Nusrat Khan
Psychologist
Nusrat Khan is a CDA-licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience, specializing in holistic, trauma-informed mental health care. She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Psychology and has dedicated her career to supporting children, teenagers, adults, couples, families, and senior citizens through diverse mental health challenges.
Nusrat is competent in working with a wide spectrum of conditions, including but not limited to Trauma and Complex PTSD, personality Disorders (BPD , Narcissistic, Histrionic), depression and mood-related disorders, anxiety, stress, and panic disorders, adult ADHD & executive functioning challenges, eating disorders, bariatric rehabilitation, relationships, marriage, and divorce difficulties, grief and loss, burnout and emotional exhaustion.
Her approach is psychodynamic and multi-modal, holistic, integrating evidence-based psychotherapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, and Mindfulness techniques. Each treatment plan is tailored to the individual, helping clients build resilience, resolve trauma, and achieve lasting emotional wellbeing and growth.
Known for her warm, compassionate presence, Nusrat creates a therapeutic space where clients feel safe, understood, and free from judgment. Her client centric approach helps them to enhance their resilience and overcome both past and present obstacles. Her culturally sensitive practice makes her especially attuned to the needs of Dubai’s diverse, global community.
In addition to therapy, Nusrat offers specialized parenting sessions. As a Body Safety Expert and Digital Parenting Mentor, she equips parents with practical tools to raise confident and resilient children. Her programs cover consent, boundaries, online safety, cyber addiction, and open communication. Whether navigating single parenting, co-parenting after divorce, or day-to-day parenting challenges, she provides strategies that strengthen family bonds and create nurturing, connected childhoods.Through her unique programs, she has helped over half a million parents and children benefit worldwide, empowering communities and institutions to prioritize emotional health and safe childhoods.
Fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu, and Marathi, Nusrat ensures therapy is accessible and inclusive to clients from varied nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
Beyond her clinical practice, she is also an accomplished Executive Coach, international speaker, and child safety advocate. She has a strong experience in crafting and delivering impactful Corporate Wellness programs and consultations since almost 2 decades .
Certifications and Trainings
- Psychodynamic & Psychoanalytic approach
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Relational Emotive Therapy (RET)
- Couples therapy – Gottman Level 1 and level 2
- Narrative Therapy techniques
- Trauma Focussed Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
- Art Psychotherapy
- DMT – Dance Movement Therapy
- Psychodrama
- Somatic Experience 3 day Introduction programme
- GTEP / TSR ( Traumatic Stress Relief ) training
- Expert Strategies for treating Narcissim
- Relationship Transformation Course for Couples(SE, Attachment, Gestalt and Imago work)
- Conscious Parenting for Teenagers
- Working with Shame
- Psychiatry Essentials for non Psychiatrists
- Brainspotting level 1 and 2
- BPS approved certificate in Clinical Supervision