by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Apr 13, 2020 | DBT, Relationships, Trauma
When I was 20 years old, I had a friend who was a few years younger than me and was married. She was beautiful, kind, and easy to talk with. She opened up to me and began sharing stories with me about her relationship. Sometimes, the stories were about how her husband...
by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Sep 28, 2019 | DBT, Relationships, Trauma
Mariam came to me in desperation. She was utterly broken, alone and miserable. She had been married to her husband for seven years and it felt like their marriage was over. They were constantly fighting over the smallest things, they had lost their intimacy and...
by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Sep 21, 2019 | DBT, Parenting, Relationships
Practicing Radical Acceptance With In-Laws From Another Culture My husband is Iraqi and his family only speaks Arabic. I am a mish-mash of cultures and I definitely don’t speak Arabic. Every time I visit his side of the our family, I get asked the question ‘why...
by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Sep 14, 2019 | DBT, Relationships
When I was getting married, my to-be-husband wasn’t supposed to see me for a week before our marriage. When I shared this with him, he looked at me with a puzzled look and said that’s not going to happen. The world is getting smaller and marriages within different...
by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Aug 27, 2019 | DBT, Uncategorized
I went to a community center today and there I saw a classic strategy being played out without any success. Let me explain. When I entered the community center, which was a small rented hall, there were kids playing. Running around and talking. You know, kids being...
by Musarat Yusufali LCSW | Aug 20, 2019 | DBT, Parenting, Relationships, Uncategorized
Please note all details of any client have been removed to maintain confidentiality. Sarah and Jacob had been married for 7 years. When they came to see me they were sitting on opposite ends of the sofa and within moments they would get locked into battles. I could...
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