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Sigmund Freud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/25862feb-4175-45de-b439-f019dc37c488/Melanie-Klein-img.jpg Aims of Therapy - What we learn about the child and the adult through psychoanalysis shows that all the sufferings of later life are for the most part repetitions of these earlier ones, and that every child in the first years of life goes through an immeasurable degree of suffering. Melanie Klein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1573128555239-4YT8OJPWPK4NSWH8FL00/Fairbairnphoto.jpg Aims of Therapy - It is better to be a sinner in a world ruled by God than to live in a world ruled by the Devil. Ronald Fairbairn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/13459f67-061f-44f7-8dff-4fbacf47f460/Harry-Stack-Sullivan-img.jpg Aims of Therapy - Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along. Harry Stack Sullivan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1573473567394-EL716H19W8E6IEFO4N90/winnicot-donald.jpg Aims of Therapy - The precursor of the mirror is the mother’s face. Donald Winnicott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/3c0360be-2b3f-4181-909c-a481affbdc7b/John-Bowlby-img.jpg Aims of Therapy - We’re only as needy as our unmet needs. John Bowlby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1573128439014-84MO8Y58GLQ8DBPZOTX2/wilfred_bion.jpg Aims of Therapy - If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to each other, and suddenly introduce order where the appearance of disorder reigned. Wilfred Bion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1573128766888-71BZGBKOCFAJ2UBKLSIM/fonagy.jpg Aims of Therapy - During the second half of the first year, regulation of arousal and emotion no longer depend simply on what the caregiver does, but on how the infant interprets the caregiver’s accessibility and behaviour. Peter Fonagy https://www.psychspace.ae/areas-of-focus daily 0.75 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1620113713218-47OS3ZAN9H6TIQBPXX9F/Depression1.jpg Areas of Focus - Depression I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare. NED VIZZINI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606804504380-HX4ZAL9YDPN0M9BUFF5S/Anxiety.jpg Areas of Focus - Anxiety Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1620125300435-A1X0SPRGX75M992PWH5K/Bipolar.jpg Areas of Focus - Bipolar Bipolar mood disorder is a nice way of saying that you will feel so high that no street drug can compete and you will feel so low that you wish you had been hit by a Mack truck instead. CHRISTINE ANDERSON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606804531939-5SC9C1Q4XIP1K02TIJFW/Fear.jpg Areas of Focus - Fear The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. … Nothing else really counts at all. TED HUGHES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1620125479885-6O140E8DM0LGUPKPGZS3/Self-Criticism.jpg Areas of Focus - Self-Criticism Nothing can be hidden from the superego. Not even thoughts. SIGMUND FREUD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/2c4a6c0d-ebc1-4d93-bcb9-9754a8e00a43/Loneliness-img.jpg Areas of Focus - Loneliness God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. The loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. SYLVIA PLATH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606800905396-ONVQ8P4EMW8AJ99XYFM1/anger.jpg Areas of Focus - Anger Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. ARISTOTLE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1607322814921-YGYKN7B7KQ2POTY19OYR/betrayal-new.jpg Areas of Focus - Betrayal We must concede that adultery cannot be a workable answer, for no one can be its victim and not feel forever cut to the core. We can hear their defence as often as we like, but we'll be sure of one thing in our hearts: that every ounce of their love has evaporated … . ALAIN DE BOTTON https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606804703742-HQUMS2YJIVXNMC4DI9UJ/Grief.jpg Areas of Focus - Grief The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to. ELIZABETH KÜBLER-ROSS & DAVID KESSLER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1607322837903-1IPH6LLGSLZBKJ0OQWCS/Guilt-new.jpg Areas of Focus - Guilt If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean. ALDOUS HUXLEY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1607322872604-CL4E38U7C9UNP9RFS7CD/trauma-new.jpg Areas of Focus - Trauma The child trapped in an abusive environment … must find a way to preserve a sense of trust in people who are untrustworthy, safety in a situation that is unsafe, control in a situation that is terrifyingly unpredictable, power in a situation of helplessness. JUDITH HERMAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606804821305-VNOEKT7PYJ6TBNMQ1ZTZ/Compulsions.jpg Areas of Focus - OCD test https://www.psychspace.ae/psychological-principles daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/children daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://www.psychspace.ae/love daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/miscellany daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/depression daily 0.75 2021-05-27 https://www.psychspace.ae/body-mind-connection daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/sitemap daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/terms-and-conditions daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/home daily 1.0 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/fc5108d6-e286-40fb-8803-1c9db00460f0/banner-img.