Thrive Wellbeing Centre Opens UAE’s First Maternal Mental Health Unit

On Saturday 21^st March, Mother’s Day, Thrive Wellbeing Centre will open the UAE’s first maternal mental health unit. Thrive’s Maternal Mental Health Unit is a team of four psychologists whose expertise and passions are dedicated to supporting people in their parenting journey, and the difficulties it can often present.

We all like to think of pregnancy and the journey to parenthood as a joyous occasion but for many there are physical and emotional hurdles along the way.  Becoming pregnant can be a long-term challenge that can place immense strain on a couple’s relationship; a relationship that can equally suffer its own challenges when the baby arrives and the family dynamic shifts. How do you know if you are genuinely depressed or just an exhausted new mother? Birth can be a traumatic ordeal for some – who do you talk to? Where do you start if you are a single person that would like to become a parent?

Thrive’s Maternal Mental Health Unit offers access to four fully qualified specialists, dedicated to different areas of support. All four are mothers, passionate about their roles, and their blend of cultures and languages extends the unit’s reach to a broad group of families and individuals that may need help.

Thrive’s Maternal Mental Health Unit’s licensed psychologists are:

• Dr Sarah Rasmi, Ph.D., managing director of Thrive, psychologist, professor, couples therapy specialist
• Dr Vassiliki Simoglou, Ph.D., a counselling psychologist and infertility, IVF, and perinatal issues specialist
• Pashmi Khare, M.Sc, fertility issues and PCOS specialist
• Dr Kate Prozeller, Psy.D., psychologist, maternal mental health, grief and loss, trauma therapist

Areas of therapy focus include:

• IVF and infertility
• Miscarriage and birth trauma support
• Perinatal issues
• From Partners to Parents
• Family Adjustment
• Individuals wanting a family, adoption
• Childlessness

For more information on the new unit or to arrange an appointment with Thrive, please visit: https://www.thrive.ae/maternal-mental-health-unit-dubai