Life Transitions Therapists in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Life transitions can be both exciting and overwhelming. Whether you're navigating a career change, the end of a relationship, becoming a parent, relocating, experiencing grief, or questioning your sense of purpose, periods of change can bring uncertainty, fear, and self-doubt. Through trauma-informed coaching, I provide a safe and supportive space to help you navigate these transitions with greater clarity and self-awareness. Together, we explore how past experiences and beliefs may be influencing your response to change, helping you build resilience, reconnect with your values, and move forward with confidence.

Life transition can be both challenging and transformative. Using Schema Therapy, CBT,EMDR and compassion focused therapy, I help clients navigate change, build resilience and move forward with greater confidence and emotional well-being.

Life transitions, whether chosen or unexpected, can often leave you feeling unsettled, uncertain, or overwhelmed. Changes such as relocation, career shifts, parenthood, retirement, or loss can challenge your sense of identity and stability. Together, we can explore your emotions and better understand your needs as you navigate these changes and adjust to new circumstances. I can help you uncover your strengths and create a path forward that feels grounded and meaningful.

I support clients through major life changes—whether chosen or unexpected. Together, we process uncertainty, grief, and identity shifts so you can move forward with clarity, resilience, and a stronger sense of direction.

Dubai is home to one of the world's most multinational populations, with expatriates making up over 80 percent of residents, creating a distinctive mental health landscape centred on themes of cultural adjustment, identity, isolation, and the pressures of contract-based expat life. English-language therapy is widely available through a growing private sector, with licensed practitioners operating in healthcare zones such as Dubai Healthcare City, and many therapists also offering telehealth sessions. Awareness of mental health is rising, particularly among younger residents and professionals in finance, technology, and hospitality, though stigma remains in some cultural communities. Many therapists in Dubai have international training and experience working with diverse, multicultural clients navigating both personal and cross-cultural challenges.

Gender ID

100%

Female

Session Type

	75%	Online Only
	25%	In Person and Online

Top Treatment Approaches

75%	Psychoanalytic Therapy
50%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
50%	Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
50%	Multicultural Therapy
50%	Somatic Therapy
25%	Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
25%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Ages Served

100%	Adult
75%	Young Adult
50%	Senior
50%	Teen
25%	Children

Client Focus

75%	Men
75%	Women
50%	Black / African American
50%	Christian
50%	LGBTQ+

Life Transitions therapists in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Lulu AlRashdi

Aravinda Nandakumar

Tricia Bernard-Hector

Nadia Zamzul