Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr Lara Omran is a DHA licensed Clinical Psychologist with a commitment to providing children, young people, families and adults with a safe, compassionate, and collaborative therapeutic environment to help them feel understood and empowered in their care.
Academically, Lara completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia, alongside her Honours Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto. Professionally, Lara has worked across the life span with diverse clinical areas including depression, anxiety, psychosis, grief, self-harm, trauma, and neurodevelopmental conditions such as ASD and ADHD. She takes a neuroaffirming approach to her work, ensuring that each person’s unique profile is understood and integrated into her therapeutic work.
Lara’s therapeutic practice is recovery-focused and grounded in evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). Having grown up in the UAE and worked across multicultural contexts (including Canada, the UK, UAE and Malaysia), Lara is particularly attuned to the ways in which culture, identity, and lived experience can shape a person’s mental health and sense of self.
Specialisms include:
• Neuroaffirming therapeutic support for children, adolescents, and adults
• Anxiety, low mood, grief, trauma, and emotional regulation difficulties
• Support for neurodevelopmental conditions including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ADHD
• Compassion-focused and recovery-oriented psychological intervention
• Culturally informed and identity-sensitive therapeutic approaches
• Collaborative work with families, schools, and multidisciplinary teams
Dr Lara is committed to creating a safe, compassionate, and collaborative therapeutic environment where children, young people, families and adults feel understood, supported, and empowered in their care.
