services - speaking, training, and media

speaking, training & media

Our clinicians bring deep expertise in mental health, identity, and workplace inclusivity. We offer workshops and training on:

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice (DEIJ) in the Workplace

  • Understanding Cultural Identity in Professional Spaces

  • Allyship in Action: Moving Beyond Performative Support

  • Recognizing & Addressing Microaggressions

  • Building & Leading Cross-Cultural Teams

  • Identifying & Challenging Implicit Bias

  • Creating Truly Inclusive & Equitable Work Environments

Mental Health & Identity

  • The 1st & 2nd Generation Experience: Navigating Mental Health Across Cultures

  • Intergenerational Trauma & Healing: Breaking Cycles, Reclaiming Strength

  • Mental Health in Middle Eastern, MENA, & SWANA Communities

  • The Bicultural, Multicultural, & Third Culture Experience: Navigating Identity & Belonging

  • Imposter Syndrome: Overcoming Self-Doubt & Owning Your Worth

Healing & Resilience

  • Decolonizing Mental Health: Honoring Collective & Ancestral Healing Practices

  • Stress & Burnout Management: Practical Strategies for Emotional Well-Being

  • Culturally Responsive Therapy: Addressing the Gaps in Traditional Western Mental Health Approaches

Customized Topics for Your Group’s Needs

We also design tailored workshops and trainings based on your organization or community’s unique needs.

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meet the team:

Pauline Yeghnazar Peck

licensed clinical psychologist

Helping educate, empower, and encourage the children of immigrants to live full, free, meaningful lives.

Seher Bajwa

registered associate marriage and family therapist, Registered associate Professional Clinical Counselor

I support 1st gen women cultivate a sense of belonging and multicultural couples enhance their connections.

Nichole Abdallah

registered associate marriage and family therapist

I help adult children of immigrants reclaim their cultural identities and feel liberated.

Jean Donabedian

registered associate marriage and family therapist, Registered associate Professional Clinical Counselor

I help the adult children of immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community find the balance between culture and self.

Niloofar Alishahi

Licensed Creative Arts Therapist Registered Art Therapist, board-certified

 I help immigrants and creative folx find balance and joy through creativity, play and inner resilience building.

Marjan Modaresi

registered associate marriage and family therapist

I help adult children of immigrants navigate their identities and find balance in their lives.

noor - may the light + pomegranate everything that noor represents help you find your way

More on the name ‘Noor’

May the light + pomegranate and everything that ‘Noor’ represents help you find your way.

Find your light, Live bright.

  • noor means “light” in farsi/person, arabic, and other languages. while at noor we work with all the dark and difficult things, the more we do this work, the more we also believe in the truth, the potency, and the healing power of light. light refers to love, to the body and spirit’s natural capacity for healing, to resilience through softness, to connection and belonging. when we can sit with the dark winters of our psyches and our lives, we can savor the feeling of the warmth of the sun on our skin that much more.

    in armenian, “noor” means pomegranate. beyond being pauline the founder’s favorite fruit, it is also a national symbol for fertility, life, and abundance. armenian lore holds that a perfectly mature pomegranate is 365 kernels, one for each day of the year. the idea of many parts within one whole speaks to us as diverse humans and therapists who acknowledge and honor that we are all made of different parts. recognizing and returning to our wholeness while honoring the many parts of the overall mosaic that makes each of us unique as well as universally human is what we love most about the transformation process.

  • cut, prepared plates of food are a certain universal language and experience of love shared by children of immigrants. The image of an immigrant parent hunched over a bowl carefully preparing little kernels of pomegranates can feel like a familiar scene. Whether your parents literally did this or not matters less than what it symbolizes - the love that may have been present from our immigrant parents even if it wasn’t always in the form we wanted or needed. It reminds us that we can be both deeply loved and deeply hurt by the same people and calls on us to carefully prepare for ourselves, through the work of reparenting, what would be most nourishing for ourselves. That is the work many of us have done, are doing, and are supporting you in doing too.

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