CDA-Licensed Psychologist
Michelle Estekantchi is a Licensed Psychologist with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Memorial University (Canada). She works with children, adolescents, and adults across a range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship issues (peer, family), burnout, and self-esteem issues. Michelle also conducts psychoeducational and ADHD assessments.
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Dr. Lara is a European-trained General Adult Psychiatrist with extensive experience in mood disorders and substance misuses. She is both trained and experienced in working with people from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds. Dr. Lara works with mild, moderate, and severe cases of psychiatric disorders, neurodiversity and mental health..
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Christi Gadd is a DHA licensed Clinical Psychologist (Dubai) and an HPCSA registered Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist (South Africa). She has many therapeutic interests including anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Christi is particularly interested in the transition to expat life. One of the things she loves most is accompanying people on their journeys of self-discovery and self-actualization. Her interests are best summarised as a curiosity to learn more and more about what makes us human, especially our brains.
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Valen is a CDA-licensed psychologist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Haigazian University, Lebanon. She works with adults, adolescents, couples, and children facing a range of mental health difficulties including anxiety, relationship issues, communication, mood disorders, behavioral issues, body image and self-esteem.
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Dr. Manuela is a DHA-Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Dubai) with active licenses in the UK and Italy. She has over 20 years of experience supporting adults through a range of challenges including anxiety, depression, and relationship issues (parent-child as well as marital). Dr. Manuela has a special interest in neurodivergence, including Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD. She has a wealth of experience in the UK and Middle East, which has provided her with an opportunity to work with people from diverse cultural contexts, integrating culture, religion, and personal background into her work.
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Leticia is a DHA-Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Dubai) with an active license in Spain. She has over nine years of experience supporting adults, couples, and families through a range of challenges including anxiety, depression, and relationship issues (parent-child as well as marital). Leticia uses a systemic approach, along with CBT and mindfulness in her practice.
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Dr Christian Perrin is a CDA-licensed psychologist with an MSc and PhD in Psychology (Clinical-Forensic focus). He adopts a therapeutic approach rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and existential therapy, primarily working with adults experiencing OCD, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, panic-related symptoms, addiction, anger, and relationship challenges. Dr Perrin takes a client-centred approach, helping individuals establish lasting wellbeing by implementing meaningful changes that align with their values and goals.
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Dr. Jessica Rios-Habib is an American psychologist who has obtained licensures to practice in the US, Canada, and Dubai. Her university training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA) and the University of Miami (USA) have earned her a B.S., MS.Ed., and a Ph.D. in Psychology. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine (USA), followed by another at University of Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital (Canada), which further specialized her skills in pediatric psychology, child development, and family systems.
Having been based in Dubai since 2010, and a strong believer in research-based science, compassionate ethics, and a growth mindset for individuals and organizations, Dr. Jessica has expanded her reach to not only clinical, family, and school/athlete populations, but also professional and corporate organizations striving for greater success and healthier well-being in the workplace and global settings.
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CDA-Licensed Psychologist
Magdalena Karakehayova is a CDA-licensed psychologist with a Master’s Degree in Couple and Family Therapy from the University of Guelph. She draws primarily on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment, while integrating elements of CBT, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Magdalena works with individuals, couples, and families experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, family conflict, and low self-esteem. Rooted in a systemic and attachment-based lens, her approach is client-centered and culturally sensitive, helping people make meaningful changes aligned with their values and relationships.
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CDA-Licensed Psychologist
Lindi Nhlapo s a CDA-licensed psychologist with a Master’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Kwazulu Natal (South Africa). She has over 14 years’ experience supporting teens and adults through a wide range of challenges including anxiety, depression, fertility issues, life changes, and trauma. Lindi uses evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, and EMDR in her clinical work.
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CDA-Licensed Psychologist
Dahlia Yamout is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Dubai, with a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. She works with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, life transitions, and perfectionism. Her integrative approach draws from Relational Therapy, Attachment Science, EMDR, EFT, and Schema Therapy.
Dahlia is trauma-informed and culturally attuned, helping clients explore the ways they’ve adapted to early experiences—often through people-pleasing, emotional detachment, or self-criticism—and gently guiding them toward healing, connection, and self-understanding.
She believes that change begins with a safe therapeutic relationship and would be honored tosupport you in your growth.
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DHA-Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Juan is a Clinical Psychologist with over two decades of international experience, licensed in the UAE, UK, and South Africa. He works with individuals, couples, and families, offering both online and in-person sessions. His therapeutic approach with individuals is grounded in Schema Therapy, while his work with couples is based on his own model, Structural Experiential Couple Therapy, which he is currently in the process of publishing. This approach integrates systemic, constructivist, and polyvagal foundations to create a structured, emotionally grounded process of change. Having lived and worked across four countries and diverse clinical settings, Juan offers a direct, practical, and deeply informed approach that balances emotional depth with clear structure and direction.
His career spans a wide range of specialist services, including assertive outreach, residential treatment, inpatient units, NGOs, and multidisciplinary teams across diverse contexts. He has developed a residential treatment programme for at-risk adolescents in South Africa, managed a crisis service in the UK, led a dual diagnosis service in the USA, and led clinical governance for a team of more than 40 licensed clinicians in the UAE, with responsibilities extending across supervision, ethical decision-making, and risk management. This breadth of experience brings a grounded, systems-informed perspective to his clinical work, allowing him to combine practical insight with a deep understanding of complexity across individual, relational, and organisational levels.
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