Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Leena Amiri
Dr. Leena Amiri is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with a clinical and academic career grounded in the UAE. She is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the UAE University College of Medicine & Health Sciences, where she teaches medical students.
Her work bridges clinical practice with public mental-health education, with a particular focus on supporting children, adolescents, and families through anxiety, mood difficulties, and the emotional impact of life transitions. She believes in care that respects each family’s cultural and religious context, and that gives young people and their parents practical tools they can use beyond the consultation room.
Spoken Languages
Arabic, English
DHA License
Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Client Focus (Age Group)
Children, adolescents, and young adults (approximately ages 4–25). Parent guidance and family consultation also available.
Areas of Expertise
- Anxiety disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Mood disorders, including depression
- Adjustment difficulties and life transitions
- Family-based intervention and parent guidance
- Trauma-related presentations in children and adolescents
Therapeutic Approach
Dr. Amiri practices an integrative, evidence-based approach centered on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), with adaptations for children, adolescents, and families.
Her work draws on attachment theory, exposure-based interventions for anxiety and OCD
(including Exposure and Response Prevention), and behavioral activation for low mood.
She follows NICE and AACAP guidelines while tailoring care to the cultural and family context of each patient.
Her practice is collaborative and family-inclusive, equipping young people and their parents
with skills they can use between sessions and treating cultural and religious values as resources for resilience
rather than barriers to work around.
Qualifications
MBBS FRCP (Psych) Canada
Memberships
- Emirates Psychiatric Society
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
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