Dareen Basma, Ph.D.

Dareen Basma is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, with a concentration in Disasters, Displacements and Human Rights. Her clinical work has focused on multicultural counseling and identity development, with a specific focus on at-risk immigrant and refugee populations. She's worked with at-risk immigrant and refugee youth within the school system, as both a mental health services provider and as a community liaison. Her research interests...See more

Dareen Basma is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, with a concentration in Disasters, Displacements and Human Rights. Her clinical work has focused on multicultural counseling and identity development, with a specific focus on at-risk immigrant and refugee populations. She's worked with at-risk immigrant and refugee youth within the school system, as both a mental health services provider and as a community liaison. Her research interests have focused on multicultural education, the development of multicultural counseling competencies among counseling students when working with at-risk immigrants, the development of multicultural biases among counseling students, and the systemic and structural implications that impact the work that counseling students engage in. She's taught and co-taught a range of graduate classes including, Special Topics: Counseling At-Risk Immigrants, Multicultural Counseling, Theories in Counseling, Professional Issues in Counseling and Clinical Practicum/Internship. See less