About Dr. Aleyah Yasin
Photo by Sherri Cohen
Dr. Aleyah Yasin, M.S. Ph.D., LMFT, is a board-certified Marriage and Family Therapist. She specializes in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and techniques from both Art Therapy and Play Therapy to help clients better express themselves and their feelings.
During almost 20 years of counseling experience, she has counseled people through a variety of struggles, ranging from anger management, stress management, PTSD, substance abuse, suicide trauma, self-esteem issues, depression, and anxiety. She has served as a Clinical Child Therapist for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, counseled adults battling substance abuse, served as an outpatient counselor in home settings and counseled LGBT and HIV-positive clients.
Aside from her work within NAMAY CORP, she is currently a Family Therapist for Teladoc Telehealth.
Education & Certifications
- Doctor of Philosophy in Family Therapy (Ph.D.) from Nova Southeastern University
- Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy (M.S.) from Nova Southeastern University
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology (B.S.) from Florida Atlantic University
Affiliations
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- Board of Marriage and Family Therapy
Dedicated to the community
— Lisa Smith, BSW
Proven compassion and sensitivity
The Bromeliad Story
At NAMAY, Family is everything! Dr. Aleyah captured this through her logo symbol of the Bromeliad plant. Bromeliad plants are classified as Bromeliaceae which are a family of monocot flowering plants that has over 3000 species that are native to the tropical parts of America and West Africa. The most common Bromeliad is the common pineapple which we all can relate to by seeing them in the grocery stores and used to enhance flavorful dishes and drinks. Whether it being in the house or part of a garden, the plant flourishes with little maintenance and is known for its thick foliage that grows in a rosette manner that produces a flower (inflorescence) and a central cup formed by the leaves that catches the water.
Why this plant has become the logo for NAMAY has more to do with how it grows and survives. To summarize bromeliad growth cycle, the original plant is like a “mother plant” that grows and produces pups, which are baby plants. The mother plant lives for the sole purpose for the survival of its pups to develop till they are self- sufficient. At this point, the mother plant dies leaving the pups to continue to grow. This growth process is connected to the family perspective that NAMAY promotes in the growth process of families and the functioning role of mothers in creating families.
In most cultures, the families are led and protected by fathers, but the mothers are tasked as being in charge of taking care of the family, childrearing, and home. With the forces of modern times impacting the socioeconomical levels of the family dynamics, the motherhood role has morphed into becoming more inclusive of skills of multitasking, maintaining alert awareness, nurturing, understanding, caring, and loving all at the same time while managing professional careers in the work arena and or academic arena. But this is not only impacting women but also men who are forced to embrace the same dynamic due to being a single parent. So no matter the relationship categorization of being married, single, divorced, widowed, and or LGBTQ+; the common denominator that connects us all is the human family experience.
Yes, we come from diverse backgrounds, belief structures, and understandings to the point that we all have unique families that follow similar patterns of life experiences that are celebrated differently but recognized in the same manner of growth. The bromeliad is representative of this in that it is different in its appearance and lifestyle of growth in comparison to other plants. But like other plants, it required the same nourishing water and sunlight allowing it to grow, propagate, and coexist in the ecosystem.
The Bromeliad is a symbol of family and parenthood which is the essence of NAMAY!