Dr. Ahmad is a staff psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, and an Instructor in Psychology at the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry. She primarily treats anxiety disorders and depression, specializing in working with individuals coping with cancer or other chronic illnesses. Dr. Ahmad has formal training and experience in providing evidence-based therapies including Interpersonal Therapy, CBT, DBT, ACT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy. She integrates these tools to support people from diverse backgrounds and identities in finding acceptance and pursuing meaning despite their health challenges. In addition to treating general anxiety, PTSD, OCD, panic disorder, insomnia, depression, and other disorders, Dr. Ahmad also provides targeted therapy for health-related quality-of-life concerns such as coping with physical pain and fatigue, addressing disruptions in intimacy/sexuality, and treating traumatic and prolonged grief in caregivers. She offers individual, couples’, and group-based psychotherapy. She has worked in a range of healthcare settings, including with individuals undergoing treatment for infertility, those with inflammatory bowel disease, those in treatment for morbid obesity, memory disorders, and other chronic health concerns.