Sultana Karim is the Owner and Licensed Therapist at Karim Counseling Services, PLLC. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in MD, VA, DC, and MI; a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP); Certified EMDR Therapist; Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C); and Certified Yoga Instructor. With over 14 years of experience, she specializes in treating sexual and domestic violence, perinatal mental health, infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, birth and medical trauma, and childhood trauma. 

Sultana has facilitated Perinatal DBT groups the past 4 years and has adapted the Strong Roots Perinatal DBT model, originally developed by the Zero to Thrive Program at the University of Michigan, for use with patients in an outpatient private practice setting. She completed a three-day DBT certification training in 2013 and received advanced training from the Zero to Thrive program - Michigan Model DBT for Pregnancy & Postpartum Training & Strong Root Perinatal Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Her work integrates trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches to support perinatal individuals in their healing journey.

Sultana currently serves as the Director of Mental Health at Villa Advocacy. She is an Approved Clinical Supervisor in both Virginia and Maryland, where she provides supervision and mentorship to emerging clinicians. She has presented nationally on topics including racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal mental health, the biosocial model for healing in the perinatal period, infertility, PMADs, mindful parenting, cultural humility and perinatal health, emotional regulation, perinatal trauma, Internal Family Systems, the impact of domestic violence and child abuse, play therapy, perceptions of seeking counseling, the impact of bullying on mental health, and perceptions of race and gender.