Faizah Mawusi, LCSW

Faizah Mawusi is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana. She draws on 32 years of experience to help people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and other painful life problems. Her style is calm and straightforward, aimed at making hard conversations feel manageable.

Faizah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking. She also leans on client-centered work that keeps the person's goals at the center of sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness tools appear when emotion regulation and staying present are priorities.

Many people come for help with stress, grief, relationship struggles, parenting strain, or addictive behaviors. She pays attention to cultural background, identity, and the ways these shape how someone copes. This includes support around LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, and multicultural stressors.

Faizah takes a practical approach. She breaks larger problems into smaller steps and teaches skills that can be used between sessions. Sessions often include breathing and grounding practices, thought records, and communication exercises.

Her goal is to help people feel safer in their bodies and clearer in their choices. She works at the person’s pace and adjusts methods to match what helps most. The overall aim is steadier mood, better relationships, and more confidence moving forward.

How therapy methods translate to online care

Faizah commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice new responses to stress and mood problems. CBT sessions online often focus on homework tasks, thought records, and clear behavioral experiments that can be tried between sessions.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, validation, and shaping treatment around the person’s goals. This approach helps people feel heard while deciding what changes matter most. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is used when emotion regulation or intense reactions are present, teaching concrete skills for managing overwhelm and improving relationships.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client talk about goals, try methods, and adjust as needed. Faizah works with each person to pick techniques that fit their needs and preferences rather than applying a single plan.

Online therapy offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing feedback and short updates between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work even when in-person visits are difficult.