Nour Counseling

💝💖❤️‍🩹July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. It is a reminder to continue raising awareness of the unique mental health challenges that racial and ethnic minorities face. It is also an invitation to name barriers to care and continue fighting for equal access to mental health services.

At Nour Counseling, we are passionate about working with folx from historically minoritized backgrounds. Everyone means everyone.

Call or text (919) 213-1331 or email [email protected] to schedule a free consultation.

Happy Juneteenth! Let us continue fighting for racial equity and equal access to mental health care for Black and African American communities!

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Nour Counseling is proud to be an LGBTQIA2S+ affirming practice. At Nour, everyone means everyone.

While all of our clinicians are q***r-affirming therapists, we'd like to spotlight the folx on our team who specialize in working with the unique concerns faced by q***r-identifying clients.

Visit 🔗 in bio to learn more. Email [email protected], or call or text (919) 213-1331 to schedule a free consultation.

In this 6-week virtual group, participants will explore the lasting impact of being in a relationship with a narcissistic person and deepen their understanding of internalized messages that often occur in emotionally damaging relationships. We will create healing and movement beyond abusive relationships through:

🛠️Identifying tools and skills, including boundary setting, identifying and honoring your own needs, and communication skills

❤️‍🩹Building a community of womxn with similar experiences to validate and support one another in their healing journey

🎨Embracing creativity and sorting our thoughts by doing small crafts, such as paint by number, crocheting, coloring, cross stitch, etc. (Please bring your own materials.)

📆 Tuesdays, 7:30-9 PM, July 16-August 20
📍Virtual in NC

Express interest here: bit.ly/NourCounselingGroup

How do we prepare for the impact of the upcoming U.S. elections—emotionally, psychologically, and materially?

Nour Counseling will be hosting an Election Survival Support Group this summer for folx 18+ who experience anxiety or fear related to the political climate and/or upcoming U.S. elections.

This group creates space to hold each others’ anxieties, fears, and activation around elections. The goals of the group are to express and release fears in a safe space, create podmaps of community connections/resources, and practice ways to connect to our inner resilience. 

The following rights will be centered in this space:
immigrant, transgender, abortion, equity, critical race education, and overall safety. This support group is for individuals who experience a lack of protection by the state and is designed to help folx discover more ways to protect each other.

It is not a space for electoral endorsement or an effort to encourage voting.

We will hold space for 2 sliding scale spots in this space and will not turn away folx for lack of funds. 

📆 July 11 - Aug 29, Thursdays, 6-7:30 PM
📍 Virtual, members are required to be located in NC
Express interest here: bit.ly/NourCounselingGroup

🌺Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! 💝

At Nour Counseling, we are passionate about working with folx from diverse backgrounds, especially those with historically minoritized identities. Our therapists are dedicated to help you awaken to the truth of your experience, expand your perception of the world of possibilities, and transform the way you experience and interact with life. 

everyone means everyone. 

Call or text (919) 213-1331 or email [email protected] to schedule a free consultation. 

Eid Mubarak to our celebrating communities!

Ramadan Mubarak to our celebrating communities!

Are you searching for friendship and community in North Carolina? Come join us in a virtual space on Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm, from 3/27 to 4/24!

This FREE group will be dedicated to processing and learning from previous relationships in order to open space for new friendships in our lives. We will draw from self-awareness and self-confidence on the pathway to discovering what we can bring to new relationships and how we can use our existing skills for good. We will also consider relationship maintenance as well as engaging in effective and meaningful apologies, for when things get a little bumpy on the road to friendship.

If you’re interested in joining or would like to learn more, please complete our form at bit.ly/NourCounselingGroup.

Nour Counseling has FREE therapy available with our five phenomenal interns. Call or text 919-213-1331 or submit a web form request at www.nourcounseling.com.

Nour Counseling has FREE therapy available with 4 phenomenal interns.

Misty and Jomaris are both fluent in Spanish and each has 2 available slots. They specialize in a wide array of presenting concerns and populations, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, phobias, life transitions, cultural stress, and trauma. both are LGBTQIA+ affirming.

Claire specializes in GAD, depression, grief, and LGBTQIA+ and gender expansive clients.

Kayleigh works with chronic illness, identity, and many of the same presenting concerns above in young adults and college students.

Call or text 919-213-1331 or submit a web form request.

