About
From a young age, I was curious about psychology and how people's internal worlds directed their external ones. In college, I studied psychology. There, the world opened to me. I learned what I had already suspected: that we all carry emotional wounds, sometimes very old ones, that affect how we behave in the world.
I learned that healthy relationships positively affect the brain and the body and are essential to healing and readying ourselves for true growth and change. I believe in love and its transformative power.
Helping people is my passion. I have dedicated my life to learning as much as possible and have become certified in multiple modalities that focus on individuals and couples.
I never tire of this work and am humbled by the rich complexity of human lives, emotions, and behaviors. I believe we can heal and grow and experience true joy and connection with our partners and ourselves.
In addition, I train other therapists, and can speak English, French and Arabic, which I am happy to do in therapy.
My Credentials
40+ Years
Experience
Master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Houston, 1986.
Certified Emotionally Focused Couples (EFT), Individual (EFIT), and Family (EFFT) therapist and supervisor and a member of the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). See ICEEFT directory listing here by searching for last name Nahas.
Certified Gottman Method couples therapist, certified Gottman couples workshop leader, certified Level I trainer, and a member of the Gottman Institute. See Gottman Institute directory listing here.
Certified in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and a member of the AEDP Institute. See AEDP directory listing here.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). See EMDRIA directory listing here.
34+ Years
LMFT-S
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist LMFT-S by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists.
38+ Years
LCP-S
Licensed professional counselor supervisor LPC-S by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors.
Founder of HCEFT, Houston Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy
Clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, member of the Texas and Houston Associations of Marriage and Family Therapists, and previous board member of Houston Group Psychotherapy Society.
Certified Discernment Counselor. See the Discernment Counselor directory listing here.
I am fluent in English, French, and Arabic, and conduct therapy in any of these languages.
