Registered Psychiatry Specialist, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate.

Member, Egyptian Psychiatric Association.

Member, American Psychiatric Association, APA.

Member, Egyptian Association for Group Therapies.

Certified Group Therapist and psychodrama therapist by the Egyptian Association for Group Therapies.

Graduation: Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
– MB.B.ch (Very Good) Dec, 2010

Master’s Degree: Master Degree of Psychiatry and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 2015

MRCPsych: Paper A, Pass

Master of Psychiatry Thesis
“Help Seeking Patterns in Patients with Substance Use Disorders”

Diploma of Psychodrama Thesis “Time Spectrogram: Sociodrama to the connect the past, the present and the future”

Individual Psychotherapist for adults and adolescents.

Group Therapist: Integrative Psychodynamic group therapy for adults.

• June 2018- present: Psychodynamic group therapy with Mohamed Taha, MD, PhD, CGP.
• April 2017- April 2018: psychodynamic group therapy under supervision of Prof. Refaat Mahfouz, MD, PhD, Honorary President of the Egyptian Association for Group Therapies.

Psychodrama therapist:

• (The stories of my body): Women only 3 days workshop using body movement therapy with psychodrama to connect to the body and listen to its stories and enact them using psychodramatic scenes.
• (Our stories, Together): Woman Only psychodrama 3 days workshop.
• (Sexual and Gender Based Violence) 8 days psychodrama workshop with UN Women project “Sexual and Gender Based Violence Psychosocial services” for women.
• Psychodrama program assistant with Ben Rivers, PhD, Accredited TSM trainer and Drama Therapist: volunteering as an assistant for the new students in the diploma of psychodrama program issued by Dawar for Arts and Development, Egypt.
• Internal Family System training assistant with Tom Holmes.

Social Media Awareness Campaign, content developer and presenter: (Mental Health awareness- in Arabic) supported by Facebook , offering videos presented by Egyptian Psychiatrists, covering different topics in mental health for public. I have presented 30 videos on the topic of psycho-sexual health with more than 400,000 viewers on YOUTUBE.

Child and Adolescents Unit in Abbaseya Mental Health Hospital, Egyptian Mental Health secretary:

• Outpatient clinical work.
• Individual psychotherapy sessions.
• Leading an integrative group therapy for adolescents.
• Inpatient wards duties.
• Facilitating weekly scientific meeting for child and adolescent Unit.

Neuropsychiatry department, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
(General Psychiatry- Child psychiatry- Addiction and Emergency psychiatry- Liaison psychiatry- General neurology inpatient and outpatient clinic duties- Emergency neurology- Cerebrovascular unit)

Qualyobeya governorate Health administration, Ministry of Health, Egypt.

Ain Shams University Hospitals, Egypt.
Clinical psychiatry trainee
Dr. Hany Al Hennawy Private Clinic for Psychotherapy and Neurofeedback.

Dialectic Behavior Therapy Intensive Training TM, April 2018- March 2019, by Linehan Institute Training Company (USA), hosted by DBT Egypt and the American University in Cairo, completed 33 hours till present, in addition to weekly consultation team meetings and supervised DBT individual sessions.

Diploma in “Integrative Group Psychotherapy” (528 Educational Hours) July 2014- September 2017: Included academic lectures, personal therapy, group experience as leader and co leader, and practice under supervision. Issued by the Egyptian Association for Group Therapies and Processes (EAGT), Egypt.

Diploma in Therapeutic Spiral Model to safely treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (ongoing), Dec 2016- August 2018, by Ben Rivers, PhD, Accredited TSM trainer and Drama Therapist, issued by Dawar for Arts and Development, Egypt.

Diploma in Psychodrama and sociometry, by the Mediterranean Association of Psychodrama in collaboration with the Egyptian Association for Group Therapies and Processes (EAGT), September 2014- August 2017, Egypt.

