Farzana has been crucial to my growth and healing through several major life events. I have gone into therapy sessions feeling overwhelmed, upset, and stressed, but every time one ends, I feel lighter and clearer. When I reflect on what makes Farzana so special, it’s her ability to create the safest possible space. You can tell she genuinely cares, and that care is consistent. She has an incredible gift for asking the right questions and listening deeply to the answers. Farzana has guided me through countless self-discoveries and epiphanies. I would not have made it through the last few years without her.

Landis is fantastic. Patient, calm, clear headed, and most importantly she actually LISTENS. She’s been a tremendous help, providing the objective, practical advice needed as I was planning my wedding. Thank you, Landis!

With my upcoming wedding, I was feeling mostly stressed and dreading it due to complex family dynamics, so I hired Landis to help figure out how to navigate these relationships and come up with a plan to ease my stress and ensure that I will enjoy my wedding. I now feel prepared to handle any potential conflict as calmly as possible and am looking forward to the day instead of dreading it. I’d highly recommend AisleTalk to anyone dealing with similar issues.

Landis at AisleTalk was such an asset to our marriage! My husband and I sought out Landis’s services ahead of our wedding after the merging of our two cultures caused an abundance of stress. We knew we wanted premarital counseling for the wedding stress, but also to build best practices in our marriage for the future. Landis taught us so much about ourselves and how best to prioritize one another. The tools she gave us have made a hugely positive impact on our marriage already! I’d highly recommend using her and her team for any couples counseling that you’re seeking. Just an overall fabulous experience with AisleTalk!

Working with Landis while we prepared for our wedding was one of the best decisions we ever made. I honestly can’t express how much working with her helped me navigate one of the most stressful time periods leading up to the wedding-that-was. (Canceled our wedding 3 weeks before due to Covid – but Landis stuck with us through the process.) Having a therapist who specializes in weddings, understood Jewish idiosyncrasies, and had experience with different sects within the religion was exactly what I needed. I’m so grateful that my cousin saw AisleTalk article in the NYTimes. She helped me build a mental and emotional toolkit for dealing with each situation. I can’t thank her enough for all the support she provided me for nearly 2 years!!!

If you are wondering whether to hire a wedding therapist, wonder no more– The answer is Yes! Early on in the wedding process, my daughter and I found ourselves struggling with very different expectations for the wedding, different communication styles, different ways of planning and getting things done. Throw in a generation gap—I am 63, she is 29 and the groom’s family, who is from a different culture, and brought their own desires and expectations, and we had quite a challenge!  Landis did a beautiful job helping us to understand each other. She was supportive and empathetic to us both. Better than a wedding planner, she focused on the bigger picture of our long term relationship. 

Landis went out of her way to ensure that my family member and I felt listened to and understood. She handled complex and sometimes difficult conversation topics with grace and sensitivity. I gained a better understanding of myself and others, and throughout the process I always felt encouraged and seen. Therapy with Landis changed my relationship with my close family member for the better and I am so grateful to have had access to this wonderful resource.

I’ve worked with Aisle-Talk in two capacities – I started [with Farzana] in individual therapy and eventually moved to premarital counseling [with Landis] as well. As a Southeast Asian man, mental health is not a topic often discussed. It helped give me peace, slowed my mind, and provided an outlet for me to express emotions that I previously had not had. While individual therapy is a bit more “mainstream” now, I always felt premarital counseling had a very negative stigma – “only couples in trouble go to therapy.” I was proven wrong. The amount of work Landis put in to get to know me and my wife made me not only trust her to open up, but also made me feel it was a safe space to be vulnerable. I truly feel my marriage is better because of it. Landis is great at building trust and facilitating conversations you didn’t even know you needed to have.