MAAPHP, NRCP, CNHC, NHRA
Special interests: anxiety, grief/end of life, trauma
eman@insightstherapy.org
I’m a licensed psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with more than 15 years of practice and over 20,000 clinical hours. When psychotherapy became a licensed profession in Bahrain, I was one of the first two psychotherapists to be licensed. I co-founded Insights Therapy, Bahrain’s first mental health clinic, where I’m now Clinical Lead.
My work focuses on trauma, grief and loss, self-worth, body image and the relationships that shape us. I work with individuals, couples and families, including people living with serious illness, survivors of domestic violence, and clients navigating family, faith and belonging. My approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing on EMDR, the Satir Model, CBT, clinical hypnotherapy and body-based work.
In sessions I aim to create a warm, collaborative space where you can understand yourself better and find your way back to who you are. When something needs to change, we work out together what that looks like. When life has changed you through illness or loss, we make room for what happened and for how you move forward.
Qualifications and Experience
Teaching, supervision and speaking:
- I supervise more than 70 therapists in Bahrain, the Gulf and internationally, and lead three 10-month professional training programmes with students from over ten countries. Several are built on my own framework, the Self-Image Triangle, which looks at how trauma shapes self-worth, self-esteem and body image.
Upcoming conferences radio and podcasts:
- International Conference on Happiness and Well-being, Bangkok, March 2027: “From Calm to Aliveness: Rethinking Well-Being After Trauma”
- World Congress of the World Association for Dynamic Psychiatry, Vienna, March 2027: “When Trauma Becomes Identity”
- My book: Dimmed, Not Gone: Finding Your Way Back to Your Authentic Self, is forthcoming.
Community:
Chairperson | Dreams Society
Co-Founder and Board Member | Shamsaha
Founding Member | Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organization
Board Member | Child Protection Center
Qualifications & Training:
- Registered Member | The National Register of Psychotherapists and Counselors (NRCP, UK).
- Registered and Accredited Member| The Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP, UK).
- International Diploma and Advanced Diploma | Clinical Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy & Counselling | With Distinction | (UK).
- Certified in Cognitive Behavior Therapy | Cleveland Center for Cognitive Therapy (USA).
- Certificate in Satir Model Counselling for Individuals, Couples and Families | Satir Professional Development Institute Of Manitoba (Canada).
- Pause Therapy and Gastric Mind Band | Elite Clinic (UK).
- Licensed NLP Master Practioner | The Society of Neuro Linguistic Programming (USA).
- Medical Therapy (UK).
- Training in Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness | Women Crisis Counseling International (WCCI, NY).
- Crisis Councilor at Women Crisis Counseling International (WCCI, NY).
- Certification in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing | Royal Berkshire College of Clinical Hypnosis
- Attachment Theory in Clinical Practice | Capital Knowledge
- Hypno-oncology Masterclass- Interventions for the Cancer Journey, accredited by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
- Volunteer at Ayaadi Relief Bahrain (Bahrain).
- Mentor, Judge and Volunteer with Youth Pioneer Society (Bahrain).
- Mentor with Injaz (Bahrain).
- Member of the PTSA at Ibn Khuldoon School National School (Bahrain).
- Integrative Thanatology Certificate from Art of Dying Institute (NY, USA).
- Registered at The Association of Death Education and Counseling (USA).
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, (USA).
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner from Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.
- Speaking of Sex: Integrating Couples and Sex Therapy, (USA).
- Narcissism, Infidelity, and Trauma: An Integrative Approach to Couples Therapy, (USA).
- Dr Bessel Van der Kolk Intensive Trauma Treatment, Trauma Center (USA).
- Shame and self loathing in treatment of trauma with Dr. Janina Fisher.
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