Our Story
A practice that understands where you come from.
Dr. Misbha E. Qureshi founded UMEED Center for Healing Relationships in 2021 with a singular vision — to create a mental health practice that genuinely reflects and serves the diverse communities of Maryland. She holds a Master's and PhD in Couple and Family Therapy and brings over 16 years of clinical experience in the behavioral health system.
Her areas of expertise include cultural diversity, social justice, trauma and abuse, parent-child attachments, and relational healing. She has provided psychiatric treatment to diverse and underserved communities, with a particular focus on the intersection of cultural identity, faith, and mental wellbeing.
At UMEED Center, Dr. Qureshi has built a team that shares her commitment to individualized, trauma-focused, strength-based care. The practice is guided by the belief that authentic healing requires authentic understanding — of your story, your culture, your community, and your faith.
PhD in Couple & Family Therapy
Advanced doctoral training in relational and systemic approaches to healing and family dynamics
Master's in Family Therapy (MFT)
Graduate-level foundation in systemic, relationship-centred therapeutic models
16+ Years Clinical Experience
Psychiatric treatment across diverse and underserved communities throughout Maryland
Cultural Diversity Specialist
Expert in navigating the intersection of faith, cultural identity, and mental wellbeing
LCPC-S Licensed Supervisor
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with Supervisory designation in Maryland
The principles that guide every session, every relationship, every conversation
No two people carry the same story. Your treatment plan is built around you — your culture, your values, your pace. We do not fit people into frameworks; we build frameworks around people.
We acknowledge that trauma does not exist in isolation from culture, family, and faith. Our approach holds all of these together — recognizing that healing must account for the full complexity of a person's lived experience.
You are not broken. You are resilient. Our work together is about uncovering the strengths that have always been there — within you, within your relationships, within your community.
Three principles that shape every therapeutic relationship we build
We understand socio-cultural trauma as it pertains to each person's lived experience. Culture is not a footnote in our sessions — it is a central part of understanding who you are, what you carry, and how healing happens for you specifically. We serve communities from South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and across the Muslim diaspora with genuine cultural fluency.
We work with the relationships that shape our mental health: family, community, faith, partnership. Our approach recognizes that we are not isolated individuals but people embedded in webs of relationship — and that healing often requires attending to those webs, not just to the individual within them.
No pretense, no assumptions. The therapeutic relationship is built on genuine honesty — with you, about you, for you. We believe that real change begins when people feel truly safe to be honest, and that safety is something we build together, one session at a time.
Our team is growing. Led by Dr. Qureshi, we are building a practice of clinicians who share our commitment to culturally-sensitive, community-rooted care.
PhD, MFT, LCPC-S
Clinical Director & Founder
Founder and lead clinician of UMEED Center for Healing Relationships. With 16+ years of experience in the behavioral health system, Dr. Qureshi specializes in cultural diversity, relational healing, trauma and abuse, and parent-child attachments. She founded UMEED in 2021 to create a practice that genuinely reflects the communities it serves — particularly Muslim, South Asian, and immigrant families across Maryland.
Whether you are ready to start or simply want to learn more, we are here. Your first step is a conversation — nothing more, nothing less.
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