Expressive- Relational Dance Therapy workshop by Vincenzo Bellia, founder of the Dmt-ER school of dance therapy in Italy, 7- 12th September 2017 and 22- 27th June 2018, Cairo, Egypt.

MHPSS Training “Trauma & the Body” two days workshop, Feb 2018 by Monica Urru MD, PHD Consultant, Italian President of ITDP. followed by a continuing monthly study group and supervision by Monica.
Topics included: Learning how to deal with emotional trauma for psychological supporters.

Hope and Resilience facing Trauma, Psychodrama workshop, Feb 2017, 21 Educational hours, by Prof. Jorge Burmeister, IAGP former president, issued by the EAGT, Egypt.

“Transformation of sexual Trauma Through Body Work For Women” workshop 23th- 24th March 2017 and 14th-15th October 2016 by Leila Youssef, member of the European Association of Body Psychotherapy, Spain. Followed by bimonthly supervision with Leila.

“Addiction in Adolescents” 4 days workshop, Egyptian Mental Health Secretary, 2016, Egypt.

“Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adolescents” 3 days workshop, Egyptian Mental Health Secretary, 2016, Egypt.

Support group training for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for Revolution Victims
Dr. Manal Omar, Psychiatry Specialist and Dr Nabil Alkot, Psychiatry Specialist

Medical and Psychiatric Responses to victims of SGBV and Torture.
-Issued by the International Organization for Immigration and UNHCR

13th FEPTO (Federation of Psychodrama Training Organizations) Conference, 11th-13th May 2018, Bulgaria

Poster presentation:
“Time Spectrogram: Sociodrama to connect the past, the present and the future”

Attendance:
“We hate and love each other… Help us to safe our relationship!” A Psychodramatic Strategy with two Protagonists in Conflict (interactive seminar with didactical demonstrations), by Prof. Leni Verhofstadt-Denève PhD., TEP Ghent University, BELGIUM

Reconnecting with our ancestors: a transgenerational approach to psychodrama and dance therapy, by Leandra M. Perrotta, Associazione mediterranea psicodramma, ITALY

Psychodrama and action methods in the work with groups in adolescents, by Fabian Blobel, MD, GERMANY

Bodily Symptoms as Metaphor: Using psychodrama in psychosomatic disease, by Judith Teszáry, Sweden.

4th International Association of Group Therapy (IAGP) Regional Conference in Africa, 3rd EAGT international conference, 11th- 13th Jan 2018, Egypt

Poster presentation:
“Time Spectrogram: Sociodrama to connect the past, the present and the future”, Poster presentation.

Attendance:
“Sexuality in Psychodrama” workshop, by Stylianos Lagarakis, Center of Athenian Psychodramatic Encounters, Greece.

“CBT in Groups” half day workshop, by Greg Crosby, USA

“Adult ADHD Groups” half day workshop. By Greg Crosby, USA

2nd Scientific Meeting of the Egyptian Society of sexual Medicine and surgery, 18th April 2018, Cairo, Egypt

The American Group Psychotherapy Association Conference, Feb 2016, NYC, USA.

Attendance:
“Jungian Group Therapy” 2 days experiential workshop.

“Adolescent group Therapy” whole day workshop.

“Group counseling with aggressive children” half day workshop.

3rd IAGP Regional Conference in Africa, 2nd EAGT international conference in group psychotherapy, 13th-16th Jan 2016, Egypt.

Attendance:
“Dance Therapy” Whole day workshop by: by Leandra M. Perrotta, Associazione mediterranea psicodramma, Italy.

“Yoga in trauma” Half day workshop by: Rebecca Porteous, Egypt.

“Non-Violent communication” workshop by Dr. Ahmed Dobea, Egypt.

6th Cairo University Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Conference, 2015, Egypt.

Attendance:
“Understanding and supporting parent- baby Relationship” Workshop by Joanna Hawthorne, CEO Brazelton Center UK.

Scholarship from the American Group Psychotherapy Foundation to attend the Annual International Conference of the American Group Psychotherapy Association , Feb 2016, NYC, USA.