Amanda Malak

Realize you are LGBTQ+ in a conservative family? Immigrated or third culture trying to adjust? Want to know your partner better or expand your family? Need a psychological evaluation? Build the life you want to live connecting to your inner wisdom.

Patients note that I feel like a well-informed and evidenced-based cousin or friend with life experiences that oftentimes mirror theirs.

When I was 17, my friend died by overdose and I knew I wanted to support peoples' mental health to prevent such tragedies in the future. While on an internship at a homeless shelter supporting people with substance use disorders, I recognized substance use is oftentimes stemmed from trauma and systemic challenges. As such, I now support the root concerns.

Born and raised by Coptic (Indigenous Egyptian) parents in the U.S., I connect to my faith and ethnicity through my ancestors, and I have experienced pain from its teachings which inspires my work. My values include equity, family, balance, & ecology. My practice integrates decolonial liberation, feminist, and multicultural approaches.