HayaaTidings Counseling & Consulting's (HTCC) name was inspired by the owner who was endearingly referred to as Hayaati (my life) by a close companion. Combining the Arabic word Hayaa (حياء ), which means "life" and is often associated in Islamic tradition with the innate & developmental nature of goodness in spiritual, personal & social life, the owner wanted others to experience "Hayaa," hoping to guide others in recognizing their life's purpose and build on their spiritual, personal, and social lives in ways that are congruent to their values.
This desire led her on an academic path of over a decade & a half, starting with work as an Emergency Assistance caseworker at a non-profit organization to a leading Coordinator, alongside earning her Bachelor's and double minors from University of Minnesota & completing off her Masters in Marriage Family Therapy at University of Wisconsin-Stout; Licensed as a Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), trained & certified in Narrative Exposure therapy, she keeps up-to-date [non-certificate track] with trainings in Gottman principles for healthy relationships, Internal Family Systems for trauma work, and interpersonal neurobiology lens on behaviors.
More importantly, she continues to be a lifelong student of the Qur'an & Qur'anic Arabic, studying with qualified female teachers, and finding immense joy in discovering & rediscovering passages in Qur'an highlighting human vulnerabilities. She currently is studying Fiqh of Marriage from madhāhib (school of thoughts).