- Client-centered approach
- Trauma informed care
- Evening and weekend hours
About Mentwab
Dr. Mentwab Wuhib helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and major life changes. She is a clinical psychologist with fifteen years of experience and a history working with adults facing severe and chronic mental health challenges. Her first job focused on preventing repeated hospitalizations, and that practical focus on daily functioning still shapes her work today.
Dr. Wuhib uses a collaborative, outcome-oriented style. She listens first, then helps people set clear, realistic goals. Sessions emphasize practical skills and clearer thinking, alongside attention to deeper patterns that keep problems recurring.
Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic ideas. That means she offers steady, respectful listening while also working on thoughts, behaviors, and past patterns that affect present life. She pays particular attention to trauma and complex relationship problems and how those issues can reduce day-to-day functioning.
Having lived on three continents - Africa, Europe, and the United States - she brings cultural awareness to each person’s story. She adapts treatment to individual worldviews and life circumstances rather than using one fixed method.
Practical matters such as coping skills, handling panic, and repairing trust in relationships are common session topics. She offers video and phone sessions and maintains evening and weekend hours to fit therapy into busy lives.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Dr. Wuhib often blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address both feelings and practical problems. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on careful, nonjudgmental listening and helping people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors feed problems and teaches concrete skills to change them.She also uses elements of Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their life stories and reduce the power of painful events. Narrative techniques can be useful for trauma, relationship wounds, and questions about life purpose by separating a person from the problem and finding alternative meanings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help determine what fits best based on someone’s goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions are collaborative and can shift over time as progress and priorities change.
Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. The biography indicates she offers video and phone sessions and maintains evening and weekend hours, which can make scheduling easier. Confirm the current session options when booking to ensure they match your day-to-day routine and preferences.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
New York, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Dr. Wuhib address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and panic.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and outcome focused. She listens closely, sets practical goals with the person, and combines steady listening with active steps to change thoughts and behaviors.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has fifteen years in clinical practice and began working in 2001 with adults who had chronic and severe mental illness to reduce repeat hospitalizations. That background informs a focus on daily functioning and real-world results.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a New York Psychologist (NY Psychologist 018452) and a Virginia Psychologist (VA Psychologist 0810008958) based in Virginia.
In which languages are sessions available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography notes therapy by video and phone, with evening and weekend hours. Confirm current session options before booking to match your needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and the subscription used for sessions. The service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.