Dr. Farah Ibrahim, CO Psychologist
Colorado · 40 years in practice
Dr. Farah Ibrahim welcomes people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strains, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, grief, and career or life transitions.
License and registration
- Psychologist, Colorado
- PSY.0003172 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1366165409 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Farah
Dr. Farah Ibrahim welcomes people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strains, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, grief, and career or life transitions. She also addresses issues like self-esteem, intimacy, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Dr. Ibrahim names practical day-to-day struggles and emotional pain as starting points for therapy. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused.
Conversation is the main tool - talking about what matters now, what keeps someone stuck, and what might help them move forward.
Background and approach
She aims to make the room feel nonjudgmental so people can speak honestly about fears and hopes. Dr. Ibrahim draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice alongside attachment perspectives on relationships.
She also uses client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness practices to manage distress. These approaches are mixed to fit each person’s needs. Her background spans four decades in clinical work and academic settings.
She has taught and supervised master’s and doctoral students at four major research universities. That experience informs a practical, evidence-aware way of working with complex problems. She is a Colorado psychologist, licensed as CO Psychologist PSY.0003172, and offers services in English.
International clients may be seen as appropriate. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Farah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Farah names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Ibrahim often blends existential therapy and attachment-based work. Existential therapy helps people name what matters and face big life questions about meaning, choice, and responsibility, which can be useful for grief, major life changes, and career decisions. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds shape current reactions, useful for communication problems, intimacy issues, and family conflicts.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to identify goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which ideas and tools feel most useful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial expressions and have deeper conversations, phone calls work well when less bandwidth is available, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching-style contact. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life and to match the format to the session’s purpose.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her style in therapy?
Sessions are conversational and nonjudgmental. The focus is on understanding what matters to the client and trying practical ways to change thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
How much experience does she bring?
She has about 40 years of professional experience, including clinical work and teaching at major research universities.
What credentials and region are listed?
She practices in Colorado and is listed as CO Psychologist PSY.0003172.
In which language can I meet with her?
Sessions are offered in English, and she can work with international clients when appropriate.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.
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