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Career Problems
Depression/Feeling Sad
Domestic Violence
Finding Life Purpose
High Levels of Stress/ Burnout
Intimacy and Sexual Difficulties
LGBTQ+ Topics
Life Transitions
Loss, Grief and Bereavement
Low Self-Confidence
Motherhood
Panic/Anxiety Attacks
Parenthood
Personal Growth
Relationship Difficulties
Spiritual Growth
Traumatic Life Event
MapPinLine

Beirut, Lebanon

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English, French, Arabic

80 USD/session

Online & In Person

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Accepts international clientsquestion mark
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15-min call prior to first sessionquestion mark

A Little About Me

My Practice
I offer psychodynamic, insight-oriented therapy grounded in careful listening and a relational approach. My work focuses on how early experiences, unconscious processes, and recurring patterns shape current emotional and relational difficulties. I see clients with relational challenges, identity questions, grief, and the impact of developmental or relational trauma. My practice is attuned, steady, and paced to each person’s needs. I provide therapy in Arabic, English, and French, in Lebanon and internationally online, offering a confidential and reflective space for meaningful psychological change. With over a decade of clinical experience across Lebanon, Africa, France, and the UAE, I have been deeply attuned to the unique emotional worlds of my clients, building authentic, trusting therapeutic alliances that foster healing and transformation. My multicultural background and extensive international work with NGO’s have shaped my ability to connect with diverse populations across all stages of life. My work included cross-border coordination with judicial systems in the UK, Canada, and France to assess parental capacity in kinship and reunification cases involving Lebanon. As for my academic interests it includes the intersection of attachment and sexuality. And my thesis, The Influence of Attachment Styles on the Expression of Female Sexuality, explores the rich complexity of women’s inner lives highlighting the creative ways they navigate the tension between the desire for intimacy and the enduring echoes of early emotional experiences. I am a strong advocate for the therapist’s own inner work, emphasizing the ethical imperative of personal therapy, clinical supervision, and ongoing self-reflection to ensure deep and ethical engagement with each client. Training is based on the tripartite concept of: Personal psychoanalysis, supervisions as well as theoretical clinical seminars. - committed to my psychoanalysis work since 2018 with the IPA (International Psychoanalytical Association) and the EPF (European Psychoanalytical Federation) as a Study Group in 2010, and a Provisional Society in 2021) - ‘
What I'm Like
Structured, containing and warm. I strongly believe in prioritising the client-therapist connection, as it is a key component for successful treatment. Creative skills allow me to enhance therapeutic horizons. I am a versatile expert who believes in an integrative approach to human nature and in the strength of a community.


What Can You Expect From My Sessions

My sessions are Insight-oriented which means explorative but also structured; the process goes chronologically in that order: 1- Assessment 2- Psychoeducation 3- Regulating the system and grounding 4- emotional labor 5- Behavioral tasks (if needed). I help clients understand how their current life problems may be connected with internal conflict, often by exploring the client's past experiences and identifying certain patterns or themes. The workflow depends on the patient's willingness to explore their emotions and memories. As insight emerges, so does an increased understanding of one's own behavior. This improved understanding helps to change dysfunctional behaviours that have been causing difficulties.

Our first session

Why you are here: You'll talk about what's been going on in your life that is painful, difficult, or at least not working as well as you'd like. You'll talk about things you want to change and any goals you might have.

Fees

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Accepts Insurance
Cost
  • 80 USD/single session
Insurance
  • Other

Approach

Psychodynamic Therapy

Credentials and Qualifications

Credentials
  • LOPSY License (Lebanese order of psychologists)
  • DHA License ( Dubai health authority)
Qualifications
  • Masters degree in clinical and pathological psychology, USJ (Université Saint -Joseph de Beirut), 2021
  • Bachelors degree in clinical and pathological psychology, USJ (Université Saint -Joseph de Beirut), 2016
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Mayda Salem
Therapist

