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The Hummingbird Clinic DMCC Psychological services- adolescents/adults. Services are offered in French, English and Arabic.

Join us to out upcoming full-day Workshop: Reading the Person Behind the Symptom.🖌️ Two patients can present with the sa...
20/10/2026

Join us to out upcoming full-day Workshop: Reading the Person Behind the Symptom.

🖌️ Two patients can present with the same depression, the same anxiety, even the same psychotic episode, yet need completely different treatment. Symptoms tell you what is happening; structure tells you why.

🖌️ In this 6-hour workshop, Dr. Diana Maatouk (Psy.D / Ph.D, Dha Licensed Clinical Senior Psychologist) and Sarkis Gudjelian Sarkis Gudjelian (M.A., Cda Licensed Psychologist) guide you from Freud's structural roots, through Klein's paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, to the contemporary model of Kernberg and Bergeret.

🖌️ At its core are the three personality structures every clinician needs to tell apart. The neurotic structure has an intact sense of reality, conflict managed through repression, and anxiety centered on guilt. The borderline structure is organized around splitting, unstable identity, and a deep fear of abandonment. The psychotic structure shows a fragile hold on reality, fragmentation, and archaic defenses.

🧠 You'll learn to recognize each one using the seven structural criteria and see how they map onto DSM-5 personality disorders. Most importantly, you'll learn how each structure shapes the way you intervene. Every concept is grounded in real clinical vignettes, and session verbatims, worked through together so you leave with a method you can use with your very next patient.

📅 Sunday, 1 November 2026
📍 Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Unit 1707, Dubai
💳 Fee: AED 450 for the full 6-hour day
✉️ Save your seat: [email protected]

📑 Would your notes hold up if a regulator, or a court, read them tomorrow? 👉🏻 Be honest: swipe to the self-check and cou...
17/10/2026

📑 Would your notes hold up if a regulator, or a court, read them tomorrow?

👉🏻 Be honest: swipe to the self-check and count how many sound like you. Do you write notes days later? Are you unsure what belongs in the record? Does couples work leave you wondering whose file is whose?

✨After the success of our first session, our Documentation Workshop is back as a full-day, hands-on experience with Aziza Sobh (Aziza Sobh), M.A., Counselling Psychologist.

✨Across five practical modules, we'll cover: Why documentation matters What belongs in a client record SOAP vs. DAP vs. narrative notes High-risk and risk-assessment documentation And real case examples.

You'll leave with sharper progress notes, more confidence with high-stakes entries, and a personal documentation checklist you build in the room.

📅 Saturday, 31 October 2026 | 🕙 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | 📍 Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Unit 1707 | 💳 AED 450.

Spots are limited, so tag a colleague who needs this and reserve your seat: 📞 (04) 566 5978 | +971 55 935 1898 | 💌 [email protected]

📑 Would your notes hold up if a regulator, or a court, read them tomorrow? 👉🏻 Be honest: swipe to the self-check and cou...
17/10/2026

📑 Would your notes hold up if a regulator, or a court, read them tomorrow?

👉🏻 Be honest: swipe to the self-check and count how many sound like you. Do you write notes days later? Are you unsure what belongs in the record? Does couples work leave you wondering whose file is whose?

✨ After the success of our first session, our Documentation Workshop is back as a full-day, hands-on experience with Aziza Sobh (Aziza Sobh), M.A., Counselling Psychologist.

✨ Across five practical modules, we'll cover why documentation matters, what belongs in a client record, SOAP vs. DAP vs. narrative notes, high-risk and risk-assessment documentation, and real case examples. You'll leave with sharper progress notes, more confidence with high-stakes entries, and a personal documentation checklist you build in the room.

📅 Saturday, 31 October 2026 | 🕙 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | 📍 Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Unit 1707 | 💳 AED 450.

Spots are limited, so tag a colleague who needs this and reserve your seat: 📞 (04) 566 5978 | +971 55 935 1898 | 💌 [email protected]

🫀We often mistake pain for love because pain is what love first felt like. In the earliest relationships of our lives, t...
16/10/2026

🫀We often mistake pain for love because pain is what love first felt like. In the earliest relationships of our lives, the people we depended on for warmth and safety may also have been the source of our fear, rejection, or longing, and the young mind, unable to separate the two, learned that closeness and suffering come together.

🧠 Freud called this the repetition compulsion: the unconscious pull to recreate old wounds in new relationships, quietly hoping that this time the ending will be different. Object relations theory adds that we carry inner images of our first attachments and are drawn to partners who fit their shape, so the anxiety, the chase, and the ache of being almost loved register as chemistry when they are really recognition. What feels like intense love is often the familiar echo of an unhealed past.

🤍 Real love does not reopen old wounds; it offers a secure base, a calm and steady bond between two whole people who choose each other freely, where closeness no longer threatens the self and dependence no longer feels like danger.

🫀Healing begins the moment you notice the pattern instead of living inside it, when you grieve what you didn't receive, offer yourself the care you once waited for, and allow a safe relationship, whether with a therapist, a friend, or yourself, to show you what love was always meant to feel like. You are not destined to repeat your past. You deserve a love that feels like peace, and it starts with the courage to heal.

Psychology

🪽LAST CALL! Our Psychology Internship Program starts TOMORROW!This is your final chance to join The Hummingbird Clinic's...
16/10/2026

🪽LAST CALL! Our Psychology Internship Program starts TOMORROW!

This is your final chance to join The Hummingbird Clinic's Psychology Internship Program, beginning Saturday, October 17, 2026.

✨ Designed for psychology students and aspiring mental health professionals who want hands-on experience in real therapeutic practice.

