Sehrish Ali—Endometriosis Mental Health Therapist
Summary: Sehrish Ali, PhD, LPC-S, CEDS-C, is an endometriosis mental health therapist and founder of Guided Growth Therapy in Houston, Texas. Licensed in Texas, California, Colorado, North Carolina, and Ohio, she provides therapy in English and Urdu for adults navigating the emotional and psychological impact of endometriosis, chronic illness, trauma, and body image concerns. Dr. Ali specializes in working with high-functioning individuals who may appear successful externally while managing significant internal distress, chronic pain, medical challenges, or changes in their relationship with their body.
Her approach is integrative, trauma-informed, and evidence-based, drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and IFS-informed interventions. She recognizes the complex connection between chronic pain, medical experiences, identity, relationships, fertility, intimacy, and emotional well-being. Treatment is tailored to each client’s unique needs and may focus on coping with chronic pain and uncertainty, processing medical trauma, strengthening self-advocacy, improving psychological flexibility, and addressing anxiety, depression, and body image concerns.
In addition to her expertise in endometriosis care, Dr. Ali has specialized training as a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist Consultant (CEDS-C), bringing valuable insight into how chronic illness can affect food, movement, self-image, and trust in the body. She values a collaborative, whole-person approach and, with client consent, works closely with physicians, dietitians, and other healthcare providers to ensure mental health care is integrated with broader medical treatment. Her goal is to help clients feel understood, supported, and empowered without reducing their experiences to a diagnosis.
City: Houston, TX
Visit types: Virtual
Spoken languages: English and Urdu
Interpreting services for other languages: No
Philosophy of Endometriosis Care: My approach is integrative and evidence-based, drawing primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and IFS-informed interventions. When working with individuals with endometriosis, I take a trauma-informed, person-centered approach that recognizes the complex relationship between chronic pain, medical experiences, identity, relationships, body image, and emotional well-being. Treatment is individualized based on each client’s needs and may include developing skills for coping with chronic pain and uncertainty, increasing psychological flexibility, addressing anxiety or depressive symptoms, processing medical trauma, strengthening self-advocacy, and exploring changes in body image, intimacy, relationships, fertility, or identity. I also help clients distinguish between what can be changed and what may require acceptance without minimizing the very real physical and emotional impact of endometriosis. When appropriate and with client consent, I value collaboration with medical and other healthcare providers to support integrated, whole-person care.
What else should be known about your practice: I work primarily with high-functioning adults who may appear to be doing well externally while managing significant distress, chronic illness, trauma, perfectionism, or changes in their relationship with their body. I also have specialized training and experience in eating disorders and body image, which often allows me to bring an additional lens to the ways chronic illness can affect identity, food, movement, self-image, and a person’s sense of trust in their body. My practice is intentionally individualized and collaborative. I value helping clients feel understood without reducing their experience to a diagnosis, and I am particularly mindful of the impact that repeated medical appointments, uncertainty, and experiences of not being believed can have over time. When appropriate, I also value collaboration with physicians, dietitians, and other members of a client’s treatment team so that mental health care is integrated with their broader medical care.