Fatimah Turner, Ph.D., LCSW

Dr. Fatimah Z. Turner is a Licensed Clinal Social Worker providing outpatient counseling to families, youth, couples, and individuals. Fatimah supports her clients who have experienced trauma, loss, addiction, depression, and anxiety by building resiliency using a holistic and cognitive behavioral approach. She specializes in assisting families in resolving issues and conflicts by using a family systems approach and viewing families as a unit. Fatimah has taken pride in serving as a social advocate and educator in the inner city for over 20 years. Fatimah has a Ph.D. in Family Science and Human Development from Montclair State University. She has done award-winning research on first-generation college students, Black families, kinship and extended family dynamics, and mother-daughter relationships. She holds that “Anything human is mentionable, and anything mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” — Fred Rogers.