Educational Support Services

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     Nadiyah uses her nickname "Essence"  to represent herself as an author. She is a mother, a motivational speaker, and a facilitator of self-help and trauma-informed topics. She is an author of self-help/spiritual literature and bereavement books. She uses her experience as a community-based nonprofit worker, social worker, parent facilitator, former correctional officer, mother, and child/family services worker to help people reframe past traumatic experiences and create new opportunities for a brighter future. She has experience in the Human services field, specializing in individual and group counseling.  Nadiyah's mission is to combat health disparities in low-income communities to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged and underserved populations by encouraging them to embrace change from within through various DBT and CBT techniques. Nadiyah has a B.S. in Human Services from Chestnut Hill College and is pursuing her Master's degree in Human Services. Nadiyah helps people gain confidence in themselves and their overall abilities using the existential perspective, the Satir model, Motivational Interviewing, and Bowen Family Systems theory. She teaches parents about forgiveness, self-love, supportive structures, community resources, and perseverance. She addresses the issues that people struggle with within themselves, such as depression, PTSD, Intergenerational patterns, abuse, stress, burnout,/life balance, forgiveness, and resilience. She uses her literary works to inspire people. Nadiyah is the former Chair of the "Dream It Be It" program for young women in Philadelphia, PA. for Soroptimist International, SI Five Points Magneta, where she volunteered with young women to prepare them for college and prosperous careers. She mentored them in overcoming obstacles such as socioeconomic disadvantages and violence in the City of Philadelphia. Nadiyah is a survivor of Domestic violence and intergenerational trauma and abuse, which was the inspiration for her book production and business. Her purpose is to teach others how to heal, break free of, and release traumatic life experiences to promote congruency in purposeful living.