Faizah Mawusi , LCSW

Faizah Mawusi is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience in Indiana. She centers her work on a compassionate, affirming approach that respects each person's story. Her style is practical and straightforward, helping people find steps they can use between sessions.

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. She also helps clients with relationship struggles, parenting strain, grief, and issues related to gender and sexual identity. Women’s issues are among the concerns she addresses in her practice.

Her sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the client right now. Faizah uses talk, simple skills training, and problem-solving to reduce immediate distress. She works with clients to build routines and tools that make daily life feel more manageable.

Faizah draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to guide change. She pays attention to cultural background and how it affects coping and meaning. This helps her tailor practical plans for each person.

Many clients come for help with life transitions, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or shame. Faizah also offers support for postpartum mood changes, compassion fatigue, and trauma recovery. She aims to create an honest, nonjudgmental space where people can practice new ways of relating to themselves and others.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience without judgment; it helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to work on. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at relationships between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and lift mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Faizah will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they will try methods, adjust them, and track what helps most over time.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video visits are useful for more in-depth conversations and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and use short check-ins when that format is more convenient.

These options create flexibility so therapy can continue through life changes, travel, or a packed schedule while focusing on clear goals and practical steps.