Farida is a Clinical Psychologist specialized in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, as well as in Psychosis and Affective Mood Disorders (Bipolar disorder & Major Depression) for young adults & adults at The Behman Therapy Center. She is also currently doing a clinical rotation in Kasr El Eini’s Child Psychiatry department.

Farida holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology & Behavioural sciences from McGill university, and a Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Sciences from UCL with a focus on child & adolescent psychology. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and an international affiliate of the Canadian Psychological Association.

She received medical training from International Medical Aid in Kenya at the Coast General Hospital’s psychiatric ward, ICU, and Gender Based Violence Recovery Center in 2019, and completed a clinical training at Adel Sadek Psychological Medicine Hospital in 2020.

Farida has experience working with young people in the UK at the NHS Early Intervention Service for Psychosis, and is a certified practitioner & supervisor of the Comprehensive Assessment for At Risk Mental States (CAARMS). She has co-led the development of an At Risk Mental States pathway at CNWL NHS - a psychosis prevention program for young people with subclinical symptoms.

She also has previous experience working with children with neurodevelopment disorders, profound learning disabilities, and emotional disorders at ELF in Egypt. Farida is ADOS-2 certified, and uses DIR Floortime and ABA principles in her practice.

She is trained in CBT by the Beck Institute, is currently being DBT intensive trained by B-Tech, and works with parents using elements from different parenting programs such as NVR (Non-violent Resistance Parenting) and SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions).

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