01 · Who Hassan works with

Hassan works with stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and grief

Hassan lists 14 specialisms and 26 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Hassan chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Hassan's own words

What Hassan says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

About me:

I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) with nearly ten years of experience supporting individuals from diverse cultural, racial, socio-economic, educational, faith-based and non-faith based backgrounds. I’ve worked in inpatient and outpatient community mental health settings, as well as online, helping clients navigate a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, mood disorders, relational or work-related goals, cultural or familial stress, infidelity, self-esteem and self-care challenges, attachment and communication issues, systemic issues, trauma and abuse, spirituality matters, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.

My Background:

I migrated from Bangladesh when I was five years old and have personally experienced many transitions, cultural adjustments, and identity shifts. My background includes navigating physical/emotional abuse, bullying, and witnessing interpersonal violence-experiences which have deepened my empathy and insight into trauma and recovery. I also know what it’s like to live between dual identities, to face cultural and familial pressure to excel, and to cope with the stigma of seeking mental-health support within one’s community. My own healing journey has shown me how powerful it is to be seen, heard, and supported. That’s why I’m passionate about breaking the silence, reducing stigma, and normalizing mental-health care-especially for communities that have been historically underserved or misunderstood.

My Philosophy:

I believe therapy is a space to rediscover your voice, reconnect with your strengths, and create lasting change. You don’t have to walk this path alone. You don't have to do it perfectly, and it's okay. Two steps forward, and one step back is okay. I'm here with you. Healing is possible-and thriving is too. Taking the first step to reach out takes courage, and I honour that. I look forward to walking alongside you toward greater clarity, balance and emotional freedom.

My therapeutic style is integrative and collaborative: Depending on your unique needs and goals, I draw from evidence-based approaches including:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Attachment-Based and Narrative Therapy

Existential Therapy

Family Systems Therapy

Trauma-Informed Care

Mindfulness-Based Therapy

Solution-Focused Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Substance Use / Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment

I believe in a client-centered approach: You are the expert in your own life and story, and I am here to create a safe, welcoming, empathic, attentive space in which you can reflect, heal, and grow. Many clients have told me this presence helped them take the next step toward healing and empowerment.

What to expect in our sessions/first session: In our sessions you can expect a thoughtful balance of flexibility and structure, of gentleness and directness, and of intentionality and active engagement rather than passivity.

First session is assessment and intake. I will be gathering information from you together with building rapport and a better understanding, while trying to gather a whole picture perspective. This will help me truly understand and provide a wholesome treatment option together with getting to diagnosis of the problem at hand and potential solutions.

Flexibility: we’ll tailor pace, format, or modality as needed-deep reflection, lighter check-in, or a shift in focus.

Structure & progress tracking: in each session we’ll check in on noticeable changes (positive or negative), explore your goals, identify barriers or roadblocks, and clarify your needs, expectations and supports.

Feedback loop: near the end of each session we pause to reflect-what felt helpful, what might you want differently-and I’ll invite your direct feedback.

Monthly therapy sessions survey: following our work you’ll receive an anonymous survey so you can privately reflect on your experience, your progress toward goals, and what you would like to do differently-your feedback helps me refine the support I provide.

Goal-reflection opportunity: the combination of check-in, structured discussion and survey gives you a dedicated space not just to process, but to track change over time and stay aligned with your evolving goals.

Hassan Abdullah, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Hassan works

The 10 approaches Hassan lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Hassan lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Hassan's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Hassan runs a session.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Motivational InterviewingMI

A way of talking about change with somebody who is genuinely in two minds about it. The therapist does not argue for the change; they help you say your own reasons out loud, which is the part that predicts whether it happens. Common around substance use and health behaviour.

Narrative Therapy

Treats the story you tell about your life as something that can be examined and retold rather than as the plain facts. Separates the person from the problem - “the anxiety” rather than “your anxiety” - to make room for the parts the current story leaves out.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Works on the assumption that current patterns - in relationships, at work, in how you treat yourself - have a history, and that seeing the history loosens the pattern. Less structured than CBT, usually longer, and more interested in what comes up unbidden than in a weekly agenda.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

Internal Family SystemsIFS

Treats the mind as made up of parts - the critic, the one who withdraws, the one that keeps everything running - each of which is trying to protect you. The work is getting to know them rather than overruling them.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Hassan practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Hassan's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Hassan at this point.

2. Naming Hassan specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Hassan is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Hassan.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Hassan

Built from what Hassan actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Hassan's - Hassan has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LMFT

Licensed in

California

Licence

CA LMFT 146554

Licence number

146554

Licence expires

30 Apr 2028

NPI

1609348093

Years in practice

8

Gender

Male

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Hassan's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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