Atiq Shomar, LCSW, LMSW

Atiq Shomar is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) licensed in Arizona with 18 years of practice experience. Atiq works with people facing relationship transitions, family tensions, trauma and grief, and offers LGBT-affirming care. Sessions address practical problems that come with separation, cancer, and other major life changes.

Atiq focuses on relationship changes such as divorce and separation and on non-monogamous or polyamorous relationship concerns. They also help with multicultural issues and women's concerns, and they support people coping with the emotional effects of cancer. Language used in sessions is plain and direct so people can make concrete decisions about next steps.

Atiq brings both professional experience and personal perspective as a therapist of color who identifies as nonconforming. That background informs how they talk about identity, bias, and cultural context. Conversations tend to include real-world problem solving alongside emotional processing.

Sessions typically involve setting clear goals, checking what works, and adjusting plans over time. Atiq describes their stance as collaborative: they work together with the person to try approaches that fit daily life. Progress is tracked in practical ways such as improved communication, clearer boundaries, and manageable coping strategies.

People come for help with grief and trauma, complicated relationships, and shifts tied to illness or separation. Atiq asks about the specific pressures in work, family, and community so therapy connects to everyday demands.

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