Ammara Khalid, Psy. D
@drammarakhalid.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist specializing in couples and families. Climate aware therapist with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities. Currently writing on intergenerational trauma from the 1947 Partition on South Asians.
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Welcome! I’m a Psychologist working with individuals, couples, and families for over 15 years. I also provide supervision, consultation, workshops, seminars, and presentations. I believe in empowering clients to find resilience and acceptance to face all of life’s challenges. Ask me anything 😊
I had my FIRST EVER talk from my upcoming book at the Annual Illinois Psychological Association Convention where I covered my research on South Asian Intergenerational Trauma: The Legacy of the 1947 Partition. Great turn out and audience participation 💚
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I had my FIRST EVER talk from my upcoming book at the Annual Illinois Psychological Association Convention where I covered my research on South Asian Intergenerational Trauma: The Legacy of the 1947 Partition. Great turn out and audience participation 💚
I have been sitting on this news for MONTHS and I am so excited to finally share the title of my book “The South Asian Guide to Healing: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma” which will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers!
Thank you all for your support! ❤️
Thank you all for your support! ❤️
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I have been sitting on this news for MONTHS and I am so excited to finally share the title of my book “The South Asian Guide to Healing: Breaking the Cycle of Trauma” which will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers!
Thank you all for your support! ❤️
Thank you all for your support! ❤️
How well do you remember your past?
I share my own experiences of trying to retain and recover memories in my latest blog "On Remembering: What Is Lost?” which you can read on my website (link in bio). I also include self-reflection exercises you can practice to explore your memories.
I share my own experiences of trying to retain and recover memories in my latest blog "On Remembering: What Is Lost?” which you can read on my website (link in bio). I also include self-reflection exercises you can practice to explore your memories.
On Remembering: What Is Lost?
How well do you remember your past? Our memories form our narratives, whether they are accurate or not. We may recall certain sights, smells and/or sensations that trigger a memory, and in an instan...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How well do you remember your past?
I share my own experiences of trying to retain and recover memories in my latest blog "On Remembering: What Is Lost?” which you can read on my website (link in bio). I also include self-reflection exercises you can practice to explore your memories.
I share my own experiences of trying to retain and recover memories in my latest blog "On Remembering: What Is Lost?” which you can read on my website (link in bio). I also include self-reflection exercises you can practice to explore your memories.
What are the magic words to convince your parents to give therapy a try?
I discuss the challenges and the benefits of bringing your parents to family sessions in my latest blog “On Taking Your Parents to Therapy: A Reality Check”:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-taki...
I discuss the challenges and the benefits of bringing your parents to family sessions in my latest blog “On Taking Your Parents to Therapy: A Reality Check”:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-taki...
On Taking Your Parents to Therapy: A Reality Check
The first time I got my parents into therapy, I was still a student in grad school. I had started going myself, and realized fairly quickly (as one does) that the rest of my family needed it too. I fi...
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April 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What are the magic words to convince your parents to give therapy a try?
I discuss the challenges and the benefits of bringing your parents to family sessions in my latest blog “On Taking Your Parents to Therapy: A Reality Check”:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-taki...
I discuss the challenges and the benefits of bringing your parents to family sessions in my latest blog “On Taking Your Parents to Therapy: A Reality Check”:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-taki...
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If you kill 440 people just to avoid a corruption trial, do you really need a corruption trial?
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If you kill 440 people just to avoid a corruption trial, do you really need a corruption trial?
I discuss how to identify your parentified inner child and how to help it recover in my latest blog “On Parentified Children: A Path to Healing” which you can read on my website:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pare...
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pare...
March 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I discuss how to identify your parentified inner child and how to help it recover in my latest blog “On Parentified Children: A Path to Healing” which you can read on my website:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pare...
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pare...
Dear Aliens 👽
Now is a great time to take over if you’ve been thinking about visiting the dumpster fire that is Earth. Feel free to drop by.
Sincerely,
Humans
Now is a great time to take over if you’ve been thinking about visiting the dumpster fire that is Earth. Feel free to drop by.
Sincerely,
Humans
January 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dear Aliens 👽
Now is a great time to take over if you’ve been thinking about visiting the dumpster fire that is Earth. Feel free to drop by.
Sincerely,
Humans
Now is a great time to take over if you’ve been thinking about visiting the dumpster fire that is Earth. Feel free to drop by.
