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Dr Shaima is an important member of the team at Mubadala Health Dubai, providing evidence-based treatments with a focus on patient care and clinical outcomes. She is passionate about the field and applies its teachings to her own life in addition to patients seeking healing. She believes in a patient-centric approach to treatment and has seen that there is no such thing as a "one-size-fits-all" method for treatment.

Her areas of specialty include:

• Trauma
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Stress
• Grief
• Addictive behaviours
• Personality disorders
• Low self-esteem
• Anger-related problems

She uses therapy methods such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Dr Shaima is also an Adjunct Faculty member at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness in Ohio, where she provides training for mental health professionals in the use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She offers supervision and consultation to professionals using EMDR as a therapy method to treat mental illnesses.

Dr Shaima is an Emirati national. She most recently served as the Head of Psychology at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi. She has also practised at Rashid Hospital and The Comprehensive Medical Center in Dubai.