Ustadha Aatifa Shareef

Ustadha Aatifa Shareef is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and an instructor at Qalam. She teaches a preparatory class for working in the community at the Seminary as well as other classes, workshops, and intensives. She also serves as the head of Publications and the Executive Assistant.

Ustadha Aatifa Shareef holds a Masters in Psychology degree with a Clinical Concentration from the University of Dallas as well as an ʿĀlimiyyah degree from the Qalam Seminary. Born and raised in Columbus, OH, she graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Religious Studies. She is working to combine her two fields of study by understanding psychology in an Islamic context and providing counseling for the Muslim community in America.