Sincerely,
Humans
So excited to share my interview for this Psychology Today article “The Partition of 1947 and Intergenerational Trauma:
Exploring the psychological impact on generations of South Asians” by Jyothsna S. Bhat
I’m still collecting stories for my upcoming book and would love to hear your feedback.
Exploring the psychological impact on generations of South Asians” by Jyothsna S. Bhat
I’m still collecting stories for my upcoming book and would love to hear your feedback.
The Partition of 1947 and Intergenerational Trauma
Current-day South Asian beliefs around career, marriage, and financial status may have underpinnings in long-ago adverse events.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So excited to share my interview for this Psychology Today article “The Partition of 1947 and Intergenerational Trauma:
Exploring the psychological impact on generations of South Asians” by Jyothsna S. Bhat
I’m still collecting stories for my upcoming book and would love to hear your feedback.
Exploring the psychological impact on generations of South Asians” by Jyothsna S. Bhat
I’m still collecting stories for my upcoming book and would love to hear your feedback.
Ceasefire to start on Sunday - a mix of relief and grief and everything in between
January 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ceasefire to start on Sunday - a mix of relief and grief and everything in between
If by the end of this year, you look back and feel well rested, joyful, and at peace, what would your calendar look like?
I discuss how to start the year with the intention of proactively managing stress in my latest blog "On Slowing Down vs. Pulling the Breaks: Burn Out Warning Signals” read here:
I discuss how to start the year with the intention of proactively managing stress in my latest blog "On Slowing Down vs. Pulling the Breaks: Burn Out Warning Signals” read here:
On Slowing Down vs. Pulling the Breaks: Burn Out Warning Signals
I know, I know, it’s a new year and there’s a blank canvas waiting for you to fill it up with your plans and goals for the next 12 months. Except I’m here to tell you to pause and reflect on the follo...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If by the end of this year, you look back and feel well rested, joyful, and at peace, what would your calendar look like?
I discuss how to start the year with the intention of proactively managing stress in my latest blog "On Slowing Down vs. Pulling the Breaks: Burn Out Warning Signals” read here:
I discuss how to start the year with the intention of proactively managing stress in my latest blog "On Slowing Down vs. Pulling the Breaks: Burn Out Warning Signals” read here:
#Love is focusing on the other person while #Attachment is focusing on the needs they fulfill for you, making the relationship transactional and potentially interchangeable.
Know the difference (more on my blog)
Know the difference (more on my blog)
December 16, 2024 at 11:05 PM
#Love is focusing on the other person while #Attachment is focusing on the needs they fulfill for you, making the relationship transactional and potentially interchangeable.
Know the difference (more on my blog)
Know the difference (more on my blog)
Do you ever look back at your diaries and journals? I recently found one entry from when I was 18 and thought I would share it with you along with my response in my latest blog "On A Simple Life: Letter to My Younger Self" which you can read on my website (link in bio)
#blogpost #therapists
#blogpost #therapists
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Do you ever look back at your diaries and journals? I recently found one entry from when I was 18 and thought I would share it with you along with my response in my latest blog "On A Simple Life: Letter to My Younger Self" which you can read on my website (link in bio)
#blogpost #therapists
#blogpost #therapists
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Security firms are being inundated with calls from CEOs fearing for their lives since the UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed.
A reminder that 68K people die annually due to lack of care & 500K suffer medical bankruptcy—& every one of them fears for their well being every second of every single day.
A reminder that 68K people die annually due to lack of care & 500K suffer medical bankruptcy—& every one of them fears for their well being every second of every single day.
December 6, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Security firms are being inundated with calls from CEOs fearing for their lives since the UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed.
A reminder that 68K people die annually due to lack of care & 500K suffer medical bankruptcy—& every one of them fears for their well being every second of every single day.
A reminder that 68K people die annually due to lack of care & 500K suffer medical bankruptcy—& every one of them fears for their well being every second of every single day.
December 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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This is reprehensible. Solidarity with @cjaourpower.bsky.social - an attack on one is an attack on all. Now, more than ever.
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
Biden Makes His Own Attack on Nonprofit Over Palestine
The Biden administration is withholding funds from the Climate Justice Alliance, a federal grantee that has spoken out about Palestine.
theintercept.com
December 1, 2024 at 7:56 PM
This is reprehensible. Solidarity with @cjaourpower.bsky.social - an attack on one is an attack on all. Now, more than ever.