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1607326420492-H8A30EQYM6PAMJHQ5LNS/eye-new.jpg Home - What do you see? The image at the top of the page can be viewed as a rabbit or a duck and illustrates that what we apprehend is not always entirely accurate - alternate viewpoints exist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606371172968-GGQC2UKZ7H2ZY62J0G7K/image025.jpg Home - Is there something wrong with me? We all experience psychological distress which can at times become impossible to deal with on our own. Psychodynamic therapy aims to understand the origin of symptoms and patterns, why they continue to operate, and to assist in affecting change. Starting therapy requires the courage to admit that something is not working in our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606824431991-6UFPNIV925K8GPJDAIE3/type-of-tharapy-new.jpg Home - My approach My psychological approach is psychodynamic and focuses on the unconscious, internalized images of early relationships, thinking-feeling styles, trauma, relational patterns, and defences. Freud is well-known as the founder of psychodynamic theory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work was advanced by many notable figures, including Bowlby (attachment), Sullivan (interpersonal), Kernberg (object relations) and Fonagy (mentalization). My approach combines the development of deeper understanding of yourself with mental strategies to improve distressing symptoms and foster lasting psychological change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606824593960-D20FWCTOZC69RM5CG6XH/diagnosis-new.jpg Home - Diagnosis Mainstream clinical psychology emphasizes diagnosis as the first port of call. Although diagnosis risks boxing individuality, it also helps to identify the precise nature of a mental health issue. In turn, this influences the focus of therapy. For example, a diagnosis of depression will require a treatment focus that differs from anxiety treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/c672f8e7-d951-474f-a91d-c9372fe5547e/Defences-img.jpg Home - Defences Defences are an integral part of our psychology and we will find them occurring at home, in Dubai, and on holiday. They develop unconsciously during our childhood to protect us from painful experiences, thoughts and feelings. One of the problems with defences is that they become outdated as we move into adulthood and risk compromising our mental health. For example, let us imagine the denial of emotion being used to manage hurtful childhood experiences. This works well until adulthood is reached and romantic relationships are entered into - the continued denial of emotion will negatively impact on the quality of a relationship. Adulthood requires the identification, examination, and reshaping of our particular defence strategies if we hope to have positive relations with both ourselves and others. Treatment by a clinical psychologist will facilitate this process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606372433892-UZTYON9NPBDKAMD78B0U/image028.jpg Home - The Study of Personality The study of personality is a fundamental aspect to improving your mental health. Understanding your personality make-up in a fast-paced and demanding city like Dubai is vital. A clinical psychologist has a number of personality measures at their disposal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/a6c67c8e-6b2b-4005-811f-a3b01812ad7d/Openness-to-Experience2.jpg Home - 1. Openness to Experience This factor relates to curiosity and a willingness to try novel experiences. High levels of openness to experience are associated with the pursuit of adventure and the holding of less traditional beliefs. Taken too far, this trait will show in risk-taking and unpredictability. On the other hand, low levels of openness to experience indicate a pragmatic and traditional quality. Contrastingly, very low levels of openness to experience show in a close-minded and rigid mindset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/e7204469-e278-485b-a80a-3c7f75ab3b12/Conscientiousness-img2.jpg Home - 2. Conscientiousness This factor relates to self-discipline, responsibility, and a striving for achievement. High levels of conscientiousness reflect in a focused and determined approach. Taken to an extreme, this can manifest as inflexibility and an overly serious quality. Contrastingly, low levels of conscientiousness indicate a flexible and spontaneous disposition. Pushed too far, this risks disorganization and unreliability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1607326626886-IIVIUT8FOCV9BWIC0B2Z/Evolution-of-teh-speakeasy-Joseph-Webster-Golinkin-1933-co-Museum-city-of-new-york.jpg Home - 3. Extraversion This factor relates to a pronounced engagement with the external world and is often mistakenly assumed to be a preferred attribute (in contrast to introversion). On a positive note, high levels of extraversion reflect in a cheerful and sociable disposition. However, exaggerated levels of extraversion manifest in attention-seeking behaviour and a difficulty with spending time alone. On the other hand, low levels of extraversion (i.e. introversion) indicate a reserved and deliberate quality. Taken too far, this manifests in a tendency to withdraw and feelings of loneliness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1607326941395-1L93QSJJVHPT57IAK86Q/nurse-new.jpg Home - 4. Agreeableness This factor relates to a preference for social harmony. High levels of agreeableness show in a kind, trusting and forgiving disposition and are often seen in the caring professions (e.g. nursing, teaching, and the NGO sector). Taken too far, this can result in conflict avoidance, a lack of assertion, and the adoption of victimhood. Contrastingly, low levels of agreeableness reflect in a competitive and challenging disposition. Taken to an extreme, low agreeableness manifests in an argumentative and unfriendly interpersonal style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2aee79430eb50001e4a2b0/1606825315305-MTB1E1DPSRYB9KCBOF7J/Neuroticism.jpg Home - 5. Neuroticism This factor relates to negative emotions. High levels of neuroticism indicate emotional depth, empathy and realism. Taken to an extreme, this manifests as emotional instability, vulnerability to stress, and pessimism. On the other hand, low levels of neuroticism reflect in emotional stability and a resilience to stress. Excessively low levels of neuroticism are typically seen in an emotional flatness and insensitivity to risk. https://www.psychspace.ae/depression-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/anxiety-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/bipolar-mood-disorder-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/fear-phobia-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/self-criticism-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://www.psychspace.ae/loneliness daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://www.psychspace.ae/anger-management-dubai daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/betrayal daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://www.psychspace.ae/grief-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2021-05-17 https://www.psychspace.ae/guilt daily 0.75 2021-05-17 https://www.psychspace.ae/trauma-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://www.psychspace.ae/ocd-treatment-dubai daily 0.75 2021-05-07