Dr. Rim Mahmoud , PsyD (UK)

Growth is a fundamental component in every aspect of life. As a psychologist, I view clients coming to therapy when their growth has been challenged, and often it is about using this challenge as a platform for growth. 

Taking a non-judgemental and open approach, I can help clients take stock of their lives, make sense of where they are and how they got here, and move forward to a meaningful place. I take an integrative approach to therapy and this means that I don’t subscribe to one particular method or manual of techniques but instead draw on different therapeutic modalities – especially existential, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioural ideas – to arrive at a way of working that is personal and useful to your needs. 

Born and raised in Dubai, I understand the cultural and societal dynamics of the city. I trained in London and worked in various settings such as the NHS and NGOs, specialising in relationship difficulties, physical, psychological, financial and sexual abuse, and other interpersonal trauma. I also worked in private practice, mainly with individuals struggling with adjustment, cultural identity, existential concerns and life transitions, anxieties, work-related stress, loss of purpose, sexuality and sexual concern. 

With a background in health psychology, I also work with individuals struggling to cope with chronic disease, evaluation and management of bariatric surgery, stress, the initial shock of a new diagnosis and new disability, cancer, and women’s sexual health.

Expertise

• Abuse

• Addiction

• Anxiety disorders including phobias,
  health anxiety, & panic etc.

• Cultural identity

• Depression

• Divorce

• Eating Disorders

• Existential issues

• Identity problems

• Interpersonal and relationship difficulties

• Health-related distress

• Lack of meaning and purpose

• Metabolic Bariatric preoperative psychological evaluation and postoperative therapy 

• Midlife crisis (at any age)

• Relationship crisis

• Sexuality and sexual concerns

• Stress

• Trauma-related disorders

• Weight management

• Work-related stress

 

Tools

• Existential-Phenomenological Therapy 
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Second and Third wave Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Integrative Approaches
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Qualifications & Memberships

• Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (DPsych), Regent’s University, UK
• MSc in Health Psychology, University of Westminster, UK
• BSc (Hons) in Counselling Psychology, Middlesex University, UK
• Chartered Member of The British Psychological Society, CPsychol, (UK)
• Member of Health and Care Professional Council (UK)
• Registered with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA)