Sabine Rizk
Sabine Rizk is a clinical psychologist with an M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology from the University of Rene Descartes 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 fifteen years of professional experience having worked in France, Egypt, Lebanon, and the UAE in a variety of clinical and counseling settings. Her method is using the psychodynamic approach as well as the attachment theory 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 client-therapist connection, as it is a key component for successful treatment.
As a well-seasoned mental health counselor, 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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