About The Founder
Dr. Malik Raheem is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, educator, and community advocate with a deep commitment to healing justice and culturally responsive care. With over a decade of experience in counseling, teaching, and mental health advocacy, Dr. Raheem founded Nafs Healing Collective to provide holistic, accessible, and affirming mental wellness services for underserved communities across Chicago’s South and West Sides. His work is rooted in Black psychology, liberation-based healing practices, and an unwavering dedication to dismantling systemic oppression in mental health systems. Through Nafs, he envisions a vibrant ecosystem of healing that centers the voices, needs, and brilliance of young people, families, and communities of the African diaspora.
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