About Malekapukhrajbanu
Malekapukhrajbanu "Maleka" Qureshi helps people who are stressed or anxious find clearer footing. She offers straightforward support for worry, obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, and challenges tied to process addictions such as gambling, exercise, or pornography. Her style aims to make difficult problems easier to talk about and manage.
Maleka practices in Illinois and holds an LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and personal goals rather than jargon or long lectures. Her approach blends several therapy methods to match what each person needs. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work to notice and change unhelpful thinking.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act in line with their values despite uncomfortable feelings. She also uses client-centered principles to build a nonjudgmental space, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for emotion regulation. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide work on close relationships when those are part of the concern.
In sessions people can expect clear tools, short experiments to try between meetings, and collaborative planning. Maleka views therapy as a team effort where the person’s own insight drives change. She supports clients as they practice new responses to stress and anxiety and move toward daily routines that feel more manageable.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on choosing actions that match personal values even when emotions are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete strategies to reduce worry and change unhelpful routines. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so the person feels heard and understood as they find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences. Together they adjust techniques over time so the plan fits how the person responds and what feels useful.
Online therapy offers multiple ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use facial cues and mirrors in-session work. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text work well for short updates, skill coaching between sessions, or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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