Doctors and Therapists

Dr. “Honest T” received her BS in Rehabilitation Science with a concentration in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She also completed her MS in Counseling & Psychology with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from a CACREP accredited program at Troy University. Plus, she has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from a CACREP accredited program at the University of the Cumberlands.

Dr.“Honest T” is a member of the American Counseling Association, Alabama Counseling Association, Texas Counseling Association, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and Chi Sigma Iota (ΧΣΙ). She provides consultation services for mental health professionals and therapeutic services for anyone struggling with mental health concerns, including assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders by providing counseling and psychotherapy services. Plus, she provides corporate direct healthcare services to stress the importance of preventative care and wellness initiatives in the workplace.

Dr. “Honest T” has also been privileged to work with multicultural populations while being a supportive wife of a retired colonel who served in the army for over thirty-four and a half years. She values developing high-quality relationships with everyone, no matter their background. She also believes everyone deserves to care for their psychological well-being regardless of circumstances. Therefore, she offers individual, group, and distance counseling and consulting by video, along with in-person counseling, business consulting, and concierge services.

She is devoted to providing a non-judgmental, reliable, safe, and empathetic space in which individuals can talk authentically and openly about life’s challenges. Her clinical concentration includes corporate stress assessment & crisis intervention, mental & emotional imbalances, family, couple, & relationship conflicts, diversity & cultural issues, trauma, image, and faith concerns. However, she is amenable to helping you find resources if your needs are outside of her scope of practice. Discovering whatever you need to have a candid psychological breakthrough is a top priority. Dr. “Honest T” practices from evidence-based approaches to therapy such as EMDR, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) along with other goal-oriented therapies that suit clients’ needs, with a humanistic style. She desires to help individuals meet their goals, find strength, and obtain empowerment through honesty.

Rebecca believes everyone deserves to live their best lives and reach their goals and dreams. She is passionate about working with people and helping them overcome issues and obstacles. Her clinical experience includes anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, grief/loss, stress management, anger management, and substance abuse/recovery. Rebecca often utilizes skills from DBT, CBT, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and Reality Therapy. She believes in working to meet the clients where they are and using techniques to help them progress toward their goals. Rebecca has experience working with children, teens, young adults, adults, and older adults. She has experience doing individual, group, and couples therapy. Helping people succeed in an open, safe, and compassionate setting is her mission with every client.

Arlette’s personal belief is that all individuals have a spiritual core that should be explored and considered in the healing process. She uses Brief Solution therapy, CBT, Narrative Therapy as well as combinations of other treatments. Something unique about her is that she lived in the Philippines when she was 17 and it changed her perspective of the United States and the opportunities it has to offer. As a result, she is now more sensitive to unmet mental health and education needs in marginalized communities. Arlette has been happily married for 25 years and is raising two adopted sisters ages 14 & 16. In her free time, she enjoys dancing listening to music, attending conferences, and anything that has to do with water.

Shawnees believes the counselor and client relationship is the most important factor that leads to restoration. She prides herself in connecting with people from all walks of life. She believes that all people have the right to quality mental health services despite their education, economic status, spirituality, or sexual identity.

Dr. Rabbani owns Alabama Counselling & Psychiatry and is happy to collaborate with Honest Counseling & Psychological Medicine to provide medication evaluations and management to help increase mental health care throughout Alabama. Dr. Rabbani looks forward to serving all patients’ psychological needs with compassionate, quality care when he is not relaxing with his wife, 3 sons and their 2 cats and dog in Birmingham where they reside.

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