Amina Mahmood, PhD

Dr. Amina Mahmood is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. She completed her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Iowa. Her pre-doctoral internship was at University of South Florida’s Florida Mental Health Institute. Dr. Mahmood is bilingual (English and Urdu/Hindi). Dr. Mahmood’s experience includes managing a clinical research project on Huntington Disease, conducting neuropsychological assessments and working at a university counseling center. She has diverse clinical experience providing services to children and adults in a range of settings including a Veterans Affairs Hospital, women’s center and university hospital.

Dr. Mahmood’s professional interests include multi-cultural issues in psychology (specifically working with ethnic minorities, immigrant and refugee populations), health psychology and relationship issues including interpersonal violence. Dr. Mahmood views psychotherapy from a collaborative, positive psychology and multi-cultural perspective. Her approach to treatment is mindfulness-based and solution-oriented. She incorporates appropriate evidence-based treatments in her interventions based on client issue and needs. Dr. Mahmood is a member of the American Psychological Association and NYS Psychological Association.