What couples counselling is
In couples counselling the relationship is the client.
Titles you will see include Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Psychiatrist. Search the register by name at Dubai Health Authority (DHA). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
It is not arbitration and nobody rules at the end. Couples counselling is for people married and unmarried, together and separating.
Is couples counselling the right first step?
The usual reasons not to start jointly are moderate to severe aggression between partners, active alcohol or other substance misuse, a continuing affair, and psychotic symptoms 1. Individual or specialist treatment comes first.
Couples sessions require safety. If one of you is afraid of the other, that is a safety question first.
Dubai has 19 therapists listed on TherapyRoute who work with couples.
If the problem is safety rather than the relationship
Where there is violence, control or fear at home, the first call is not to a counsellor.
The NO MORE Global Directory lists domestic and sexual violence helplines country by country, and covers almost every country the United Nations recognises 2. The NO MORE Foundation built it with the United Nations and the World Bank.
A number from another country will not help you. Look up the one where you are.
In Dubai, some couples counsellors see couples only in person; others also work online. Couples counsellors in Dubai most often name CBT, integrative therapy and mindfulness as approaches. Couples counsellors in Dubai list family issues, life transitions and cross-cultural couples as focus areas.
Most couples counsellors in Dubai who state payment take direct payment.
Dubai's Community Development Authority offers a family counselling service for family and marital problems 3.
Of the 19 who say how they work, 17 offer online sessions (89%).
Couples work here is offered by psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors.
Couples sessions here are offered in English, Arabic, Hindi/Urdu and Italian.
Nearby places and related listings
- All 43 therapists listed in Dubai
- Couples therapy, Sharjah
- Couples therapists by city, the couples therapists page, not tied to a place
- Couples therapy in every United Arab Emirates city listed
References
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
