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Compassionate counselor helping people build resilience

Mousumi Mallik, LPCC

3 years in practice · based in Ohio · sessions in English · online only

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About Mousumi

Mousumi Mallik is a licensed counselor in Ohio with three years of clinical experience and a background in human services spanning more than two decades. She earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bowling Green State University and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of Toledo.

She has lived and worked in Uganda, India, and Northwest Ohio, which shaped her multicultural perspective.

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Background and approach

Mousumi’s approach is grounded in respect and empathy. She draws on person-centered and humanistic values to create a calm, nonjudgmental space. She uses clear steps and realistic goals so people can see progress between sessions.

She has worked with children and adults across the lifespan and with college students, bringing teaching experience to sessions with younger clients. She also has experience with LGBT people and those coping with serious health conditions, including cancer. Mousumi offers trauma-informed care for people managing grief, crisis, trauma, anxiety, depression, and severe persistent mental health challenges.

She uses narrative methods, cognitive behavioral tools, and solution-focused techniques to help clients reframe difficult stories and build daily coping skills. Her style emphasizes collaboration: clients and therapist set practical, attainable goals together. She centers kindness, compassion, and humility in sessions and adapts the pace to each person’s needs.

Mousumi aims to help people strengthen resilience and move toward a more satisfying life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

She uses narrative approaches to help people rewrite stressful or painful life stories into more manageable narratives, which can reduce shame and make it easier to try new behaviors. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and to build concrete coping skills for anxiety, mood, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences and adjusts plans as progress is made. That collaboration helps ensure sessions focus on practical steps that matter day to day.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit sessions around school, work, or medical appointments. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing contact between scheduled meetings. These formats offer flexibility and make it possible to continue work even when travel or busy schedules would otherwise get in the way.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, grief, parenting stress, eating and sleeping problems, and ADHD.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is person-centered, humanistic, and trauma-informed. Sessions emphasize respect, empathy, and practical steps like narrative reframing and solution-focused tasks.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She has three years of clinical counseling experience and over twenty years working in human services across Uganda, India, and the U.S.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds an OH LPCC license and is based in Ohio.

Can sessions be held in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's listed availability.

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Experience
3 years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English