Harouna Soumah, LMHC, LMFT

Harouna Soumah is a licensed therapist in Florida with 12 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and the effects of trauma and abuse. He focuses on practical ways to cope and make changes, and he aims to create a respectful, affirming space where people can speak honestly about what’s hard for them.

He works with issues such as social anxiety, communication problems, life transitions, and substance concerns. He also supports people dealing with grief, intimacy challenges, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and mood difficulties. His practice covers many areas that affect daily life, including work stress, parenting pressures, and questions about life purpose.

Soumah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build resilience and improve relationships. He emphasizes skill-building and clear steps so clients can try new ways of relating and coping between sessions. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

He brings a culturally informed, compassionate stance to sessions. That means he pays attention to how background and identity shape feelings and choices, and he aims to be respectful and affirming of each person’s experience. He encourages honest conversation about shame, guilt, and past hurts.

Clients can expect straightforward, practical help aimed at clearer communication, better emotion management, and stronger daily routines. Harouna holds LMHC and LMFT credentials and practices in Florida, offering services in English and accepting international clients.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Harouna draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage symptoms and build new skills. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try different responses in daily life, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Another approach focuses on improving communication and relationship patterns by practicing new ways of relating and setting boundaries, which can help with intimacy and conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to change. That means checking in about what feels helpful and adjusting the plan over time.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific formats available before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people use attention to body language and voice to practice communication skills during real conversations and try homework between sessions to track progress.