Yassine Tayi — Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapy in Dubai
For adults who understand why something bothers them — and notice the reaction persists anyway.
You can understand a reaction, recognise where it comes from, and yet it doesn’t change.
Some experiences do not disappear once they are understood. They require processing.
EMDR therapy is most often associated with trauma. In practice, many people come for something less visible — anxiety, reactions that feel disproportionate to the present, recurring relationship patterns, or the feeling that parts of life continue to be shaped by experiences that should already belong to the past.
If you decide to get in touch, the first step is a brief exchange where we will take time to understand what brings you here and what you are hoping for.
This initial conversation allows us to see whether working together would be the right fit, and whether this is the right moment for you to start therapy.
For some, this initial conversation clarifies something important.
For others, it creates a process that takes shape over time.
We can also explore whether what you are experiencing could be worked through EMDR, including here in Dubai, or whether another approach might be more suitable.
Sessions can take place in person or online, depending on your needs.
Reaching out does not require clarity from your part.
How working together usually begins ?
My Approach
Clinical training
I completed my academic training in clinical psychology at Aix-Marseille University with a double specialisation in child and adult clinical psychology, followed by clinical work in trauma-focused facilities in France.
This training emphasised close clinical supervision, sustained work with patients, and careful attention to complex emotional and relational difficulties.
EMDR and evidence-based practice
EMDR therapy is recognised internationally for trauma and trauma-related difficulties. In this practice it is used more broadly — for anxiety, recurring emotional patterns, grief, and performance blocks where past experiences continue to shape present responses. The aim is processing and integration of what is held below the level of reasoning, not symptom suppression.
Psychoanalytic orientation
Beyond EMDR, the work is informed by a psychoanalytic understanding of how difficulties take shape over time — through attachment patterns, early relational experiences, and the configurations these create in adult life. The orientation prioritises depth over rapid resolution: working with what repeats, rather than only with what currently disturbs.
Yassine TAYI Clinical Psychologist · DHA & ARS registered
Initial contact is by email.
Sessions are offered in person or online.
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