Founded in 2005 by Psychologist & Community mental health advocate Monique Toohey, Nasihah was established to be a leading provider of culturally safe psychological services.
Our intention always is to bring you a felt sense of social and emotional wellbeing and an authentic connection to your self and others.
Nasihah.
- pronounced {Nas·ee·ha} meaning (Sincere Advice/ Counsel)
Seeking the expertise of an experienced Psychologist is not a sign of weakness or low faith but actually an advanced healthy coping mechanism.
We recognise the important role that culture and identity (gender, age, sexuality, generation, cultural and faith background) play in how we see problems and how we apply solutions. Psychologist Monique Toohey has extensive experience working along side clients from diverse backgrounds, but also expertise in Cultural Intelligence (CQ), which is a framework that enables us to tailor evidence-based psychological interventions that are the best fit for you based on who you are.
OUR THERAPEUTIC PROCESS AIMS TO BE CULTURLLY CONSCIOUS.
We acknowledge, respect and embrace your identity and the cultural scripts that are integral to who you are and towards your envisioned future. It is important to work with psychologists that do not exaggerate elements of your cultural or faith background as the "source" of the problem, leaving you feeling stereotyped and alienated. It is important to us that the role that gender, culture, faith, being a person of colour, being a person from a culturally and linguistically marginalised community or an intersection of the above, are acknowledged and that your cultural strengths are harnessed in the therapeutic process.
YOUR RECOVERY AND GROWTH, POSITIVE HEAD AND HEART SPACE ARE OUR PRIORITIES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Nasihah Consulting Group is located on the land of the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation. Our team would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians and pay our respect to their elders past, present and emerging. We would also like to acknowledge that this land was never ceded and of Australia's First People's rights to constitutional recognition.
