Mental Health
Coping With Emotional Distress
It’s normal for adolescents to experience a range of emotions, including distressing feelings. But sometimes young people experience emotions that are so intense that they
29 August 2025
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Family Therapy
Are All Parts of Me Welcome? The Wave Clinic Looks at How IFS in Residential Treatment Can Support Young People and Families
Explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy in residential treatment helps young people and families heal by welcoming all parts of the self.
25 August 2025
Anorexia
The Rise of Anorexia Among 11-18-year-olds in Dubai
Over the past three decades, eating disorders have become increasingly common in the Gulf region and Western Asia. Sociocultural changes have affected the way young
22 August 2025
Eating disorder
Teenage Girls and Self-Harm: When Should Parents Seek Advice?
Parents should seek professional advice straight away, regardless of the way their child is self-harming or the dynamics of their relationship. Self-harm always requires support from a professional, however a child is self-harming and regardless of its physical impact.
19 August 2025
Eating disorder
Supporting a Young Person with an Eating Problem
Eating problems always require professional support, and this support should involve the family too. This means that mental health professionals should help parents understand their child’s experience and develop the skills they need to support their recovery journey. This might happen through family therapy, parenting interventions, or discussions with therapists.
15 August 2025
Mental Health
Speaking to Young People about Drugs: Advice for Parents to Help Teens Stay Safe
This blog offers parents some advice about how to speak to young people about drugs and what they can do to keep them safe. It also provides some information about drug use in the Gulf region and the consequences of substance abuse for adolescent mental health.
11 August 2025
family
Emotionally Unavailable Parents and Young People’s Mental Health
Parents or other caregivers play a huge role in a child’s development, especially in their early years. They continue to influence their emotions and behaviours during adolescence and into young adulthood.
8 August 2025
Borderline Personality Disorder
Eating Disorders and Borderline Personality Disorder: The Effects of Emotional Dysregulation in Teenage Girls
Emotions are a huge part of the human experience. They help us to understand and react to situations quickly, before we have time to logically process what’s happening. They pull us towards certain things and push us away from others.
4 August 2025
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents Who Self-Harm
The Wave Clinic offers specialist mental health support for children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Our programs are trauma-focused, emphasising the role that past and present experiences play in shaping young people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
1 August 2025
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The Wave has provided me with the ability to feel calm with the secure feeling that they are a team of professionals who know exact what my daughter needs. It has not been easy and continues to be a challenging journey.
The consistent communication through WhatsApp, phone calls, in-person and virtual family therapy sessions and weekly report have made being halfway across the world feel as if I am as part of my daughter’s treatment as I possibly can.
I had a great experience when I was on The Wave. It was one of the best experiences in my life. I enjoy all the sessions conducted by the team. I never had a chance to speak in group, specially with friends from other countries before.
It opens my eyes and gives me a new knowledge and experience to be a better person.
It opens my eyes and gives me a new knowledge and experience to be a better person.
Thank you all for helping our gorgeous girl find her wonderful self again, for taking such good care of her and all the support and guidance, we are eternally grateful.
