Gidai Maaza is a Fresno-based mental health professional with an emphasis on counseling Black men/boys ages 5-elder, elementary aged children, adolescents, and families.
Gidai strives to bring an effective blend of experience, clarity, empathy and action to the counseling process in order to experience beneficial outcomes and provide authentic healing and wholeness to individuals, families, and communities. Gidai Maaza earned an Associate degree from Fresno City College, Bachelors of Arts in liberal studies with an emphasis on Psychology from Fresno Pacific University, and Masters of Science in Counseling from University of Phoenix.
Gidai has over 10 years experience in counseling with a wide range of clients in a variety of treatment settings. These include providing counseling under various nonprofit agencies serving prenatal to young adult mental health, addiction work with the Salvation Army Fresno, clients diagnosed w/ emotional disturbance via an I.E.P, and at the University level providing staff/student mental health services.
Gidai has a broad and unique base of experience counseling children and early/late adolescents. Areas of emphasis w/ children include ADD/ADHD, PTSD, oppositional/conduct disorders, schizophrenia/psychosis, developmental delays, varying degrees of trauma, abandonment, dysfunctional family systems, and addiction. Gidai also focuses on identifying conflict in immigrants and first generation youth who are navigating racial and cultural oppression.
Gidai also has a strong base of counseling adults. Specialty areas include varying traumas, PTSD, depression, various mood disorders, ADD/ADHD disorder, abandonment, dysfunctional family systems, and addiction.
Gidai is a firm believer in the holistic approach that it takes a village to heal all individuals seeking counseling. In addition to the above mentioned specialties, Gidai continues to collaborate with various local social service agencies in order to provide best practices care to the whole person.
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Grief, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended Family Issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Codependency, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CA LMFT 105611
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As a Canadian, I find that my particular set of experiences can often be hard to communicate with therapists. I have not found this with Gidai who always has an ability to familiarize himself with my experiences and advice for how to work on moving forward and learning from these experiences.
Written on Sep 26, 2022 after therapy with Gidai for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and adhd
G is helping me navigate my trauma and has been teaching me and explaining to me the coping skills I need as a Man to navigate my tribulations. He is literally helping me save my life and getting the RIGHT therapist has been life changing thus far.
Written on Aug 24, 2022 after therapy with Gidai for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
He is a great listener and helps us find where the issues come from. He guides and gives technique to improve myself with issues
Written on Jun 14, 2022 after therapy with Gidai for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes