Support for Healing After Loss
Experiencing the loss of a loved one—whether due to death, separation, or another life-altering event—can leave you feeling emotionally adrift. Grief doesn’t follow a timeline, it can be transitory or chronic, and its impact can be both deeply personal and quietly overwhelming. In Dubai, where many people live far from their support networks, these emotions can feel even more isolating.
At MapleTree Psychotherapy Center, we offer compassionate grief counseling to help you process loss, reconnect with your inner strength, and begin healing at your own pace.
When Grief Affects Daily Life
You may be navigating:
- The death of a family member, friend, or pet
- A breakup or divorce
- Miscarriage or infertility challenges
- Loss of a job, identity, or home country
- Chronic illness or a loved one’s diagnosis
- Anticipatory grief for someone terminally ill
- Lingering sadness from unacknowledged or past losses
Grief can appear as sadness, irritability, guilt, numbness, isolation, sleep disturbances, or even physical pain. You don’t have to face it alone.
How Grief Counseling Helps
Our therapists help you:
- Understand the stages and nonlinear nature of grief
- Express emotions in a safe and supportive space
- Address unresolved issues, guilt, or anger related to the loss
- Find ways to honor your loved one’s memory
- Build resilience and re-engage with daily life
- Cope with loss-related anxiety, depression, or trauma
- Make meaning of your experience and move forward with purpose
We offer both short-term support and longer-term therapy depending on your needs.
Our Therapeutic Approach
Depending on your situation and preferences, your therapist may integrate:
- Mindfulness practices for emotional regulation and presence
- Narrative therapy to help you reconstruct your life story after loss
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to help process complicated and intense grief with a structured approach
- ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to help you hold space for both grief and growth
- EMDR aids in processing traumatic or sudden losses.
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) facilitates emotional release and integration of grief.
Who We Help
Our grief counseling services support adults, adolescents, couples, and families living in Dubai—including expatriates facing loss far from home.
To ensure accessibility, we provide services in multiple languages such as English, Arabic, French, Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and Finnish.
Begin Your Adjustment Journey Today
Everyone grieves differently, and there’s no “right” way to mourn. If you’re ready to begin your healing journey, our team is here to walk beside you. Visit our Individual Therapy & Mental Well-being page to explore more options, meet our Dubai-based psychologists, or Find a Therapist who resonates with you. You can also contact us to schedule an appointment.
Dr. Katerine LeMay, Ph.D., C.Psych. (CAN)
Clinical Psychologist/Director and FOUNDER
Dr. JP Arzul, Ph.D. (SA)
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Ava Ghasemi, PSY.D., C.Psych. (CAN)
Clinical Psychologist
Matleena Vanhanen, M.A. (uk)
Counselling Psychologist
Dr. Tima El Jamil, Ph,D. (USA)
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Sarah Sease, Psy.D. (USA)
Clinical Psychologist
Karen Anne Hope Andrews, M.Clin.Psych. (SA)
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Mohamed Tal, Ph,D., (SLO)
Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
Dr. Clarice Mendonca-King, PsyD (USA)
Clinical Psychologist & Neuropsychologist
Hanadi Beydoun, M.A., (LEB)
Psychologist
Our Team