Alia A. Hassab, PhD
LP Intern
Alia A. Hassab is a psychodynamic psychotherapist working with adults, adolescents and groups at Rose Hill Psychological Services. She holds a PhD in Anthropology and a Graduate Certificate in Culture and Media from New York University and a BA in Psychology from the American University in Cairo. Alia is currently completing psychoanalytic training for LP certification at Pulsion: The International Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychosomatics.
Her clinical practice is informed by her experience as a cultural worker, organizer and educator working between the US and the Arab World for over a decade. She specializes in issues related to anxiety, addiction, interpersonal relationships, emotional regulation, grief, professional challenges and inhibitions around intellectual or artistic work. She is especially attuned to the political economy of mental health as she is to the interrelatedness of racism, colonialism and psychic trauma.
She has a special interest in working with immigrants, activists, students, artists and cultural workers. She is fluent in English and Arabic and is passionate about working with patients from all backgrounds.