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THE PEOPLE'S HEALING COLLECTIVE

THERAPY OUTSIDE THE LINES

Decolonized, inclusive community mental health for all.

Individual sessions: $0-150 sliding scale Group healing: Free Mondays 4:45–6:00 pm ET
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Even when it's not raining, many of us walk around with our umbrellas.

We're sometimes protecting ourselves from rain, and often accidentally shielding ourselves from the warmth of the sun out of fear.

Understand your umbrella better. Learn to see that sometimes you're seeing someone through the shadow of the umbrella they carry too.

Individual sessions: $0-150 sliding scale Group healing: Free Mondays 4:45–6:00 pm ET
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Community Care Over Individual Pathology

At The People's Healing Collective, healing isn't something you do alone. We understand that wellness happens when communities care for each other—when we transform individual struggles into collective strength.

We work with first and second-generation immigrants dealing with code-switching exhaustion, family obligation guilt, and success survivor's syndrome. Your experiences make sense here.

A Different Kind of Therapy

We're not here to diagnose what's "wrong" with you. We're here to understand what happened to you, your family, and your community.

This is therapy that:

  • ✓ Honors where you come from while supporting where you're going
  • ✓ Sees your family's complexity without judgment
  • ✓ Understands that healing and resistance go hand-in-hand
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Meet Maheen

"I created this space because I needed it to exist. As someone who's navigated being too American for some spaces and too foreign for others, I understand the exhaustion of constantly translating yourself."

I'm a pre-licensed clinical social worker with an MSW from Columbia, currently under clinical supervision in New York. More importantly, I'm someone who believes your cultural complexity is a strength, not something to fix.

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Maheen Chranya
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How We Work Together

Individual therapy

Individual Therapy

One-on-one support for your unique journey. We'll explore identity, family patterns, and finding peace without abandoning your roots.

Community groups

Community Groups

Free Monday sessions where we process together. Because some weights are meant to be shared.

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Healing as Revolution

We believe that caring for our mental health is political. When we heal from systems that weren't built for us, we're already changing the world.

"When we heal collectively, we become ungovernable."

Growing Together

Pay what truly works for you - from $0 to $150+. Your financial situation doesn't determine your worth or your access to healing.

"Charging people to heal from capitalism is like charging for bandaids after pushing them down the stairs."

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From Our Community

"Finally someone who gets that 'just set boundaries' with immigrant parents isn't that simple. She helped me find a third way - not their way, not America's way, but something that honors both."
"She looked at me and said 'Your burnout serves the system. Rest is resistance.' First therapist who didn't tell me to 'practice self-care' or 'find work-life balance.'"
"She named it: Success Survivor's Syndrome. Making $120k but supporting everyone, drowning in family obligations while performing gratitude."
We can do it
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The Journey Isn't Always Linear

Some days you're processing everything at once. Other days you're just trying to get through. We honor wherever you are in your journey.

Growth happens in its own time, in its own way.

Community presence

We Show Up

Find us at community events, protests, and gatherings. Healing doesn't just happen in therapy rooms—it happens wherever our people are.

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When Systems Fail Us, We Build Our Own

Like our ancestors who created networks of care without institutions, we're building something that actually serves our communities.

"Charging people to heal from capitalism is like charging for bandaids after pushing them down the stairs. $0 sliding scale, no questions asked, no proof needed. Just trust."
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Your Timeline, Your Terms

Trauma doesn't follow insurance timelines. Healing isn't a 12-session package. We're here when you're ready.

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