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
theintercept.com/2024/11/29/b...
Do you struggle with #internalconflict often? #partswork can help you find #healing and #selfcompassion
I discuss how to find harmony and integration using #ifs (Internal Family Systems) in my blog:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pola...
I discuss how to find harmony and integration using #ifs (Internal Family Systems) in my blog:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pola...
On Polarization of Our Parts: The Internal Conflict
In my previous post on Internal Family Systems, I described the main tenants of this theory developed by Richard Schwartz and how there are three main parts (Managers, Firefighters, and Exiles) that...
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November 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Do you struggle with #internalconflict often? #partswork can help you find #healing and #selfcompassion
I discuss how to find harmony and integration using #ifs (Internal Family Systems) in my blog:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pola...
I discuss how to find harmony and integration using #ifs (Internal Family Systems) in my blog:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-pola...
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Thank you @katharinehayhoe.com for this starter pack - a broader group that goes beyond climate aware clinicians. It’s excellent!
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November 26, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Thank you @katharinehayhoe.com for this starter pack - a broader group that goes beyond climate aware clinicians. It’s excellent!
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November 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
You do not have to give what you do not have.
#thanksgiving #familyholiday #holidayseason #mentalhealth #psychology #selfcare
#thanksgiving #familyholiday #holidayseason #mentalhealth #psychology #selfcare
November 25, 2024 at 2:21 PM
You do not have to give what you do not have.
#thanksgiving #familyholiday #holidayseason #mentalhealth #psychology #selfcare
#thanksgiving #familyholiday #holidayseason #mentalhealth #psychology #selfcare
Around the #holidays like #thanksgiving many of my clients struggle with their #parents and #family dynamics.
I discuss options of being in a “relationship" vs “relatedness" in my blog "On Emotionally
Immature Parents" on my website:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-emot...
I discuss options of being in a “relationship" vs “relatedness" in my blog "On Emotionally
Immature Parents" on my website:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-emot...
On Emotionally Immature Parents
“Do you think I should stop talking to my parents?” In all my years providing therapy, this question has come up again and again without fail, and I will give you the same answer I give everyone: I...
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November 24, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Around the #holidays like #thanksgiving many of my clients struggle with their #parents and #family dynamics.
I discuss options of being in a “relationship" vs “relatedness" in my blog "On Emotionally
Immature Parents" on my website:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-emot...
I discuss options of being in a “relationship" vs “relatedness" in my blog "On Emotionally
Immature Parents" on my website:
www.riapsychologicalservices.com/blog/on-emot...
November 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
#Climatechange comes with #anxiety #dread and poses a lot of #existential questions for all of us. Have you been feeling this way, especially since the #election?
Check out my panel’s video from @citizensclimate.bsky.social at this year’s Great Lakes conference
m.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6K...
Check out my panel’s video from @citizensclimate.bsky.social at this year’s Great Lakes conference
m.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6K...
Climate and Health Panel - Great Lakes Regional Conference 2024
YouTube video by CCL Great Lakes Region
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November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
#Climatechange comes with #anxiety #dread and poses a lot of #existential questions for all of us. Have you been feeling this way, especially since the #election?
Check out my panel’s video from @citizensclimate.bsky.social at this year’s Great Lakes conference
m.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6K...
Check out my panel’s video from @citizensclimate.bsky.social at this year’s Great Lakes conference
m.youtube.com/watch?v=rL6K...
I’m new here, how does this work?
#therapy #psychologist #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #socialjustice #bipoc #relationships #datingadvice #marriagetips #toxicfamily #familydynamics #ptsd #traumainformed #therapist #counseling #attachment #anxiety #depression #climateanxiety #breakups #southasian
#therapy #psychologist #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth #socialjustice #bipoc #relationships #datingadvice #marriagetips #toxicfamily #familydynamics #ptsd #traumainformed #therapist #counseling #attachment #anxiety #depression #climateanxiety #breakups #southasian
November 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
#Grief is a powerful emotion; it impacts us not only psychologically but also physically. Whether you are recovering from a recent loss or mourning an old one, grief can come and go like waves. It can feel small and sharp, or hit you deep and long.
See full blog on #divorce recovery on my website
See full blog on #divorce recovery on my website
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM