Maya Chehab, PsyM, LPC
Psychotherapist (she/her)
Specialties
Anxiety | Depression | Trauma & Complex Trauma | Substance Misuse | Work & Professional Challenges | Cultural Adjustment | Life Transitions | Interpersonal conflict |Separation | Grief & Mourning | Perinatal & Postnatal Transitions | Parenting Challenges
Languages
about maya
“Until you make the unconscious conscious,
it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
— Carl Jung
For those of us who struggle with intense inner conflicts, who put up strong defensive walls, forbidding anyone to come close, who feel isolated, lonely, frustrated, and confused - I invite you to think of therapy as an adventurous self-discovery sail.
While embarking on that journey requires courage and tenacity, it will however lead you to a rewarding path. We will come to identify deep-rooted issues and patterns that might hinder your access to feelings, memories, and experiences. Taking a curious look to observe and understand our inner self often comes with a dramatic sense of revelation.
Revealing what motivates our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can unlock renewed self-awareness, leading to meaningful breakthroughs and a feeling of liberation. This newly acquired knowledge can transform and enrich the relationship with ourselves and with the world surrounding us.
My expertise includes working with those who struggle with anxiety, depression and other mood disorders, addictions, and trauma. I help adults understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences, such as abuse, neglect, or instability, on their life and their relationships. At times, childhood struggles are at the source of challenges at work, undermining our leadership, effectiveness, or communication. I’m also there to help individuals and couples navigate cultural adjustment, interpersonal conflict, separation, loss, grief, perinatal and postnatal transitions, and parenting challenges.
My practice is informed by psychoanalysis and mindfulness. My approach is holistic, as it welcomes the person as a whole by addressing their history including their background, their personality, and their embodied experience. I like to offer a safe, non-judgmental space where one can be heard and understood differently.
I embrace my Middle Eastern roots and offer sessions in English, French, and Arabic. My experience as a psychotherapist overseas and my years of clinical and community-based work provide a nuanced and meaningful understanding of personal struggles, relationships, family dynamics, behavioral patterns, and cultural diversity. Consulting with non-profit organizations allowed me to work with disadvantaged populations, including youth, young parents, and the elderly. Those remain significant life lessons I am grateful for.
Today, I make use of my experience to help those who want to recognize unwanted patterns, sit with uncomfortable feelings, allow those feelings to be, and understand what past events they resonate with. Gradually, through free association of thoughts, feelings, and ideas, through creativity and sublimation, and through our fostered therapist-patient relationship, therapy will evolve into a cathartic process where you will be able to reinvent and recreate your life as it unfolds.
I accept Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) PPO plans. If you have a different plan, we will provide you what you will need to seek reimbursement from your insurance.
Education and Training
Saint Joseph University, Beirut: Post-Master's Diploma (DESS) in Clinical & Pathological Psychology
Saint Joseph University, Beirut: Masters degree in Clinical & Pathological Psychology
Saint Joseph University, Beirut: BA in Clinical & Pathological Psychology
Professional affiliations
American Counseling Association