Fatema Jivanjee-Shakir LMSW — She/her

SOCIAL WORKER & ASSOCIATE THERAPIST

Fatema Jivanjee-Shakir is a social worker specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns, as well as depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship problems. 

Fatema works with adolescents and adults, and utilizes a warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and culturally-aware approach to therapy that blends cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and psychodynamic approaches. Fatema’s goal is to build a supportive therapeutic relationship with clients to help them explore what keeps them stuck in their unhelpful patterns, while also supporting them to grow and live more fulfilling lives. Her work is strongly informed by the Health at Every Size (HAES) perspective. Fatema has a special interest in working with BIPOC clients, especially those of South Asian and Muslim backgrounds.

In addition to her work at Conason Psychological Services, Fatema previously worked at The Renfrew Center for the treatment of eating disorders. Fatema obtained her Masters in Social Work from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Educational Studies from Swarthmore College. She has extensive experience working with adults and adolescents struggling with eating disorders and other psychological issues in individual, group, and family therapy at the residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient levels of care. 

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