Menahal Begawala is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who is inspired by her clients as they heal, grow, and develop resilience through adversity. Menahal is passionate about bringing about awareness of mental, emotional, and physical wellness through an Islamic lens to the community through lectures and workshops. Menahal has received marriage counseling training through the Gottman Institute, and authored the Islamic Reference Guide for the Gottman Method. She has also pursued a specialization in treatment of trauma. Currently, Menahal has a private practice in New York for counseling individual, couples, and families. Her current pursuit of knowledge is in the field of integrative nutrition so that she can continue to work on treating the whole person in her work both with individuals and with the community.