Dr. Mohamed Abdallah Elnakib earned his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University in 2022. He currently serves as a Psychologist at Innercare, a federally qualified health center in El Centro, CA, serving migrant and refugee communities and as Chief Psychologist at Redemption Row California, a nonprofit focused on empowering justice-impacted individuals.
Dr. Elnakib’s professional work integrates clinical service, teaching, research, and advocacy within a social-justice, trauma-informed, and multicultural framework. At Innercare, he provides psychotherapy, intake assessments, crisis intervention, and clinical supervision to graduate trainees, while leading outreach initiatives and policy development to expand equitable access to behavioral health care in under-resourced communities.
His research and scholarly writing focus on activism as self-care, racial trauma, and systemic oppression in clinical practice. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Women & Therapy, and his insights have been featured in the San Diego Union-Tribune, where he has spoken on the need for improved police training in responding to mental-health crises.
An active advocate for Middle Eastern North African (MENA) representation in psychology, Dr. Elnakib is a long-standing member of the American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy). He served as the organization’s founding Chair of the Advocacy Committee and has held multiple leadership roles advancing equity and inclusion initiatives. Currently, he serves as the AMENA-Psy representative for the Leadership Development Institute (LDI) for the Coalition of National Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations (CONREPA).
- Psychological and identity impacts of Islamophobia, racism, and discrimination among Arab, Muslim, and MENA communities
- Racial profiling, police brutality, and trauma-informed approaches to addressing systemic oppression in BIPOC populations
- Identity development and intersectionality across race, religion, and culture
- Advancing trauma informed, social justice–oriented, culturally responsive, and community-based practices in clinical psychology
- Psy.D. Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Multicultural and International Psychology, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology 2022
- M.A. Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology 2018
- B.A. Psychology, La Salle University 2016
- Foundations of Multicultural Psychology
- Flinn, R.E., Custer, B.D., Tietjen, G., Beasley, C.R., Cascalheira, C.J., Hitter, T.L., Abraham, K.M., Taylor, T.O., Hibbard, P.F., Elnakib, M.M., Mendoza, E.B., Jaure, V.B., De La Rue, L., Jackman, K.P., Fuentes, K., Craddock, J.B., Mahaffey, C.C., Redd, B., Holloway, I.W., Beltran, R.M., Bonar, E.E., Wilcox, M.M., & Stepleman, L.M. (2025). Dismantling Exclusionary Practices in Academe: Supporting Justice-involved Scholars, Practitioners, and Educators in Health-Related Disciplines. Training and Education in Professional Psychology.
- Elnakib, M. (2023). Shifa: A Guide of Contemporary and Traditional Healing Practices for Muslim Americans. American Psychological Association Culturally Informed Trauma and Grief Recovery Toolkit
- Elnakib, M., Turner, M. (2023). The Power of Activism as Self Care: An Autoethnography of the Arrest of Activists in the Wake of the George Floyd Protests. Women & Therapy
- Elnakib, M., Makki, T. (2022). The Collective Power of Healing for Arab Americans Through Trauma-Informed Group Therapy. American Group Psychotherapy Association Spring 2022 Newsletter
- Abdallah-Elnakib, M. (2020). The Training Police Officers Receive is Inadequate for Responding to Mental Health Crises. San Diego Union Tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2020-12-0…