Therapy is personal. Choosing your therapist should be, too.
The relationship you have with your therapist matters. Here's a little about who I am and why I do this work.
I'm Dr. Rosette Elghossain, a licensed clinical psychologist. I believe therapy is one of the few places where you shouldn't have to earn your worth, justify your existence, or hold everything together.
As a Lebanese woman born in the US and eventually raised in Lebanon, I understand what it feels like to navigate multiple cultures, family expectations, and the pressure to become who others need you to be. While every story is different, I've seen how these experiences can shape the way we relate to ourselves, our relationships, and the choices we make. Though my lived experiences don’t replace my clinical training, they give me yet another lens through which to listen.
I became a psychologist because I've always been fascinated by people’s stories and the patterns they carry: the beliefs, roles, and survival strategies that once made perfect sense but eventually begin to feel limiting. (Also, I was pre-med in university because I was doing what I “should” as the Good Arab Daughter, but eventually carved my own path…) My work isn't about fixing people. It's about helping them understand themselves with greater honesty and compassion so they can make choices that feel more aligned with who they truly are.
Today, I primarily work with high-achieving women, adult daughters of immigrants, and women in the diaspora who have spent years adapting, achieving, and caring for others, but are ready to build a life that feels more like their own. There is something incredibly meaningful about watching someone move from living according to expectation to living from a place of self-trust.
My style is warm, thoughtful, and engaged. I won't simply nod along while you tell your story. I ask questions, notice patterns, and gently challenge the beliefs that may be keeping you stuck. Together, we'll slow down enough to understand not only what's happening, but why. I appreciate both a good laugh and a good cry, so bring yourself.
I Know What It Means to Live Between Two Worlds
I know what it’s like to live in the diaspora: to feel homesick, to feel not American enough and yet not Lebanese enough. I know what it’s like to make choices that you have to defend or explain, while wondering whether you’ll still have the support of the people you love on the other side of those decisions.
I know what it’s like to live an ocean apart from the people and places that feel like home. To expect nothing but ultimate success from yourself while simultaneously feeling guilty for experiencing stability, ease, or abundance. To love the life you’ve built and still ache for the life, people, and places you left behind.
There is a particular kind of complexity in having your heart feel permanently split between places. In never feeling completely settled in one world because some part of you is always reaching toward the other.
And sometimes it’s as simple and as profound as tearing up at the smell of za’atar when no one else understands why.
Credentials
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Licensed in Louisiana, New York, Texas, and Oklahoma (I also obtained an Authorization to Practice Interjurisdictional Telehealth in 2024, while living in Oklahoma, a PsyPact state. Since returning to New Orleans, I will be unable to use this privilege until Louisiana legislation goes into effect in 2028. More information here.)
Doctoral and Master’s Degrees in Clinical Psychology from Florida Tech; Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from American University of Beirut
Completed postdoctoral fellowship at Tulane University
Level 1 trained through the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Institute
Trained in TF-CBT, ACT, and various evidence-based, trauma-informed modalities
Extensive experience working with anxiety, perfectionism, identity, relationships, and life transitions
Years of experience working at university counseling centers, eating disorder treatment hospitals, residential facilities, and more
Beyond the Therapy Room
I met my husband in New Orleans, and after our Big Fat Lebanese Wedding (he loves Lebanon so much, they should just give him honorary citizenship!), we settled in Oklahoma, his home state. After several years there, we moved back to New Orleans in 2026, the place that feels like home to us both. We travel as much as possible, making an annual trip to Beirut to see my family, and have more recently been to Japan.
I speak English and Arabic fluently, and enough French to pass as a local if no one looks too closely. When I’m not working, you’ll find me on a walk with a podcast or in my kitchen. I adore cooking and baking, and nothing makes me happier than the joy on someone’s face when I give them a plate. (Fun fact: I love the smell of coffee, but can’t stand the taste—so if you see me in session with a mug, it’s definitely Earl Grey or an herbal tea!)
Whether we're working together in ongoing therapy or through an intensive, my hope is the same: that you leave with a deeper understanding of yourself and the confidence to build a life that feels like your own.
If that resonates with you, I'd be honored to walk alongside you.
