PERSONAL PROFILE:

Lara holds a B.A from Amer­i­can Uni­ver­si­ty in Cairo in psy­chol­o­gy and Lit­er­a­ture. Lara also com­plet­ed a grad­u­ate diplo­ma in Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py from The Egypt­ian Med­ical Syn­di­cate, and she is pur­su­ing her Mas­ter’s Degree in Psy­chother­a­py from Mid­dle­sex Uni­ver­si­ty, UK.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE  AND APPROACH:

Lara works with adults deal­ing with anx­i­ety, depres­sion, eat­ing dis­or­ders,

mid-life cri­sis, and death or loss. Lara uses her exis­ten­tial psy­chother­a­py and CBT train­ing to fit the clien­t’s spe­cif­ic needs in ther­a­py. Her clin­i­cal expe­ri­ence includes train­ing at ElDe­mer­dash Psy­chi­atric Hos­pi­tal, where she was exposed to clients with psy­chosis, depres­sion, and OCD. And also train­ing with Med­i­cines Du Mond NGO, where she dealt with stig­ma­tized indi­vid­u­als, such as AIDS patients, peo­ple in street sit­u­a­tions, and women who expe­ri­enced domes­tic violence.

Lara believes that the exis­ten­tial psy­chother­a­py approach ben­e­fits most peo­ple. Exis­ten­tial Psy­chother­a­py focus­es on help­ing the client explore their lived expe­ri­ences more authen­ti­cal­ly and holis­ti­cal­ly while teach­ing the client auton­o­my of their lives and ulti­mate­ly find­ing pur­pose and being ful­ly present in their life while work­ing to decrease their sub­jec­tive mean­ings.

MODULES  OF  THERAPY:

CBT

Exis­ten­tial Psychotherapy