Malikah Z Shaheed, LCSW

Malikah Z Shaheed is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of practice in New York. She focuses on helping people cope with addiction, trauma, grief, family conflict, and intimacy concerns. Her style is collaborative and person-centered, and she aims to listen closely and help people find their own strengths.

She works with people managing traumatic responses, abuse, and the ripple effects of loss. Malikah also supports those dealing with relationship struggles, communication problems, and the challenges that come after separation or divorce. She helps with both immediate distress and longer-term recovery steps.

Her background includes work with older adults and communities facing grief, loss, medical complications, and discrimination. She also welcomes people from military backgrounds and first responders, and those living with chronic health challenges or disability. These experiences inform how she tailors care to each person’s situation.

In sessions she helps people talk through intimacy, self-love, forgiveness, and commitment issues. She addresses practical life stressors too, like workplace pressure, financial strain, and major life transitions. Malikah emphasizes listening first and building on what each person already knows about themselves.

Starting therapy with her involves choosing goals together and trying strategies that fit daily life. She aims to make progress through steady steps rather than quick fixes. People who want a respectful, steady partner in their healing often find this approach helpful.

Evidence-informed approaches for online care

Malikah describes her work as grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on healing from trauma and strengthening relationships. One common approach she uses helps people process traumatic memories and reduce the ways those memories interfere with daily life by teaching grounding and coping strategies that can be practiced between sessions. Another approach centers on improving communication and intimacy skills, with practical exercises to build trust, set boundaries, and handle conflict more clearly.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Malikah works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they review what’s helping or not and adjust the plan so therapy stays useful and relevant.

Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy schedules and life responsibilities. It can make it easier to keep regular appointments around work, caregiving, and medical needs. Because the original biography does not specify session formats, confirm current online and in-person options before booking to match how you prefer to meet and the practical constraints you have.