My name is Alaina Malik, LMHC. I’m a trauma and attachment psychotherapist.

I specialize in working with individuals from collectivistic backgrounds who struggle with anxiety, codependency, depression, interpersonal problems, life transitions, multicultural identity issues, self-defeating thinking and behaviours, self-esteem and confidence, and sexual, relational, and intergenerational traumas.

I am a trained attachment, sex, and trauma therapist. I specialise in AEDP (accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy). My approach is individualized to the client where I track body movement for anxiety signals while unlocking subconscious thought patterns and healing the soul through empathetic communication. Our therapy experience is active, collaborative, and attuned to the body. Additionally, I draw from somatic, psychodynamic, and spiritual therapies. By bridging the mind and body, I support my clients in deeply knowing and trusting themselves.

My client speciality is working with individuals of South Asian, Muslim, International, or Third-Culture backgrounds. I also work with families, siblings, and teens. Working together means co-creating a therapeutic journey designed to achieve lasting emotional change that exists beyond the therapy room.