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Nour Counseling in Raleigh, NC We have a special passion for working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. When you meet with one of our therapists, know that we put a high premium on your humanity. Our philosophy is to help you awaken to the truth of your experience, expand your perception of the world of possibilities, and

Nour Counseling is excited to launch a new Career Transitions Support Group 🐛➡️🦋

This is an empowerment group for folx navigating career struggles. We believe in expanding options to battle burnout and heal from workplace trauma. Our group is open to adults (18+) seeking a career change or transition. You deserve to work in ways that meet your financial, emotional, and mental needs!

This group will meet online for six weekly sessions on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 pm, from March 11 to April 15, 2024. Each session will cost $45 for self-pay clients. For those with health insurance, we are in network with most BCBS plans, Aetna, Ambetter, CBHA, and Medcost.

If you’re interested in joining or would like to learn more, please complete our form at bit.ly/NourCounselingGroup.

Nour Counseling is honored to welcome three new clinicians joining our team. 👏

Jo Cooper, LCMHCA, she/her
Jo offers support to adults (18+), individually and in relationship dynamics. Using a person-centered approach, she creates safety and a soft place to land. She is passionate about serving those who feel unseen and unheard with a special interest in BIPOC communities and minorities. Jo brings expertise to concerns of anxiety, grief, depression, life transitions, burnout, and racial-cultural trauma.

Hope Lewis, LCSWA, they/them
Hope works with adults and teenagers (16+), providing a person-centered, holistic, and decolonized therapy approach. Passionate about identity work, especially with Black and brown folx, q***r folx, 20-somethings and international students, they walk alongside folx with anxiety, relationship issues, friendship complications, depression, low self-esteem, grief, life transitions, career counseling, emotional, racial, and workplace trauma.

Katherine McKoy, LCSWA, she/her
In her work with adults (18+), Katherine takes a decolonized, liberating, and trauma-focused approach. She is passionate about supporting individuals with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and folx who seek to break generational cycles and heal. She works collaboratively with clients to address concerns of parental stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, spirituality, life transitions, grief, and stress management.

Visit our website to book a free consultation today! 🔗 in bio! 👆👆

Happy Lunar New Year from Nour Counseling!

Nour Counseling currently has 7 very highly trained INTERNS with immediate openings!

Free/low cost, no questions asked.

They self-identify with a wide variety of backgrounds (trans, Black, bicultural, multi-lingual) and can support many presenting concerns.

From identity exploration to mood disorders to life transitions and trauma, they are the GOAT of interns!!!

Nour Counseling in Raleigh, NC We have a special passion for working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. When you meet with one of our therapists, know that we put a high premium on your humanity. Our philosophy is to help you awaken to the truth of your experience, expand your perception of the world of possibilities, and

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

As Martin Luther King Jr. Day is around the corner, we’d like to share with y’all how some of our therapists plan to celebrate Dr. King’s legacy.

Take rest and find ways to honor my ancestors’ dream fulfillment while reflecting on my dream for future generations to come.

Have conversations about racial injustice, read & listen to what others have to say, and constantly adjust my implicit (and explicit) biases.

Remember how recent the Civil Rights struggle was and how cyclical and recurring the issues are.

Reflect on the sacrifices and determination of my ancestors, and reflecting on how I can pay that forward.

❓How to navigate the New Year
📋 Tips from our therapists

1️⃣ Self-care is not selfish. Set boundaries and prioritize your needs.
2️⃣ Remember goals are the destination. Intentions are the steps you take to get there.
3️⃣ Give yourself grace. It’s always ok to start over.
4️⃣ For high achievers: Set goals, then set realistic goals.
5️⃣ Embrace new solutions to old problems.
6️⃣ Consider if pride or ego are keeping you stuck in the same unhealthy relationships and patterns.

👀 Interested in learning more?
🙌 Join our New Year, New You Support Group!
👉 bit.ly/NourCounselingGroup

Happy Kwanzaa to our celebrating communities!

Happy Holidays From Nour Counseling! 🎄🎉

This support group is focused on helping you cultivate self-love, self-care, and self-acceptance in the New Year while navigating the complexities of anxiety and depression. Throughout our sessions, you’ll discover the art of setting intentions, exploring self-love, establishing self-care rituals, building resilience, and fostering self-acceptance and self-empowerment - all while learning to better understand and cope with anxiety and depression.

