Ali recognizes the immense pain families experience when dealing with challenges such as trauma, high family conflict, and pornography addiction, and she is committed to supporting families on their journey to healthier living.  Ali also supports clients struggling with anxiety, depression, interpersonal trauma, behavioral issues, preoccupation with screens (phones, tablets/laptops) and teen/parent relationship issues. Ali's therapeutic foundation for all clients rests on attachment theory, family systems theory, developmental and interpersonal neurobiology theory, dialectical behavior therapy, and somatic, climate change and trauma-informed practice. She encourages clients to engage in holistic healing by incorporating mindfulness and sensorial awareness skill development in addition to development of insight as levers for change.

Ali has completed advanced training for Narrative Family Therapy (2021-2022), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Basic training completed Oct 2022, Certification pending) and is currently pursuing training through the Climate Psychology Alliance to support clients struggling with issues related to climate-change. She also has a credential in the state of Indiana to work with adolescents with harmful sexual behaviors through the Advocacy and Training Alliance (completed in 2016).

Ali is also pursuing her PhD in Social Work through Indiana University. Her dissertation is titled “Clinician Perceptions and Practices to Address Pornography Use in Treatment for Adolescents with Harmful Sexual Behaviors: A Qualitative Study Using Constructivist Grounded Theory” and her anticipated graduation for her PhD is December 2024. She has presented at regional, national and international conferences on topics related to adolescent screen use (specifically social media and pornography), and has facilitated dozens of dialogues (in person and virtually) with adults and young people about the Screenagers documentaries (found here: www.screenagersmovie.com). Ali has also presented research on topics related to adolescent sexual offending, sexual health and education, spirituality and trauma and gender-diverse youth and their families. She currently teaches bachelor and master level courses at the Indiana University School of Social Work, and has been a research assistant for projects at the Indianapolis Veterans Affairs Hospital, the IU School of Medicine -Department of Adolescent Pediatrics and the Center for Health and Justice Research at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute.