Amna Arshad - Clinical Psychologist

Amna Arshad - Clinical Psychologist Mental Health Services

My services include:

- individual therapy with adults and adolescents
- Behaviour and play therapy with children
- couples therapy (also known as marriage counselling)
- family therapy
- educational assessments for: difficulties at school; learning disability or other barriers to learning; intellectual disability; school readiness assessments; career guidance assessments

The kinds of problems I help and have helped clients with include:

Depression
Anxiety
Obsessions
Panic Attacks/Phobias
Difficult life transitions - divorce, retirement, death of a loved one, etc
Personal growth - including wanting to establish a more solid sense of self, discovering who your authentic self is, and growing into your true self more
Traumatic experiences, including treating post-traumatic stress disorder
Problems in romantic relationships
Difficulty coping with the demands of work, family and relationships
Difficulties with coping adjusting to motherhood
Self-harm

Learning to set gentle boundaries at home is part of growing into your adult self, not a betrayal of love.
22/12/2025

Learning to set gentle boundaries at home is part of growing into your adult self, not a betrayal of love.

21/12/2025

The mother’s automatic response reveals something deeper than a momentary reaction. When the first question is, “What did you do?” it reflects generations of internalized beliefs about violence, masculinity, and blame.

Beneath this response is an unspoken assumption many of us have absorbed without realizing it: that a man’s aggression must be provoked, that violence does not emerge unless a woman has somehow caused it. This belief quietly shifts responsibility away from the perpetrator and places it onto the woman’s behaviour, tone, or perceived failure.

What we are witnessing here is not cruelty from the mother, but the inheritance of patriarchy—passed down through fear, survival, and normalization. These ideas become automatic, often operating below conscious awareness, even in those who love us deeply.

Unlearning this requires more than good intentions; it requires slowing down, questioning what feels “obvious,” and noticing how deeply gendered violence has been justified in our thinking.

Video Source: thewomenofcinema

Many parents hope this conversation can wait.In reality, children often encounter online content before adults are ready...
19/12/2025

Many parents hope this conversation can wait.
In reality, children often encounter online content before adults are ready.

What makes the biggest difference is calm guidance and availability, not fear or punishment.

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DM .cctp for parent guidance or workshops.

An upcoming support group for daughters-in-law is in the works..To receive details and registration information, DM .cct...
18/12/2025

An upcoming support group for daughters-in-law is in the works..

To receive details and registration information, DM .cctp

Shared my thoughts with on the quiet psychological toll so many South Asian women carry, the emotional neglect, coercio...
09/12/2025

Shared my thoughts with on the quiet psychological toll so many South Asian women carry, the emotional neglect, coercion, and silencing that often go unrecognised for years. I spoke about how these patterns shape anxiety, self-worth, identity, and even a woman’s sense of safety in her own relationships. I also discussed how psychiatric labels are sometimes misused to dismiss or control women when they set boundaries. Click on the link to read the full article.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2580952/spillovers-of-the-patriarchal-paradise

So many mothers are not “just getting old” — they are carrying decades of unspoken pain, fear, and swallowed words. Depr...
01/12/2025

So many mothers are not “just getting old” — they are carrying decades of unspoken pain, fear, and swallowed words. Depression in our mothers can look like anxiety at night, sudden phobias, or dil ghabrana that no doctor explains.

Sometimes what she needs is not silence — but someone to sit beside her and say,
Ammi, I hear you. Aap zaroori hain. 💛

In South Asian homes, men grow up with two powerful expectations: protect your mother, protect your wife.But no one teac...
19/11/2025

In South Asian homes, men grow up with two powerful expectations: protect your mother, protect your wife.
But no one teaches them what to do when these responsibilities clash.

Men’s Day is a reminder that emotional labour does not belong to one gender.
Men, too, carry burdens shaped by culture, loyalty, and love.

Here is something to help them navigate that space with dignity.

18/11/2025

We often talk about PCOS as a hormonal condition, but we rarely talk about the emotional ecosystems that shape the body long before symptoms appear.
Emerging research is exploring how adverse childhood experiences—emotional neglect, unpredictable caregiving, chronic stress—can leave long-lasting marks on our stress-hormone system. Over time, these patterns can influence inflammation, cortisol rhythms, and the body’s metabolic balance.

Multiple studies have noted this connection:
• A recent review highlights how childhood trauma may play a role in PCOS through stress-hormone dysregulation, inflammation and epigenetics (Li et al., 2024).
• A large study from India found that women with four or more ACEs had more than double the odds of developing PCOS (Kumari et al., 2025).
• Another study with young women showed that emotional abuse and neglect were linked with menstrual irregularities and PCOS-related symptoms even after accounting for other factors (Sharma et al., 2024).
• Broader reviews on women’s health also note that childhood adversity has been associated with PCOS, endometriosis and fibroids, though more research is needed (Roberts et al., 2024).

This does not mean trauma causes PCOS. It means the body remembers stress, and those memories sometimes show up in adulthood as hormonal shifts, inflammation or metabolic strain.

For many women, the emotional story and the biological story sit side by side.
Opening both creates space for care that feels more human, more accurate, and less blaming.

17/11/2025

A moment from Case No. 9 that shows why our dramas must tell the stories we are taught to ignore.

Sounds familiar?
14/11/2025

Sounds familiar?

12/11/2025

The biggest reason? They forget culture.

Most self-help books are written in the West, where independence and emotional expression are seen as strengths. The advice often sounds like: “set boundaries,” “cut off toxic people,” or “choose yourself.” But when you grow up Desi, those choices can come with guilt, judgment, or even social consequences. We’re taught to adjust, keep peace, and respect elders—even when it costs us emotionally. So the advice that’s meant to be freeing can sometimes just make us feel worse.

Then there’s the bigger issue: life isn’t as simple as a checklist. These books often promise transformation through steps and affirmations—but healing isn’t linear. It takes context, safety, and emotional guidance. When someone has trauma or deep family wounds, “think positive” or “manifest” doesn’t cut it—it can feel invalidating.

And for many readers, when the book doesn’t “work,” they start to blame themselves instead of realizing the advice just wasn’t built for their world.

Self-help books can still be powerful—they can spark curiosity, bring comfort, and make you reflect. But for real, lasting change, we need something that understands the messy, layered emotional realities of Desi life. Therapy, or even honest community conversations, can help bridge what self-help books often miss: culture, nuance, and connection.

When girls are taught that their husband will be their “everything,” they grow up emotionally unprepared for loneliness....
12/11/2025

When girls are taught that their husband will be their “everything,” they grow up emotionally unprepared for loneliness.
Marriage was never meant to replace friendship, sisterhood, or community.

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Maryam Diagnostic Center, 1-B Shadman II, Behind Omar Hospital Near (Punjab Institute Of Cardiology Hospital PIC)، Shadman 2 Shadman
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