Sabine Rizk is a clinical psychologist with an M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology from the University of Rene Descartes-Paris V in France. She is the co-owner and assessments director of the Human Relations Institute & Clinics. She is licensed by the Dubai Health Authority since 2005.
Sabine has over twenty years of professional experience having worked in France, Egypt, Lebanon, and the UAE in a variety of clinical and counseling settings. For individual psychotherapy, she integrates diverse approaches such psychodynamic approach, attachment theory approach and trauma-informed approach to bring awareness to her client’s concerns and challenges while providing a nurturing and safe environment. She strongly believes in prioritizing the human element in psychotherapy and places great emphasis on the therapeutic alliance between client and therapist, as it is a key component for effective therapeutic process.
As a well-seasoned mental health professional, her expertise in psychotherapy spans over different cultural and social settings. She is recognized as one of the leading clinical psychologists in Dubai, with an emphasis in working with child, adolescent and adult psycho-educational assessments, forensic custody evaluations, as well as parent preparation sessions in adoption cases and post-adoptive counseling for parents and children alike.
Sabine’s trilingual fluency in Arabic, English and French has allowed her to work with several cultures and has built up a robust, culturally diverse experience working with Western expatriate families as well as Arab and GCC nationals.
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