Being the strong one helped you survive. Now it’s time for something softer.
Noor Ibrahim, LICSW
Culturally responsive online therapy for daughters of immigrants in Boston, serving all of Massachusetts
You’ve spent your whole life being the one who holds it all.
Expectations. Emotions. Relationships. And yet, it feels like no one really sees what it costs you.
You’re not invisible—but you wonder if you’re too much, or not enough. You give so much it hurts, then feel guilty for needing rest. You’re asking:
Is there a way to care for others and myself without losing who I am or where I come from?
What to Expect in Therapy
I work with daughters of immigrants who are tired of performing strength and ready for something deeper: clarity in their relationships, trust in themselves, and a stronger sense of who they are beneath the pressure.
You’ll never have to explain the unspoken rules you grew up with—I’ve lived them too. Our work is warm, collaborative, and deep. You’ll be seen not as a diagnosis, but as a layered, thoughtful human navigating real complexity.
How We’ll Work Together
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Real change begins with trust. I’ll check in often, stay grounded in cultural awareness, and work hard to understand your world.
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We’ll go beyond venting. I’ll offer practical insight using Internal Family Systems (IFS), relational-cultural, attachment-based, feminist, and strengths-based therapy.
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We’ll name goals together—and revisit them often. You’ll always know what we’re working toward.
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Most clients meet weekly. I’ll track your themes, pace the work, and help you connect the dots so you feel momentum.
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Optional readings, activities, or journal prompts help the work stick between sessions.
It’s hard to open up when you feel like you have to teach your therapist how your world works.
When harm comes through relationships—family, friends, culture, society—healing has to happen in relationship too. You don’t need surface-level support. You need a therapist who understands the layers without needing the whole backstory.
I’m not just a therapist—I’m a daughter of immigrants, an immigrant myself, an Iraqi-Palestinian Muslim woman who’s spent years unlearning what I was told I should be and building a life that actually feels like mine. I’ve been where you are: questioning everything, doubting your worth, wondering if you’ll ever feel at peace with the choices you’re making. I care deeply—sometimes eldest daughter level deeply—about my clients’ growth. I’ll be in it with you, every step of the way, helping you move from surviving to self-trusting, from pleasing to choosing.
Therapy with me is…
Warm, real, and deeply connected
A space where we really see each other
Rooted in trust, curiosity, and compassion
A place to explore what’s holding you back
A steady space for healing and real growth
Therapy with me isn’t…
Cold, clinical, or stiff
A place where you edit yourself
About fixing you in one session
Detached from culture, identity, or family
Monotone or one-size-fits-all
Why Clients Trust Me
I hold two master’s degrees—one in education and one in clinical social work. My teaching background helps me break things down clearly and make learning feel natural. I don’t just reflect—I teach, so you can understand what’s happening beneath the surface and what to do with it.
As a social worker, I see your symptoms not as flaws, but as smart responses to overwhelming environments. For daughters of immigrants especially, that context matters. I’ll help you name what’s yours, what’s not, and what the system never should’ve handed you.
Clients often say I help things make sense. Some call me their “therapist for life.” Others say they’re proud to work with someone who cares as much about justice as healing. I don’t just talk about change—I live it, and I’ll help you create it too.
My Specialities
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Relationships
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Imposter Syndrome
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Identity
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IFS Therapy
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Education:
2007 Master of Education in Secondary English Education, Rutgers University
2020 Master of Clinical Social Work, Boston College
Licensure:
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
MA license: LICSW126810
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Trainings:
Completed one year of clinical training in providing feminist, relational-cultural therapy at Simmons University Counseling Center, 2019-2020
Completed a two year clinical fellowship at Brandeis University Counseling Center, 2020-2022
Certifications:
Scheduled to complete Level 1 IFS Training April 2026
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National Association of Social Workers (NASW-MA)
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Internal Family Systems
Relational-cultural
Attachment-based
Strengths-based
Psychodynamic
Culturally responsive
Feminist
Motivational Interviewing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Relational-Cultural Therapy is one of the only models created by and for women. It’s based on a simple but powerful idea: we grow through connection, not isolation. This approach helps us look at how culture, power, and relationships have shaped you—and offers healing in a relationship where you don’t have to explain, perform, or prove yourself.
Attachment-Based Therapy helps us understand how your early relationships shaped the way you love, trust, and protect yourself now. Together, we’ll explore those patterns—not to blame the past, but to free the present—so you can build relationships (including with yourself) that feel safer, clearer, and more secure.
Strengths-Based Therapy starts with what’s already working, even if you don’t see it yet. Your coping strategies weren’t failures: they were survival tools. We’ll build on your resilience, draw out what’s already within you, and help you create change without shame or self-blame.
A Final Note
What Noor Means
Noor means light in Arabic. To me, light can mean many things: accessing your truth, feeling warmth where there was once tension, experiencing moments of ease, or connecting to something deeper. That’s what I hope this space can be for you: honest, healing, and quietly powerful.
Therapy as an Act of Resistance
I believe therapy is political. It asks us to slow down and question the systems shaping our lives: patriarchy, colonialism, racism, capitalism, and more. Therapy is a space to pause, reflect, and ask, “Who told me I had to be this way?” Together, we’ll explore how those systems have shaped your story, and what you want to keep, let go of, or reimagine. That kind of healing frees not just you, but all of us.
