Abir Schmidt, LMSW

Trauma-Informed Therapy for Relationships, Identity, Intimacy, and Healing

I believe healing happens when we feel safe enough to show up as our full selves—messy, uncertain, guarded, curious, evolving… all of it.

I’m Abir Schmidt, a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), psychotherapist, and life coach. I work with adults navigating trauma, relationships, intimacy, sexuality, identity, cultural expectations, family dynamics, and major life transitions. Many of the people I work with appear high-functioning on the outside while privately carrying anxiety, self-doubt, shame, people-pleasing patterns, relationship struggles, or parts of themselves they’ve learned to hide.

As an Arabic-speaking therapist, I’m especially passionate about supporting individuals navigating the intersection of culture, family, religion, sexuality, and identity—including LGBTQ+ individuals, first- and second-generation immigrants, and those questioning who they are outside of others’ expectations.

My approach is warm, relational, trauma-informed, and direct. I integrate evidence-based practices including CBT, mindfulness, somatic awareness, motivational interviewing, and deeper insight-oriented work to help you understand not just what you do, but why—and how to create lasting change.

Therapy with me isn’t about fixing you. It’s about slowing down, understanding your patterns, processing what you’ve been carrying, and creating space for a life that feels more honest, connected, and aligned.

I offer telehealth psychotherapy for clients in New York, and coaching services nationally and internationally.

Come as you are. We’ll make sense of it together.