Career Transitions & Professional Growth

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Supporting the Shifts That Shape Your Path

Career changes often stir more than just practical decisions — they can bring up questions about identity, value, confidence, and direction. Whether you’re pursuing a promotion, stepping into leadership, changing industries, or questioning your current path, the experience can feel both exciting and emotionally disorienting. 

At MapleTree Psychotherapy Center in Dubai, we support professionals through these moments of transition, offering a grounded, reflective space to explore who you are and who you want to be.

What We Explore Together

Career transitions are not just professional decisions — they are personal shifts. In therapy, we help you:

  • Process emotions that come with change: fear, doubt, excitement, grief, or relief
  • Explore job dissatisfaction and what it may be pointing to
  • Understand how identity, self-worth, and past experiences shape career choices
  • Address imposter syndrome and the inner narratives that hold you back
  • Navigate promotions or role changes with more confidence and clarity
  • Make career decisions aligned with your values, strengths, and emotional needs
  • Manage the relational and logistical challenges that accompany major shifts
  • Hold space for uncertainty, especially during pauses, transitions, or reinventions

Our Therapeutic Approach

Services We Offer

At MapleTree Psychotherapy Center in Dubai, we provide a range of services to support meaningful professional transitions:

  • Professional Coaching, to help individuals and leaders clarify career goals, enhance workplace communication, and strengthen time management, leadership, and performance skills.
  • Psychotherapy and Counselling, offering a confidential space to explore burnout, imposter syndrome, or identity shifts, using evidence-based strategies and emotional insight.
  • Personality and Cognitive Assessments, to support self-awareness, leadership development, and team fit — not as aptitude tests, but as tools for reflection and alignment.

These services can be accessed individually or as part of organizational support. We also help develop and offer tailored Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) for companies seeking structured, compassionate mental health care for their teams.

Who We Work With

Career transitions and growth support is ideal for:

  • Professionals navigating job changes, promotions, or uncertainty about next steps
  • Individuals facing imposter syndrome or self-doubt in new or long-held roles
  • People experiencing burnout or seeking more meaning in their work
  • Leaders or managers growing into expanded roles or rethinking their leadership style
  • Expats in Dubai balancing global career moves with cultural or personal transitions

Sessions are available in English, Arabic, French, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and Finnish.

You’re Allowed to Rethink Your Path

Career changes are not just strategic — they’re emotional. If you’re questioning what’s next or trying to grow without losing yourself along the way, we’re here to support you.

You don’t have to have it all figured out. Growth begins by simply allowing space to ask the questions.

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Emotional Wellbeing Check

An Emotional Wellbeing Check is a 30 minute consultation to give you an overview of how you are doing with your psychological wellbeing. It will highlight key areas of your wellness and give an indication as to whether there are any areas of your life that would benefit from some attention. Like any other health check up, an emotional wellbeing check is an important part of staying on top of your mental health. With no commitment to engaging in regular therapy, this service offers a useful measure of your overall emotional wellbeing.

When might an emotional wellbeing check be beneficial?

  • Something feels “off”, but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is
  • You are considering embarking on therapy, but you remain uncertain as to whether this would be beneficial for you
  • You have a history of mental health difficulties and want to stay on top of your emotional wellbeing


Following the wellbeing check you will be provided with a brief summary report with recommendations from Dr Shamarel. As this is not a service that insurance companies typically reimburse for, you will not be given a formal diagnosis.