Malek Yassin is the treatment director at The Wave Clinic. Specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry, he has over 19 years of experience in mental health treatment for adolescents, young adults, and families.
Malek is a bilingual certified child and adolescent trauma professional with a specialist interest in the treatment of complex and developmental trauma, antisocial personality disorder, conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.
Malek is EMDR (EMDRIA), CBT, IRRT, PE, and MBT trained. Currently studying traumatology, he is a fellow of APPCH (U.K.) and a senior accredited member of Addiction Professionals.
According to family systems theory, every relationship within the family is important. Family relationships affect the well-being of every family member and the dynamics of
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