens again?”

Sometimes that protects us.

Other times, it overgeneralizes.

One disappointment becomes, “Things never work out for me.”

One failure becomes, “I’m not capable.”

One painful experience becomes, “This is how life will always be.”

Over time, these conclusions stop feeling like conclusions. They begin to feel like truth.

Healing is not ignoring your wounds.

It is allowing them to inform you without allowing them to define you.

When you notice a painful belief, pause and ask yourself: "Did this belief come from Allah’s guidance, or from my wounds?”

They are not the same.

We often mistake delay for denial.We make du'a for days and become discouraged.For months and begin to doubt.For years a...
06/26/2026

We often mistake delay for denial.

We make du'a for days and become discouraged.
For months and begin to doubt.
For years and wonder whether our du'a will ever be answered.

But the Prophet ﷺ reminded us that impatience is not simply wanting an answer quickly. It is reaching the point where we say, "I made du'a, but Allah did not answer me."

Delay is not the same as rejection.

Allah hears every du'a. Sometimes He answers immediately. Sometimes He delays the answer out of His wisdom. Sometimes He responds in ways we do not yet recognize.

Do not let waiting convince you that Allah is absent.

Keep asking.Keep hoping. Keep trusting.

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