Difficult Conversations: “Mommy, will there be another Boom?”
This is how to help children make sense of difficult times - A note from Lebanon.
Dr Pia Tohme Khalaf
Child Psychotherapist
“I am a Mentalization Based Therapist working with children, adolescents and their parents.”
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About Me
I am a child psychotherapist in Dbayeh, Lebanon. I offer child and adolescent therapy and diagnostic assessment for anxiety, relationship and family issues, and behaviour problems.
Approach
In Dbayeh and online, sessions move slowly enough to notice small shifts in thought and feeling while staying practical for parents and busy teens. I alternate playful curiosity with children, reflective questioning with adolescents, and collaborative planning with parents, sometimes sharing brief observations between meetings to keep progress grounded. Therapy becomes a series of together moments—mapping misunderstandings, testing new perspectives, and rehearsing different responses under stress. Those seeking a thoughtful, language-flexible approach in Arabic, English or French often find this helpful.
Services
I am trained in the Approach to Parenting Teenagers from the Open Door Young People’s consultation services and in Mentalization Based Therapy for Children and Adolescents, as well as its application in a school setting, from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London.
I currently work in private practice with children, adolescents and their parents, based on attachment and mentalizing principles and am a preschool consultant psychotherapist. I am involved in the setting up of fun and accessible activities for toddlers and preschoolers, focusing on emotion expression and emotion regulation.
I regularly give parenting workshops discussing creative hands-on ideas promoting healthy development throughout childhood and communication skills in adolescence. I also volunteer in various NGOs working with children in need.
Services Offered:
- •Child / Adolescent Therapy
Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Children
- •Parents
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Anxiety
- •Relationship Issues
- •Behaviour or Conduct Issues
- •Child Psych & Diagnostic Assessment
- •Child Behaviour
- •Family Issues
Professional Title:
- •Child Psychotherapist
Qualifications
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
University College London
