Khady is a clinical social work intern and Master of Social Work candidate at Columbia University, specializing in Advanced Clinical Practice with a concentration in health, mental health, and disabilities. As a first generation Senegalese American raised in a culturally grounded, faith-based West African household, Khady brings both lived experience and clinical insight into how trauma, silence, and cultural stigma impacts mental health especially within communities of color.

Khady’s ideal clients are adolescents, young adults and adults from Black and Brown communities that are navigating complex emotional terrain from trauma, grief, anxiety, depression to identity exploration and the effects of intergenerational pain. Many of the clients that she hopes to serve have had to be “strong” for others, while silently carrying their own wounds. These are individuals who often feel unseen or unsupported in traditional mental health spaces, and who are seeking a place to unpack their experiences without judgment or pressure.

Khady’s developing clinical approach is warm, affirming, and deeply rooted in trauma informed, culturally responsive, and anti-oppressive frameworks. Her main goal is to help clients explore their inner world with curiosity and care, while working together to build emotional safety, coping strategies, and authentic self-connection. Whether clients are navigating anxiety, childhood trauma, loss, or questions of identity and belonging, Khady seeks to co-create a space where vulnerability is met with compassion, and healing becomes possible.

She is particularly interested in working with at risk teens, young adults in transition, and Black and Brown men and women confronting systems that have tried to silence or shrink them. She wants her work to focus on helping clients reconnect with parts of themselves that were dismissed or hidden for survival, while developing tools for resilience and self-trust.

Khady believes that healing is a radical and sacred act especially for those who have been taught to carry pain quietly. Through her clinical training and lived experience, she is committed to holding space for others to feel seen, affirmed, and empowered to heal out loud.