Balsam is a dedicated psychotherapist who has great interest in helping people change. She collaboratively works with clients to facilitate improvement in their quality of life. Her qualifications, diverse experiences, and advanced training provide rich perspectives on how she conducts sessions. Balsam has experience working with multiple disorders, including eating disorders such as binge eating and bulimia nervosa, depression, anxiety, ADHD, borderline personality disorder, and other conditions. She also provides counseling services, for example, dealing with work-related burnout and lifestyle guidance. Balsam mainly works with young adults and adults.
In addition to providing individual psychotherapy sessions, Balsam leads the bilingual DBT skills classes; the center runs classes for both clients / patients and mental health professionals – more information and links can be found below.
Balsam is part of the Maria Den Braven DBT consultation team, working under the supervision of Dr. Basma Al-Kilani. Additionally, Balsam is a presenter and trainer in training for DBT MENA, which is the exclusive affiliate of Behavioral Tech Institute in the MENA region.
Professional Training:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- DBT Prolonged Exposure Therapy (DBT PE)*
- DBT for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Trauma focused DBT)*
- DBT Substance Use Disorder (DBT SUD)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Nutritional Counselling
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
*Currently not offered, only stage one DBT.
Education:
PhD in Health Sciences 2015, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
PGDip in Health Sciences with Distinction 2010, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
DBT SKILLS CLASSES
Details are included in the forms.
Skills class for clients / patients – participants form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch4LeRpJLon9dEObvOxWXwUGYMpLWefqxpCANSik5Yt0Y4BQ/viewform?usp=header
Skills class for mental health professionals: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdycTu89KsO6Z6K2g095Z9eT9ZzB2kd9Xbfg2P-KDQM3a0Eig/viewform?usp=header
Referral form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDSA5dK6R0oM0xR6FCmY8uOwp8IMj3SDPv1s6Fk-X2ljcTuA/viewform?usp=header
