Yasser has over 22 years of experience in the mental health field. He earned his Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology from Tanta University. He is qualified as addiction therapist by the Ministry of Health and the Mental Health Secretariat in Egypt. He obtained his Addictions Therapy Diploma from the National Training Institute and obtained his individual Schema Therapy and Schema Therapy for Couples training from ISST. He also has training in Poly-vagal informed therapy.
Yasser has worked in several Mental health settings including Dar Al Mokattam for mental Health (Al Rakhawy Hospital), Abu El Azayem Hospital , Hodoa Psychiatric Hospital and in Nahar Center for Psychiatry and Addiction.
He has worked extensively with people who have various addictions ( Alchohol, drugs, relationships, sex, porn, and gambling). Addictions rarely occur in isolation of other mental health issues, personality disorders, social anxiety, and depression often co-occur with addictions, delusions and paranoid thoughts may also accompany or are induced by substance use. He has extensive experience working with people with co-occuring symptoms an dual diagnosis and believes in healing the whole person and not just the specific addiction.
After having lived a long time sucked in the life of addiction people often find it challenging to live a happy meaningful life without their favorite avoidance mechanism. His passion is to help people who struggle with addiction and / or personality disorders, social anxiety, panic attacks, phobias overcome their symptoms and live a life that they can enjoy.
Yasser helps his clients gain insight, give them hope, teach life skills, and support and encourage them on their journey of recovery.
