Biography
Farhad Syed is a clinical psychologist at UNC Chapel Hill, where he serves the general student population, with a specific emphasis on the Muslim student demographic. Farhad has a variety of experience working in university settings, community mental health settings and others, with experience in working with individuals from across the lifespan. He has recently completed his fellowship in university mental health from Yale University with a clinical focus on Muslim university students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Also, he completed his predoctoral internship in university mental health at the University of Connecticut, where he worked with a diverse group of university students from a variety of racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Farhad has received his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois.
Additionally, Farhad has been a part of the Khalil Center since 2017, initially participating as a volunteer and now as a clinical psychologist providing psychotherapy and community education. In his clinical capacity, Farhad has extensive training in Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and psychodynamic psychotherapy. All of these modalities inform his clinical practice and approach to understanding the psyche (soul).
Farhad is a Hāfidh of the Qur’ān and graduated from the Jamiah Qurania Academy in Jamaica, Queens. He has also completed the Shaykh Al-Hind program at Darul Qasim, where he strives to deepen his knowledge of the Islāmic intellectual heritage. He is currently continuing this academic journey part-time but seeks to broaden his understanding and knowledge base, both personally and professionally as sourced from the Islāmic tradition.
Clinical Focus
Anxiety
Depression
Personality Disorders
Trauma
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Adjustment Problems (grief, loss, stress management etc.)
Interpersonal Relationship Concerns
Spiritual Development Concerns
Self-Esteem/Experiential Meaning-Making
Modalities
Individual (Adolescents & Adults)
Marital Therapy
Family Therapy
Psychological & Cognitive Evaluations
Languages Spoken
English