Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Leena Amiri
Dr. Leena Amiri is a Canadian-trained Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist known for her warm, compassionate, and family-centred approach to supporting children, adolescents, and their parents.
Alongside her clinical work in the UAE, she serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the UAE University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she teaches and mentors future physicians.
Dr. Amiri works with young people experiencing anxiety, ADHD, mood difficulties, behavioural challenges, neurodevelopmental disorders, and the emotional impact of life transitions. She believes every child and family deserves to feel heard, understood, and supported, and works collaboratively with both young people and parents to create practical, meaningful change beyond the consultation room.
Her care is grounded in evidence-based practice while remaining deeply respectful of each family’s cultural values, traditions, and religious beliefs. In addition to psychiatric assessments and treatment, Dr. Amiri also offers parent guidance and family consultations, helping families strengthen communication, navigate challenges together, and build confidence in supporting their child’s emotional well-being.
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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