Highlights

MapPinLine

Beirut, Lebanon

Globe

English, French, Arabic

80 USD/session

Online & In Person

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Accepts international clientsquestion mark
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15-min call prior to first sessionquestion mark

Expertise

Career Problems
Depression/Feeling Sad
Domestic Violence
Finding Life Purpose
High Levels of Stress/ Burnout
Intimacy and Sexual Difficulties
LGBTQ+ Topics
Life Transitions
Loss, Grief and Bereavement
Low Self-Confidence
Motherhood
Panic/Anxiety Attacks
Parenthood
Personal Growth
Relationship Difficulties
Spiritual Growth
Traumatic Life Event
MapPinLine

Beirut, Lebanon

Globe

English, French, Arabic

80 USD/session

Online & In Person

circle
Accepts international clientsquestion mark
circle
15-min call prior to first sessionquestion mark

A Little About Me

My Practice
I offer psychodynamic, insight-oriented therapy grounded in careful listening and a relational approach. My work focuses on how early experiences, unconscious processes, and recurring patterns shape current emotional and relational difficulties. I see clients with relational challenges, identity questions, grief, and the impact of developmental or relational trauma. My practice is attuned, steady, and paced to each person’s needs. I provide therapy in Arabic, English, and French, in Lebanon and internationally online, offering a confidential and reflective space for meaningful psychological change. With over a decade of clinical experience across Lebanon, Africa, France, and the UAE, I have been deeply attuned to the unique emotional worlds of my clients, building authentic, trusting therapeutic alliances that foster healing and transformation. My multicultural background and extensive international work with NGO’s have shaped my ability to connect with diverse populations across all stages of life. My work included cross-border coordination with judicial systems in the UK, Canada, and France to assess parental capacity in kinship and reunification cases involving Lebanon. As for my academic interests it includes the intersection of attachment and sexuality. And my thesis, The Influence of Attachment Styles on the Expression of Female Sexuality, explores the rich complexity of women’s inner lives highlighting the creative ways they navigate the tension between the desire for intimacy and the enduring echoes of early emotional experiences. I am a strong advocate for the therapist’s own inner work, emphasizing the ethical imperative of personal therapy, clinical supervision, and ongoing self-reflection to ensure deep and ethical engagement with each client. Training is based on the tripartite concept of: Personal psychoanalysis, supervisions as well as theoretical clinical seminars. - committed to my psychoanalysis work since 2018 with the IPA (International Psychoanalytical Association) and the EPF (European Psychoanalytical Federation) as a Study Group in 2010, and a Provisional Society in 2021) - ‘
What I'm Like
Structured, containing and warm. I strongly believe in prioritising the client-therapist connection, as it is a key component for successful treatment. Creative skills allow me to enhance therapeutic horizons. I am a versatile expert who believes in an integrative approach to human nature and in the strength of a community.


What Can You Expect From My Sessions

My sessions are Insight-oriented which means explorative but also structured; the process goes chronologically in that order: 1- Assessment 2- Psychoeducation 3- Regulating the system and grounding 4- emotional labor 5- Behavioral tasks (if needed). I help clients understand how their current life problems may be connected with internal conflict, often by exploring the client's past experiences and identifying certain patterns or themes. The workflow depends on the patient's willingness to explore their emotions and memories. As insight emerges, so does an increased understanding of one's own behavior. This improved understanding helps to change dysfunctional behaviours that have been causing difficulties.

Our first session

Why you are here: You'll talk about what's been going on in your life that is painful, difficult, or at least not working as well as you'd like. You'll talk about things you want to change and any goals you might have.

Fees

circle
Accepts Insurance
Cost
  • 80 USD/single session
Insurance
  • Other

Approach

Psychodynamic Therapy

Credentials and Qualifications

Credentials
  • LOPSY License (Lebanese order of psychologists)
  • DHA License ( Dubai health authority)
Qualifications
  • Masters degree in clinical and pathological psychology, USJ (Université Saint -Joseph de Beirut), 2021
  • Bachelors degree in clinical and pathological psychology, USJ (Université Saint -Joseph de Beirut), 2016