Ustadha Aatifa Shareef

Ustadha Aatifa Shareef is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas & Maryland 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.

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.