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Crisis numbers in the United Arab Emirates
- Itma'en 800506, for readers in Dubai: Tel: 800506
- 800 SAKINA, announced for Abu Dhabi: Tel: 800 725462, also written as 800-SAKINA.
- All crisis lines in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates has 52 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including clinical psychologists, psychologists and counselling psychologists.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 52 (Clinical Psychologists 13, Psychologists 7, Counselling Psychologists 6, Registered Clinical Psychologists 4, CBT Psychotherapists 2, Counsellors 2, Psychotherapists 2, Art Psychotherapists 1). Professions given by 48 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 7 (14%), online 12 (24%), online and in person 31 (62%).
- Languages
- English 100%, Hindi/Urdu 33%, Arabic 31%, Malayalam 8%, Tamil 8%.
- Who they work with
- Adults, Individuals, Couples, Adolescents, Parents, Families, All ages.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across the United Arab Emirates differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in the United Arab Emirates available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in the United Arab Emirates with therapists listed
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (2)
These are recorded against a therapist on TherapyRoute and have no listing page yet, so there is nothing to send you to and no count we can stand behind.
Al Dhafra, Jumeirah
Licensing in the United Arab Emirates runs by emirate rather than nationally, so the answer depends on where your therapist practises. In Dubai, clinical psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists hold a licence from the Dubai Health Authority, and you can look a practitioner up on its Sheryan service. For a social worker or a social counsellor in Dubai, start from the Community Development Authority.
In Abu Dhabi, psychologists, counsellors and psychiatrists are licensed by the Department of Health. A licence from one emirate is not a licence in another.
What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. See how to think about the cost of therapy.
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
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