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Mental Health Insights from the Therapy Room
Evidence-based, culturally aware reflections for individuals and couples navigating stress, anxiety, and emotional growth.


Four Loads, One Roof: Why I Work With the Whole Family, Not the Stressed One
It is ten past seven, one child cannot find a shoe, and the morning goes the way it always goes. A DHA licensed clinical psychologist in Dubai on why the household, rather than the one person who is struggling, is the right thing to work with.

Sarah El Nabulsi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A.
Sep 513 min read


Trauma Therapy Doesn't Mean Reliving the Worst Day of Your Life, on Repeat
A lot of people avoid trauma therapy assuming it means retelling the worst thing that happened to them, repeatedly. That's not how effective trauma work is structured. Here's what a biopsychosocial, trauma-informed approach actually involves, from a Dubai-based clinical psychologist.

Sarah El Nabulsi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A.
Aug 317 min read


Why "Just Be Happy" Doesn't Work for Everyone — Cultural Identity, Self-Blame, and the Art of Staying Anchored
Not all psychological advice travels well across cultures. This is something Ms. Sarah El Nabulsi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A., DHA Licensed Clinical Psychologist and UAE Director of the Transcendental Meditation Organization, speaks about with unusual clarity — and it is one of the most important conversations missing from mainstream mental health discourse in the Arab world. Watch The Interview Clip In a conversation on MBC1 Kalam Nawa3em, she challenged one of the most widely

Sarah El Nabulsi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A.
Jul 35 min read


Unveiling Mental Health in Dubai: A Conversation with Ms. Sarah El Nabulsi on Burnout, Social Media, and the Power of Meditation
Ms. Sarah El Nabulsi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A., DHA Licensed Clinical Psychologist and UAE Director of the Transcendental Meditation Organization, joined the DubaiCatch Podcast for a candid, wide-ranging conversation on what it really means to protect your mental health in one of the world's most fast-paced cities. Watch Now Across nearly an hour, she covers burnout culture, social media limits, the loneliness epidemic hiding inside Dubai's 200 nationalities, the neuroscience of Tra

Sarah El Nabulsi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A.
Jun 305 min read
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