Often asked.

It is an opening conversation. You say what brings you, in your own words and at your own pace, and I ask a few questions. Together we see whether working together makes sense, and in which form. Nothing is decided in advance, and you are not committing to anything by coming once.

No. People come with a question, a feeling, a repetition they notice, or simply the sense that something is not right. Many of the most important reasons to begin do not fit a diagnostic label.

A clinical psychologist has a university degree in clinical psychology and, in Lebanon, a licence from the Ministry of Public Health to assess and treat psychological difficulties.

A psychotherapist treats suffering through speech, in regular sessions. There are many approaches: some work on changing thoughts and behaviours, others on one specific problem over a set number of sessions.

A psychoanalytic psychotherapist works from psychoanalysis. Rather than only trying to remove a symptom, the work listens for what it means in your own history: what repeats, what is hard to say, what comes back in relationships and in dreams. It usually happens face to face, once a week, and can be shorter or longer depending on what you come with.

A psychoanalyst has gone through a long psychoanalytic formation, including their own analysis, and offers psychoanalysis itself: a more open-ended work, often at a higher frequency, where you speak as freely as you can and the work follows what emerges rather than a set goal.

I am all of these: a licensed clinical psychologist, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a psychoanalyst. So we don’t have to choose in advance. In the first consultations we see which form suits what you bring, and it can change as the work goes on.

You do not need to decide before we meet. Some people come for a focused period around a specific difficulty; others want to understand what keeps repeating in their life, which takes longer. We talk about it in the first consultations and review it as the work goes on.

Ongoing work usually happens once a week, at a fixed time, so the hour is there for whatever you bring. A full session lasts just under an hour. A shorter format exists for some situations, such as follow-up, and we choose it together.

There is no set length. Some people come for a few months, others for longer. We talk about it as we go, and you can stop at any time.

Yes. Confidentiality is at the centre of the work, within the limits set by law, safety and professional ethics. I explain those limits in the first session, including how parents are involved when the person is an adolescent.

Yes, adolescents are an important part of my practice. The young person has their own space and their own voice. How and when parents or caregivers are involved depends on age, circumstances and what the work needs, and we agree on it at the start.

Yes, where the rules of the country you live in allow it, so we check that together first. Sessions keep the same frame as in the room: a fixed weekly time, set in your time zone, in Arabic, English or French.

Arabic and English. Sessions in French are possible on request.

There are two rooms. In Horsh Tabet: Centre Groupe, 6th floor, Horsh Tabet Main Street, Sin El Fil, Beirut. In Adma: Abboud Building, ground floor, Blue Zone, 1st Street, Adma, Keserwan. Sessions are also available online.

This is a private practice. Fees are shared before your first session on a short fee sheet, together with the cancellation policy, so nothing comes as a surprise.

Cash, Whish Money or OMT, TapTap Send or Neo. Card payment links and Western Union are possible on request. Online sessions are paid before the appointment.

Please give at least 24 hours’ notice. A later cancellation is charged at half the fee, and a session missed without notice is charged in full. In a real emergency, get in touch and we will look for another time in the same week.

No. Psychologists do not prescribe. When medication might help, I can suggest a psychiatrist and, with your agreement, work alongside them.

This practice is not an emergency service. In Lebanon, call 140 for a Red Cross ambulance or 112 for the Internal Security Forces, or go to the nearest hospital emergency department. To talk to someone now, the National Lifeline 1564 answers day and night.