Mahira Zakiuddin holds a Master of Social Work from Columbia University, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar and served as a Columbia Interfaith Fellow. She is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the UAE. Mahira also holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Institute of Business Management. She currently serves as one of the Advisors on the Ontario Association of Social Workers in the Private Practice Group. She brings nearly two decades of diverse global experience across the UAE, Pakistan, and the United States, including senior leadership roles in educational mental health services. She previously served as the Director of Counselling for the GEMS Wellington cluster of schools in Dubai and Qatar, where she designed and implemented cluster-wide counselling strategies, supervised counsellors, and led wellbeing innovation across school communities. She works in several private practices in Ontario and has her own practice as well. In Dubai she works part time at Reverse Psychology
CLINIC NAME
Reverse Psychology
CLINIC ADDRESS
Villa 753 Al Wasl Road Al Safa 2, Dubai UAE PO BOX 93320
COUNTRY
United Arab Emirates
LANGUAGES
EnglishHindiUrdu
PRACTICE
Online
PROFESSION
Clinical Social Worker
CREDENTIALS
MSW
LICENSING AUTHORITY
CDA, OCSSW
TYPES OF SERVICES
Therapy
THERAPY
IndividualsCouplesFamiliesGroup
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Supervision/ConsultationTrainingEducational WorkshopsCorporate TalksMedia Interview/Writing
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
10 years
SPECIALIZATIONS
ADHDAnxietyCommunicationDepressionDivorceDomestic ViolenceEmotion RegulationFamily ConflictGriefImpulse controlLife crisisObsessions and CompulsionsPanicParentingRelationship IssuesSelf EsteemStress
APPROACH
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)Compassion FocusedDialectical (DBT)Discernment CounselingEmotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)Family SystemsGottman MethodIntegrativeInternal Family Systems (IFS)Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)NarrativeSolution Focused Brief (SFBT)Somatic
AGE GROUP
16 to 1819 to 2122 to 6465+
WORK HOURS
Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 4 - 8 PM UAE time
APPOINTMENT WAIT TIME
1-2 weeks from time of contact