Zehra Ansari, MA, LP
(she/her)
Zehra Ansari, MA, LP is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Minnesota and a certified School Psychologist in the states of Minnesota and Illinois. She holds two Masters degrees in Psychology and two Bachelors degrees in related subjects. Her experience in mental health is very broad including being a daycare teacher, a juvenile probation officer and a custody/visitation mediator and evaluator. She has been in private practice for over 30 years and worked as a school psychologist simultaneously, for that many years in Minnesota. Zehra works with children, adolescents, adults and families in the mainstream American culture including various ethnic populations. Zehra specializes in working with Muslims and immigrants to the United States, especially from the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia (India and Pakistan). She has extensive experience providing services to multicultural couples, extended families and other family patterns unique to the immigrant experience. Zehra speaks English, Urdu and Hindi and is comfortable utilizing professional interpreters for other languages. Zehra’s professional experience includes teaching, public speaking and holding workshops on topics related to self esteem, stress management, social skills and other mental health related topics. She has also volunteered for several organizations such as NAMI –MN, SEWA-AIFW and Islamic Center of Minnesota. In 2002, Zehra authored a chapter on Islamic Psychology in a text book, “Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy” Editor: R. Paul Olson, M Div, PhD; Haworth Press. Zehra immigrated to United States from Hyderabad, India and raised her own family here in Minnesota. Her knowledge, views and skills are based both on her personal and professional experience.
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