Violin Narooz-Gad’s interest in the human mind began early. She has always been curious about how people think, feel, and make meaning of their experiences. Although she began her post-secondary path in music performance and taught in her own music studio for six years, that season helped clarify her calling to counseling. She later earned her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University in New Brunswick, Canada, in 2016.

Violin works primarily with adults and believes each person’s story requires a thoughtful, individualized approach. She integrates several therapeutic modalities, including Emotionally Focused Therapy, Transactional Analysis, EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Gottman’s Raising Emotionally Healthy Children program, and parts work informed by Internal Family Systems.

Her experience includes individual and group therapy in private practice, Intensive Outpatient Programs, and Partial Hospitalization Programs. She has also volunteered with refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Sweden. After graduating, she worked in Calgary with Survivors of Torture and Trauma through the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society before relocating to the United States.

In private practice, Violin supports adults navigating concerns such as depression, anxiety, anger, personality disorder features, relationship difficulties, trauma, addictions, bereavement, life transitions, and crisis experiences.

She is a Certified Canadian Counsellor in good standing with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, a Board Certified Christian Counselor with the American Association of Christian Counselors, and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas. From 2021 to February 2024, she also served as adjunct faculty at Purdue Global University, where she taught and guided psychology students preparing to become counselors.