Dr. M Zakiul Abrar, Doctor of Psychiatry, and Cognitive & Behaviour Lifecoach.

But also a teacher, an artist, a violinist, a fire spinner - Dr. Abrar brings a diverse skillset of problem-solving into Mental Healthcare.

The Pandemic shut down his department and left him with weeks of unemployed stagnation. Around May of 2020, a frustrated Abrar started offering online counseling - completely free of charge. Boredom aside, skills developed over seven years are to be kept sharp.

From then to now, Dr. Abrar's client list has seen celebrities, criminals, farmers, victims of trauma & gender violence, LGBTQ+ members, and more. Once in a while, Abrar would be conducting screening programs for schoolchildren, or writing some article, or doing reformative therapy for teenagers.

A high engagement with the youth earned him a name for relationship & marital counseling, and to give full suicide hotline support to his clients - something that few, if any of the mental health professionals in Bangladesh are known to do.