Malekapukhrajbanu "Maleka" Qureshi
Practical, culturally informed anxiety care
LCPC Illinois
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Malekapukhrajbanu
Malekapukhrajbanu "Maleka" Qureshi focuses on stress and anxiety and brings 15 years of clinical experience to her work. Maleka Qureshi uses a blend of therapeutic methods to help clients explore patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to worry, overwhelm, and compulsive habits.
Background and approach
She emphasizes culturally informed care and aims to meet people where they are while tailoring interventions to each person's concerns. Her practice draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered principles.
This mix allows her to address intrusive thoughts, obsessions and compulsions, and process addictions such as problematic pornography use, exercise, or gambling-related behaviors. Maleka frames therapy as a collaborative effort in which clients' knowledge of themselves guides goal-setting and change.
Licensed as an LCPC in Illinois, she offers a supportive environment for examining unhelpful patterns and building practical skills. Prospective clients are invited to begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability, with subscription-based sessions that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches for Online Stress and Anxiety Work
Maleka integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, helping people learn practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage compulsive patterns. ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting entangled in them and clarifying personal values to guide meaningful action, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, and process addictions.Finding the right approach is considered part of treatment; she collaborates with clients to determine which combination of strategies best fits their goals, preferences, and life context. Decisions about which methods to emphasize are guided by ongoing dialogue and the client's experience of progress.
Online sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to practice skills between meetings, access support from home, and choose the communication style that feels most effective for engaging in therapy.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English