Our group will meet online for six weekly sessions on Thursdays at 6pm, from January 25th to February 29th, 2024. Each session will cost $45 for self-pay clients. For those with health insurance, we are in network with most BCBS plans, Aetna, Ambetter, CBHA, and Medcost.

If you‘re interested in joining or would like to learn more, please complete our form at bit.ly/NourCounselingGroup.

Happy Hanukkah to our celebrating communities!

[Reposting with the correct address] This group is for people who have felt marginalized, outcasted, and unseen during and beyond holidays. It is a space to decolonize celebration and liberate ourselves from holidays that have been rooted in oppressive ideologies. We plan to hold space for estrangement struggles, create new holiday traditions, build protective spells, and enter the new year with deeper centerings. This group centers q***r/trans folx of color, but is open to accepting folx who are aligned with anti-racism, anti-transphobia, and other systems of oppression. The group will run on Wednesday evenings from 4-5:30pm for a total of 4 groups (starting Dec 13, 2023 and ending Jan 17, 2024). The group will be in-person and require masking indoors. It will take place both inside/outside at the Living Room in Durham, NC. The group can accept insurances and will cost $60 a session for self-pay. A few sliding scale/pro-bono spots could be available depending on the number of participants. If you are interested in joining, please fill out a contact us form at nourcounseling.com and write "holiday group" in the box for what you would like to talk to a therapist about.

This group is for people who have felt marginalized, outcasted, and unseen during and beyond holidays. It is a space to decolonize celebration and liberate ourselves from holidays that have been rooted in oppressive ideologies. We plan to hold space for estrangement struggles, create new holiday traditions, build protective spells, and enter the new year with deeper centerings. This group centers q***r/trans folx of color, but is open to accepting folx who are aligned with anti-racism, anti-transphobia, and other systems of oppression. The group will run on Wednesday evenings from 4-5:30pm for a total of 4 groups (starting Dec 13, 2023 and ending Jan 17, 2024). The group will be in-person and require masking indoors. It will take place both inside/outside at the Living Room in Durham, NC. The group can accept insurances and will cost $60 a session for self-pay. A few sliding scale/pro-bono spots could be available depending on the number of participants. If you are interested in joining, please fill out a contact us form at nourcounseling.com and write "holiday group" in the box for what you would like to talk to a therapist about.

Nour Counseling has another superstar on the team! We are honored to welcome Jess Williams as a highly skilled graduate intern who is currently offering free and low cost counseling services. Jess specializes in working with clients - both individually and their families - around anxiety, depression, identity, neurodivergence, parenting, life transitions, and marginalization and identity exploration around LGBTQIA2S+-identifying individuals.

https://www.nourcounseling.com/jess-williams

Nour Counseling is proud to welcome Lys Lin to the team!

Lys works with adults, teens, partners, and families focusing on a variety of presenting concerns including bicultural identity, divorce, domestic violence, childhood trauma, life transitions, and perinatal/pregnancy/postpartum matters. As someone who taught in all-girls middle and high schools for eight years, Lys is passionate about exploring gender roles and expectations. Lys loves to serve, share common experiences, and celebrate culture and identity with fellow members of the AAPI community. She is also fluent in Mandarin. Lys also works with partners and families to hold space for the specific difficulties of intercultural relationships.

https://www.nourcounseling.com/lys-lin

Nour Counseling is proud to introduce Sam Arbella to the team!

Sam works with adult individuals who may be experiencing a variety of concerns often involving major life changes, anxiety, stress, family of origin, parental relationships, childhood environment, inner-child work, sexual and domestic violence, and self-talk. She is also passionate about working with bicultural and minoritized clients as they explore their identity with a focus on intergenerational trauma, folx who are first and second generation immigrants, and the Latine experience.

https://www.nourcounseling.com/sam-arbella

Check out Nour Counseling FREE Career Transitions group that starts next Wednesday, March 1! Runs every Wednesday in March on Zoom, 5:30-6:30PM. Limited spots.

Learn how to maximize the following:

- networking skills
- resume and cover letter writing
- LinkedIn profile creation/revamping
- interview skills
- salary and benefits negotiation

We are proud to offer low cost/free counseling services with Sage Dunston, a phenomenal graduate intern at Nour Counseling. Sage is committed to serving adults from various backgrounds, addressing belonging, identity, anxiety, and work-life balance. Sage works with individuals from various backgrounds and identities, and especially enjoys supporting men who are uncomfortable coming to counseling for the first time.

https://www.nourcounseling.com/sage-dunston