Micheline Maalouf ميشلين — Instagram profile photo

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@micheline.maalouf

Mental Health Influencers

🇸🇾🇱🇧🍉Trauma therapist for Arab & diaspora Speaker | identity healing | somatic work @arab_america 40 under 40 Therapy | workshops | retreats👇🏽

270.2KFollowers
1.8KFollowing
1.3KPosts
0.4%Engagement Estimated

Creator summary

Trauma therapist and speaker serving Arab and diaspora communities through culturally informed therapy, identity healing, and somatic work. The creator combines educational mental health content with personal perspectives, historical context, and offerings such as workshops and retreats.

Trauma therapist and mental health educator

Content formats

Carousel
58.3%
Video
29.2%
Image
12.5%

Based on 24 posts

Niche & topics

Mental Health Influencers

Culturally informed therapyArab diaspora mental healthIdentity healingSomatic therapyPalestinian cultural topics
Arab diaspora mental health servicesSliman Mansour memorialCulturally informed Arab therapyMental healthPalestine

Known for

  • Arab diaspora mental health services
  • Culturally informed Arab therapy
  • Identity healing and somatic work
  • Discussion of Palestine and Arab cultural history
  • Therapy workshops and retreats

Profile details

Account typeBusiness
VisibilityPublic
CountryUnited States
JoinedFebruary 2018
Links https://michelinemaalouf.mykajabi.com/offers/6jxLZKhk/checkout
https://calendly.com/sereincounseling
https://www.michelinemaalouf.com/anxietycourse
https://michelinemaalouf.mykajabi.com/Guidedseries
https://www.michelinemaalouf.com

Content style

EducationalCulturally informedIdentity focusedSomatic and reflectiveCarousel led

Contact & business

Public emailhello@michelinemaalouf.com
Contact methodCALL

Content Intent

Education
45.8%
Opinion
16.7%
Personal story
16.7%
Historical context
8.3%
Promotion
8.3%
Event or travel
4.2%

Frequently Mentioned

Substack Platform 5 posts
Palestine Region 3 posts
Mosaic Identity Podcast 2 posts
Habiby Fit Instagram account 2 posts
The Arab Daughter Double Life Workshop 1 posts
Sliman Mansour Person 1 posts
TherapyLux Instagram account 1 posts
U.S. Congress Government institution 1 posts

Community Reaction

These insights are based on a sample of publicly visible comments and may not represent the creator's complete audience.

Across 75 sampled comments from three recent posts, reactions were mostly positive (55.3%), with negative (25.9%), mixed (10.8%), and neutral (8.0%) responses also present. Support, sadness, and admiration were the dominant emotions. Recurring discussion focused on death, Arab therapists, cultural identity, art, the Arab diaspora, Palestine, and mental-health professionals and therapy. Sampled comments included personal reactions, praise, discussion, content requests, and purchase interest. The creator liked 34 of 77 eligible top-level comments and interacted with 35; reply data was incomplete. Because the sample was recent and marked non-representative, it may not reflect the broader community.

  • Support and admiration for the creator or content
  • Sadness connected to discussions of death and related experiences
  • Discussion of Arab identity, diaspora, Palestine, and cultural representation
  • Interest in Arab therapists and mental-health care
  • Personal reactions, praise, content requests, and purchase interest
Positive
Dominant Sentiment
75
Comments Analysed
3
Posts Sampled

Sentiment

Mixed
10.8%
Negative
25.9%
Neutral
8%
Positive
55.3%
Unclear
0%

Dominant Emotions

SupportSadnessAdmiration

Common Intents

Personal reactionPraiseDiscussionContent requestPurchase interest

Recurring Topics

DeathArab therapistsCultural identityArtArab diasporaPalestineMental health professionalsTherapy

Creator Interaction

Likely to interact45.5%
Like rate44.2%
Reply threads observed31

Engagement Metrics

0.44%
Median Engagement
2.1
Posts / Week
Carousel
Dominant Format

Engagement Detail

Average likes3.0K
Median likes1.2K
Average comments112.83
Median comments40
Sample size24 posts

Recent Posts (24)

micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Arab diaspora mental health services
Arab diaspora mental health services
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Likes: 2.0K Comments: 38
If this resonated there are ways to go deeper My podast Mosaic Identity explores deeper conversations around identity, grief, mental health,
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Sliman Mansour memorial
Sliman Mansour memorial
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Likes: 1.7K Comments: 26
Rest in peace @sliman.mansour 🪽❤️🇵🇸
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Culturally informed Arab therapy
Culturally informed Arab therapy
Video
Likes: 1.6K Comments: 119 Plays: 38.7K
There genuinely aren’t enough Arab therapists and definitely not many therapists are culturally informed to understand Arab diaspora family
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Racially informed suicide risk care
Racially informed suicide risk care
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Likes: 4.6K Comments: 71
So much conversation about documentation and hospitalization but many are forgetting harm reduction and the fact that black,brown, and indig
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Guilt and the fawn response
Guilt and the fawn response
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Likes: 1.2K Comments: 10
Guilt is a norm in our communities but it’s not “safe” for our nervous systems. When caregivers express disappointment through guilt trips a
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Critique of AI therapy
Critique of AI therapy
Video
Likes: 628 Comments: 31 Plays: 13.8K
Blackmail: What they have done to the Palestinians they will do to us and Al therapy is part of the process. There are thousands amazing t
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about U.S. military aid and Palestine
U.S. military aid and Palestine
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Likes: 14.4K Comments: 130
Congress says we can’t afford healthcare, affordable housing, or student debt relief. But TODAY it found $1.15 trillion for war. While Isra
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Internalized audience among eldest Arab daughters
Internalized audience among eldest Arab daughters
Video
Likes: 418 Comments: 51 Plays: 40.1K
Let’s talk about The Eldest Arab Daughters “internalized audience”. Many of us grew up internalizing that our worth came from being useful.
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Psychology of defending public figures
Psychology of defending public figures
Video
Likes: 493 Comments: 40 Plays: 14.1K
Andrew Tate was arrested in Florida on July 19 after U.K. authorities requested his extradition. British prosecutors have filed additional c
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Attention difficulties in immigrant communities
Attention difficulties in immigrant communities
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Likes: 1.1K Comments: 50
P.S. this also applies to immigrants not just Arabs! Because for many of us, especially as Arabs in diaspora, attention difficulties don’t e
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Lindsey Graham political record
Lindsey Graham political record
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Likes: 975 Comments: 39
Here is just some of the horrible stuff he’s done Palestine and Gaza * Told Israel to “level the place” in October 2023, calling it “a rel
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Family related guilt in therapy
Family related guilt in therapy
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Likes: 589 Comments: 33
You love your parents and you struggle to talk about the things that hurt you about your parents because saying it makes you feel guilty.
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Culture and therapeutic trust
Culture and therapeutic trust
Video
Likes: 1.6K Comments: 111 Plays: 31.7K
Because if we’re going to talk about what helps clients heal, we also have to talk about culture. What if our definition of professionalism
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Hidden grief among eldest Arab daughters
Hidden grief among eldest Arab daughters
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Likes: 1.1K Comments: 29
The eldest Arab daughter is often praised for being “strong.” What people don’t always see is what that strength cost. Many of us learned e
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Help seeking barriers for eldest Arab daughters
Help seeking barriers for eldest Arab daughters
Video
Likes: 800 Comments: 40 Plays: 25.7K
Many eldest Arab daughters grow up carrying a unique mix of cultural expectations, family dynamics, and gender roles that can make asking fo
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about SWANA dance and emotional processing
SWANA dance and emotional processing
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Likes: 377 Comments: 14
Our ancestors danced because they understood that the body needs to move what the mind cannot process alone. Rhythmic movement, specificall
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Parental attunement in Arab immigrant families
Parental attunement in Arab immigrant families
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Likes: 10.7K Comments: 204
Arab parents who immigrated, survived war, and built lives in countries that were never fully theirs did not have the emotional bandwidth to
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about The freeze response
The freeze response
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Likes: 379 Comments: 14
So many of us have been living in freeze without ever having the language for it, calling it patience, calling it being strong, calling it j
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Colonial origins of regional terminology
Colonial origins of regional terminology
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Likes: 19.2K Comments: 1.4K
Levantine and Middle Eastern are not our words. They are terms that were coined by European colonial powers and American strategists to desc
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Ahmed Saad concert invitation
Ahmed Saad concert invitation
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Likes: 80 Comments: 16
Florida friends, come hang out with me! I’ll be heading to see Ahmed Saad live on June 28 in St. Petersburg, and I’d love for some of you t
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Personal grief
Personal grief
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Likes: 3.3K Comments: 59
It’s so exhausting and my grief is heavy
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Expressive Arabic dance
Expressive Arabic dance
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Likes: 131 Comments: 3
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as a dancer is that people care more about how you made them feel and rarely remember perfect techni
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Secret relationships and grief
Secret relationships and grief
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Likes: 2.6K Comments: 49
Secret relationships in our communities are far more common than people realize, and the grief that follows them rarely gets the recognition
micheline.maalouf Instagram post about Palestinian liberation and LGBTQ inclusion
Palestinian liberation and LGBTQ inclusion
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Likes: 1.6K Comments: 93 Plays: 32.5K
The argument that Palestinian liberation and LGBTQ rights are “separate struggles” sounds like complexity. But follow the logic through and

Analysis based on 24 available posts.
Last snapshot taken: August 29, 2026