🗓 12 consecutive Saturdays, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 JLT, Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Dubai
👥 Spots are limited. Only 2 spots remain.

What you'll get:
Ψ Hands-on training with professionals and interactive role plays
Ψ Exposure to real-world psychological work
Ψ Real clinical insight
Ψ Certificate of completion and reference letter

💌 Email your CV today to [email protected] to secure your spot.

Don't let this one pass you by. Your future in clinical psychology starts tomorrow! 🧠

🪴Wоrld Mеntal Health Dаy, cеlеbrаtеd annually оn Oсtоbеr 10th, sеrvеs as an impоrtant rеminder that mental wеll-bеing is...
09/10/2026

🪴Wоrld Mеntal Health Dаy, cеlеbrаtеd annually оn Oсtоbеr 10th, sеrvеs as an impоrtant rеminder that mental wеll-bеing is as crucial as physical hеalth.

🍀 This day еncоurages us tо addrеss the issuеs surrоunding anхiеty, depressiоn, burnоut, and оthеr challenges thаt many individuals fаcе in silence. It highlights thе fасt thаt sееking assistаnce shоuld nevеr be а sоurcе оf shаme, аnd that еveryоne is entitled tо еmpathy, understanding, and necеssаry suppоrt.

🍃 Even the smаllest gеstures can сreatе a significаnt impаct: chеcking in with a friend, оffеring a listening еаr withоut judgmеnt, оr simply асknоwlеdging whеn yоu’re struggling. The path tо healing dоеsn't neсеssarily begin with grаnd acts оr flawless sоlutiоns; rather, it оften starts with an оpen dialоgue.

💚 On this day, takе the initiаtivе tо cоnnect, shаrе yоur thоughts, and listеn attentively, аs а singlе sincere cоnversatiоn сan bе the initiаl step tоwards fоstеring hоpe.

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🪽Starting therapy often begins with a lot of questions: Is it time to reach out? What actually happens in a session? How...
05/10/2026

🪽Starting therapy often begins with a lot of questions: Is it time to reach out? What actually happens in a session? How do I find the right person? We've put together a short brochure to help answer them.

🪽It explains what psychotherapy is and when professional support may help, then walks through the initial assessment and the four main therapeutic approaches: cognitive-behavioural, existential-humanistic, psychodynamic-analytic, and systemic-interactional. It also covers how long therapy can last and how to choose a qualified, licensed practitioner you feel comfortable with. Whether you're considering therapy for yourself or supporting someone who is, we hope it makes that first step feel a little clearer.

💌 Whether it's you or someone close to you, mental health challenges can feel overwhelming. Our team is here to listen, support, and help you find the right next step.

To reach out to us:

📧: [email protected]
T: + 971 4 566 5978
M: + 971 55 935 1898
📍Al Thanyah Fifth, Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Suite 1707, JLT, Dubai.

🪽Starting therapy often begins with a lot of questions: Is it time to reach out? What actually happens in a session? How...
05/10/2026

🪽Starting therapy often begins with a lot of questions: Is it time to reach out? What actually happens in a session? How do I find the right person? We've put together a short brochure to help answer them.

🪽It explains what psychotherapy is and when professional support may help, then walks through the initial assessment and the four main therapeutic approaches: cognitive-behavioural, existential-humanistic, psychodynamic-analytic, and systemic-interactional. It also covers how long therapy can last and how to choose a qualified, licensed practitioner you feel comfortable with. Whether you're considering therapy for yourself or supporting someone who is, we hope it makes that first step feel a little clearer. 🌿

🫧 Clinical case formulation workshop✨In this 4-hour Case Formulation Workshop, Dr. Diana Maatouk (Psy.D/Ph.D, Clinical P...
30/09/2026

🫧 Clinical case formulation workshop

✨In this 4-hour Case Formulation Workshop, Dr. Diana Maatouk (Psy.D/Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist) will explore how to look past the presenting problem and understand the person behind the symptom.

✨ Using a psychodynamic lens, you'll learn to run a psychodynamic assessment, identify the core conflict of wish, fear, and defense, trace relational patterns from the past into the therapy room, and use transference and countertransference as clinical data.

✨You'll leave able to write a clear formulation that guides treatment, and you can start using it with clients the very next week.

✨Join us:

📅 on Saturday, 7 November 2026

⏱️ 11:00am–3:00pm

in person or online

💳 for AED 150.

👉🏻 Spots are limited, so register now at
📧[email protected].

Stop guessing and start formulating.

✨ What if the most powerful thing you could offer a client isn't choosing between acceptance or change, but holding both...
30/09/2026

✨ What if the most powerful thing you could offer a client isn't choosing between acceptance or change, but holding both at once? Join Counseling Psychologist Aziza Sobh, M.A., Aziza Sobh for a 6-hour Dialectical Behaviour Therapy workshop that takes you from DBT's core philosophy to real clinical application.

✨ Theory in the morning, practice by 4: you'll explore the origins and dialectical thinking behind DBT, go in depth on its four pillars (Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness), and build a DBT-informed case formulation using real case examples.

✨Whether you're a psychology student, therapist, school counselor, or mental health professional, you'll leave with a framework you can use with clients the very next week.

📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 🕙 10:00am – 4:00pm | 📍 In person or online | 💳 AED 400.

👉🏻 Spots are limited, so save your seat at [email protected]. 🕊️

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Address

Al Thanyah Fifth, Mazaya Business Avenue AA1 Suite 1707
Dubai
487782

Opening Hours

Monday 08:30 - 19:00
Tuesday 08:30 - 19:00
Wednesday 08:30 - 19:00
Thursday 08:30 - 19:00
Friday 08:30 - 19:00
Saturday 10:00 - 19:00

Telephone

+971559351898

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