Karima Yvonne Ahmed is the visionary founder of Wholistic BRAIN Therapy of Houston, where she leads this practice with clinical insight and deep personal experience. After successfully navigating her own journey towards transformative healing with Complex Family Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury, Karima became passionate about bringing Wholistic Integrated Mental Health Care to others seeking long-lasting relief from anxiety, addictions, depression, TBI/Concussions, PTSD, and chronic emotional pain.

Karima’s clinical work is rooted in Compassionate Inquiry counseling protocols, developed by Dr. Gabor Mate, and Direct Neurofeedback, a FDA approved cutting-edge, non-invasive, brain-based approach that helps clients release debilitating stuck patterns and memories in their brains and replace them with safe, calming, nurturing patterns that will take them from surviving from the lingering effects of a variety of past traumas to thriving in their envisioned best life.

With a background as a Special Education educator, Karima brings a strong foundation with teaching and supporting the whole family unit of individuals with diverse cognitive, emotional and behavioral needs, Karima developed a deep understanding of how neurological and environmental factors influence learning and development. Ms. Ahmed’s experience has provided her with a compassionate, individualized approach to care—one that honors each client’s unique challenges and strengths. This background continues to inform her clinical practice today, as she integrates trauma-informed strategies and neuroplasticity-based therapies to support clients on their path to healing and wholeness.

Karima holds advanced certifications in Trauma Recovery, Health and Wellness Coaching, and Brain-Based therapeutic interventions. Ms. Ahmed’s practice is shaped by her ongoing collaboration and continuing education with experts from Harvard Medical School and UCLA in the fields of neuroplasticity, addiction, and behavioral health.

Karima’s mission is to create a safe, healing-centered space where individuals can reconnect with their best self, access their body’s innate intelligence, and reclaim a sense of clarity, calm, and control. Under Ms. Ahmed’s leadership, Wholistic BRAIN Therapy of Houston is more than a clinic–it is a refuge. Each client is seen as a whole person, not just a set of symptoms. Her guiding belief is simple but powerful: “Thirty minutes of the right therapy can change the next thirty years of your life.”