Meet Our Clinical Specialists
Seham Abdelnaeim
Clinical Psychologist & Founder
About
Seham Abdelnaeim is a psychotherapist and school counselor working with adolescents, adults, and older adults. She approaches therapy with warmth and curiosity, helping clients understand the experiences, relationships, and patterns that have shaped how they feel, relate, and respond to the world around them. Her work is relational, trauma-informed, and experiential, integrating approaches such as EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, somatic and nervous-system-based work, and parts work according to each person’s individual needs. Above all, she believes therapy should feel collaborative and deeply human—a space where clients can feel genuinely seen and understood while finding their own way forward.
Qualifications & Certifications
- Academic Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology – The Chicago School, USA
Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling – Antioch University, USA (in progress)
School Counseling Certification – Antioch University, USA (in progress)
ISCA Certified Counselor (in progress)
Psychotherapy & Clinical Hypnotherapy
Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy & Clinical Hypnotherapy – Royal Berkshire College, UK
ASCH-Approved Level 1 Clinical Hypnosis Workshop Training
Hypnosis & Guided Imagery in Therapy: Practical Methods for Bringing Visualization Techniques into Practice – PESI
Trauma, EMDR & Somatic Approaches
EMDR Therapy – Level 1 Basic Training, Center of Excellence
Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training – Beginning I (in progress)
Trauma & Somatics – Practitioner Certificate
Foundations of Somatic Therapy for Trauma – Abi Blakeslee
Breathwork & Movement Therapy for Trauma Healing – The Embody Lab
Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Training – Step One, Polyvagal Institute
Polyvagal Certificate Course: Safety, Connection, and the Human Experience – Polyvagal Institute
Polyvagal Theory: Pathways to Stillness – Deb Dana
Systemic, Relational & Experiential Therapy
Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy for Individuals, Couples & Families – Level 1, Satir Institute of the Yukon
Certificate in Understanding Love & Relationships – Capital Knowledge / Royal Berkshire College of Clinical Hypnosis
Basic Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) – NFNLP
Certificate in Breathwork for Transformation – Capital Knowledge / Royal Berkshire College of Clinical Hypnosis
Eating Disorders & Specialized Clinical Training
Excellence in Practitioner Skills for Eating Disorders – National Centre for Eating Disorders
Foundations of Child & Adolescent Counseling – American Counseling Association (in progress)
Group Therapy: Evidence-Based Strategies to Develop and Facilitate Dynamic, Purposeful and Effective Group Therapy – PESI
Trauma-Informed Self-Image Coaching Certificate – Capital Knowledge (in progress)
Specializations
Anxiety and panic attacks
Trauma and complex trauma
Grief, loss, and major life changes
Eating disorders and disordered eating
Body-image concerns
Emotional regulation and nervous-system dysregulation
Attachment and relationship concerns
Self-esteem and self-worth
Perfectionism and people-pleasing
Burnout and chronic stress
Identity development
Life transitions
Family and relational patterns
Fear, shame, and difficulties with self-expression
Clinical Experience
1.5 - 2 years
Therapeutic Approach & Modalities
Relational and trauma-informed therapy
EMDR
Clinical hypnotherapy
Satir Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Somatic Experiencing-informed interventions
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy-informed interventions
Polyvagal Theory-informed therapy
Nervous-system regulation
Attachment-based therapy
Parts work
Experiential Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Play Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed skills (DBT)
NLP-informed techniques
Breathwork
Psychoeducation