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Mushda Afghanzada, LMSW
Psychotherapist
Mushda works with adults navigating anxiety, stress, and burnout, life transitions and self-esteem, and the layered experience of cultural identity - including first-generation and immigrant experiences. She offers sessions in English and Dari.
"My goal is to create a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where clients feel comfortable being themselves."
About Mushda
In a first session with Mushda, the focus is on getting to know you: what has been bringing you to therapy, and the experiences and challenges that matter most to you. From there, you work collaboratively to identify goals and find an approach that feels helpful and realistic - not a program imposed on you.
Her clients are often carrying more than one world at once: the pressure to succeed, the stress and burnout that come with it, and - for many - the particular weight of first-generation and immigrant experience, where family expectations, cultural identity, and your own path have to be negotiated daily. Mushda brings both clinical training and genuine cultural fluency to that work.
She practices from a flexible, evidence-based base - CBT, DBT, acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing - always person-centered and strengths-based: built around who you already are, not who a worksheet assumes you to be.
How Mushda Works
Flexible, evidence-based, and built around who you already are:
CBT & DBT
Practical tools for anxious thought loops and overwhelming emotions - skills you use between sessions.
ACT
Making room for hard feelings while moving toward what matters to you - not just symptom control.
Motivational Interviewing
A collaborative way through ambivalence, at the pace change actually happens.
Person-Centered & Strengths-Based
You set the direction; therapy builds on what's already strong in you.
Languages
English & Dari
Insurance
Aetna & Northwell Direct
Sessions
Virtual across New York State
Availability
Broad weekday availability - mornings, daytime & evenings
Start Working with Mushda
Mushda is currently accepting new clients, with broad weekday availability across mornings, daytime, and evenings. Book a free 15-minute consult to see if it's a fit - you commit to nothing until it feels right.