Fatimah Turner
Therapist.
1.
Individual
Psychotherapy
Individual therapy is a joint process between you and your therapist with a common goal of inspiring change and improving the quality of life.
2.
Couples
Therapy
Couples therapy, is a type of psychotherapy. Marriage counseling helps couples of all types recognize and resolve conflicts and improve their relationships. Through marriage counseling, you can make thoughtful decisions about rebuilding and strengthening your relationship or going your separate ways.
3.
Sex
Therapy
Through sex therapy, you can address concerns about sexual function, sexual feelings and intimacy, either in individual therapy or couples or family therapy. Sex therapy can be effective for individuals of any age, gender or sexual orientation.
4.
Family
Therapy
Family therapy is a type of counseling that can help family members improve communication and resolve conflicts. Family therapy sessions can teach you skills to deepen family connections and get through stressful times, even after you're done going to therapy sessions.
4.
Play
Therapy
Play therapy is a form of therapy primarily geared toward children. In this form of therapy, a therapist encourages a child to explore life events that may have an effect on current circumstances, in a manner and pace of the child's choosing, primarily through play but also through language.
About me
Fatimah takes pride in having served as a social advocate and educator in the inner city for over 20 years. She is a commissioner for the Orange Housing Development Corporation where they provide adequate housing for underserved residents. She works diligently in the community addressing the needs of the homeless population, the elderly, and victims of domestic abuse.
Fatimah has served in the capacity of Director of Social and Emotional Learning and Director of Family Services for the Newark School System and later as a Vice Principal for a Charter School in Jersey City, NJ. She is currently an Adjunct Professor where she teaches Psychology, and Developmental English and Reading.
Fatimah is a Doctoral Candidate, completing a PhD in Family Science and Human Development from Montclair State University. She has done award winning research on first-generation college students, teenage parents, and emerging adults. She obtained an Associate’s in Social Science at Essex County College, a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Montclair State University, a Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University, as well as a Masters in Educational Leadership from Concordia University. Fatimah is known for combining her experience, education, compassion and humor in what all that she does. She holds true that “Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” — Fred Rogers
Doctoral Candidate
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”