Nurshat Pasha
MFT-I
A child of Bangladeshi immigrants, Nurshat was born and raised in Brooklyn. She earned her Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology & Film Studies with honors.
As a creative consultant for various nonprofit organizations and advertising agencies, Nurshat began her career pursuing her intersecting passions for the arts and social change. In addition to filmmaking, media advertising, and graphic design in her six year career in media marketing, she has also been an executive assistant at an architectural design company, worked in real estate for three years, and started businesses in social media management, content creation, and media production. Wanting to go deeper into her passion for mental health, Nurshat pursued a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy at Northwestern University.
With a lifelong love for fashion, food, and art of all mediums, she was a trained dancer and studied theater for the majority of her life. Nurshat finds beauty in the unions between cultures including a social circle composed of friends from most continents.
Approach & Values
Nurshat is a compassionate guide through life’s twists and turns, helping clients not just overcome hurdles, but thrive in the face of them. With an Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST) approach, Nurshat doesn’t just provide solutions; she fosters lasting change by tackling root causes. Drawing from a rich toolkit that includes CBT, cognitive restructuring, exposure therapy, emotion-focused techniques, and more, she tailors each session to the unique needs of her clients.
Nurshat empowers clients to prioritize healthy and happy life choices from within their dynamic, multifaceted lives. She is bilingual, and speaks English and Bengali fluently.
Specialties:
- Body Dysmorphia
- Immigration, Cultural Identity, & Cultural Adjustment
- Depression, Anxiety Disorders, & Loneliness
- Suicidal Ideation
- Grief & Bereavement
- Trauma (intergenerational, religious, PTSD, healing inner child)
- Self-Esteem Enhancement & Self-Actualization
- Substance Use, Addiction, & Recovery
- Couples Therapy, High-Conflict Marriage & Dating Challenges
- Family Therapy, Parent–Child, Child–Siblings
- Internal Family Systems, Parts Work
- Aging & Death
- Witnessing relatives navigating emotional challenges in a foreign land including familial boundaries, intergenerational trauma, and enmeshment, she followed her passion for destigmatizing and improving mental health.