🪸 Therapist Spotlight on Sufia Masilionis, APCC
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Therapist Spotlight: Sufia Masilionis (Mehmood), APCC
Meet Sufia Masilionis (Mehmood), APCC, a warm, compassionate therapist who creates a supportive space where clients can feel understood, respected, and empowered to make meaningful changes.
Sufia works with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, cultural identity, and major life transitions.
She has a special interest in supporting South Asian and immigrant clients experiencing acculturation challenges, intergenerational conflict, or the pressure of balancing cultural and family expectations with their individual needs.
Her areas of focus include:
Anxiety, stress management, and coping skills
Trauma and support for survivors of sexual assault
South Asian, immigrant, and BIPOC experiences
First- and second-generation cultural conflicts
Couples and relationship concerns
Financial stress and financial counseling for couples
Identity, boundaries, and personal growth
Sufia understands that conversations about money can bring up fear, shame, conflict, and deeply rooted family beliefs. In her work with couples, she helps partners explore their individual relationships with money, communicate more openly, and work toward shared financial goals without blame or judgment.
Using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Sufia helps clients understand unhelpful patterns, develop practical coping tools, and move toward lives that feel more authentic and fulfilling.
What It’s Like to Work With Sufia
Working with Sufia feels warm, collaborative, and grounding. She creates a space where you can speak honestly without fear of criticism or judgment. Rather than telling you what to do, Sufia helps you slow down, understand what is beneath your thoughts and reactions, and identify changes that feel realistic for your life.
Sufia balances compassion with practical support. Sessions may include exploring past experiences, cultural and family influences, relationship patterns, or the beliefs that shape how you respond to stress, conflict, and uncertainty. She also helps you develop tangible tools you can use outside therapy.
For clients navigating cultural expectations, Sufia understands that personal growth does not have to mean rejecting your family, community, or cultural identity. She supports you in finding a thoughtful balance—honoring what matters to you while creating healthier boundaries and making room for your own needs.
Couples can expect Sufia to provide a balanced environment where both partners feel heard. She helps couples move beyond blame, understand the emotions and experiences driving recurring conflicts, and communicate more openly about sensitive topics such as trust, intimacy, family expectations, and money.
Sufia brings warmth, insight, cultural sensitivity, and gentle humor into the therapy room. Clients can expect to feel supported while also being encouraged to look more deeply, recognize patterns, and take meaningful steps toward healing and change.
Sufia offers therapy through Pacific MFT Network. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn whether she may be the right therapist for you.
Sufia Mehmood Masilionis, APCC #16289
Supervised by Tracy Bevington, LMFT #53455
858-433-5312
Virtual Only
SCHEDULE A CALL HERE: https://calendar.app.google/7havsXyq3wv6iSHu6
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