Mehboob Ali

 
Mehboob Ali is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and co-founder of Rahma Institute, an organization dedicated to empowering families through education and social services. While driving global strategy for a fortune 100 company based in Silicon Valley, Br. Mehboob worked to complete his M.S. in Clinical Counseling & Mental Health to serve the Muslim community as both an educator and counselor.
 
He has studied Islamic Psychology and other sciences under various scholars, including completing a certificate program on counseling from an Islamic Orientation in Istanbul, Turkey. He is currently working on research within the field of Islamic Psychology and human behavior.

He conducts various programs, lectures and workshops to address a wide range of topics to provide awareness on current challenges the Muslim Community faces and to instill proactive change.
As a graduate of an Islamic High School and learning and collaborating with Islamic scholars, he provides a unique insight on what the Muslim youth and families face today and proactive solutions. His goal and vision for Rahma Institute is to empower individuals to unlock and reach their full potential.
 

Salma Khan

 
Sr. Salma is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, supervised under Monica Marterella (MS, LMFT-S, LPC-S). She has a M.Ed. in Counseling and Development, with a concentration in Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling. In addition, she completed her B.S. in Psychology with a focus on childhood development. She has collaborated and studied with multiple scholars and has completed a training on Islamic counseling in Istanbul, Turkey.
 
A co-Founder of Rahma Institute, Sr. Salma’s passion is using education grounded in our Islamic traditions to spread awareness on how to build a Muslim family, create positive self growth and how to empower our youth. As a certified marriage educator, she has helped build curriculum leveraged in workshops conducted internationally.
 
Locally in the Dallas area, she conducts youth empowerment programs for young women that use the Sirah of our Prophet(s) to provide youth and families proactive lessons and solutions to address challenges faced in our society today. She is an aspiring poet leveraging creative writing and poetry to address the human journey in this world.