Community Development Authority (CDA, Dubai) Licensed Counsellor
Sara Skoglund is a Systemic Family Psychotherapist with over 18 years of clinical experience. Her training is grounded in systemic family therapy, alongside advanced approaches including Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT).
Sara has extensive experience across NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK and private practice, working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
Within the UAE context, she provides individual, couple, and family therapy using a holistic, systemically informed approach. Her work is collaborative and client-led, integrating CBT and DBT-informed approaches, mentalisation-based work, and parenting interventions.
Sara specialises in supporting neurodivergent individuals and families through a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming lens, and works closely with schools and multidisciplinary teams to ensure cohesive care.
Specialisms include:
Sara is known for her warm, reflective, and thoughtful approach, creating a safe and supportive space for meaningful and lasting change.
She is passionate about helping individuals and families strengthen relationships, improve communication, and navigate life transitions with confidence.
We are not an emergency service, if you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to the emergency department at Al Jalila Children’s Hospital or Rashid Hospital
