Israa Nasir
Psychotherapist and writer
Israa Nasir is a New York City psychotherapist and writer who founded WellGuide, a digital community for mental health awareness. She wrote Toxic Productivity.
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About Israa Nasir
Israa Nasir is a psychotherapist and writer based in New York City. She founded WellGuide, a digital community for mental health awareness, and her work aims to move the conversation about mental health from shame toward empowerment. A Pakistani Canadian child of immigrants, she focuses on mental health, identity formation and healing for first- and second-generation immigrants in the AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) community. She has been featured in outlets including NBC, Vox, HuffPost and Teen Vogue, and has spoken at Google, Meta and Yale. Nasir studied psychology at the University of Toronto and earned a master's in counseling at Adelphi University. Her further training includes Cognitive Behavior Therapy through the Beck Institute, and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy through the Albert Ellis Institute. Toxic Productivity is her first book.