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Our Clinicians

The people behind
your transformation.

Every Psynara retreat is led by a fully licensed, deeply experienced clinician, chosen not only for their expertise, but for their capacity to create the safety that real change requires.

Who We Are

Evidence-based. Compassionate.
Built around the person in front of them.

Psynara clinicians are fully qualified and licensed practitioners with deep experience across clinical settings. They bring rigour, warmth, and genuine presence to every retreat they lead, tailoring every element of the process to the individual.

Amelia Simpson
Amelia Simpson
Founder & Consultant Psychologist

Founder & Consultant Psychologist

Amelia
Simpson

Consultant Psychologist  ·  CDA Licensed, UAE  ·  HCPC Registered, UK

"I built Psynara because I know what it means to find something that genuinely changes you. That is what I want to offer to others."

Amelia Simpson is a Consultant Psychologist and the founder of Psynara, holding clinical licences in both the UAE and the United Kingdom. Her work brings together the analytical precision of evidence-based psychology with the compassionate presence of someone who has experienced the transformative power of immersive retreat work herself.

Amelia's journey into integrative healing began not in theory but through lived experience. That experience led her to bring together clinical excellence with somatic and holistic practice, and to create Psynara as a space where others could access the same depth of transformation. She does not offer programmes. She offers a relationship, and a process built entirely around the person in front of her.

CDA Licensed, UAE HCPC Registered, UK Schema Therapy EMDR EFT Gottman Method Discernment Therapy Somatic Practice
Dr Jamie Stephenson

Consultant Psychologist

Dr Jamie
Stephenson

DCounsPsych  ·  HCPC Registered  ·  CDA Licensed, UAE  ·  Chartered Member, BPS

Dr Jamie Stephenson is a Consultant Psychologist with a doctorate in Counselling Psychology and a clinical career spanning NHS specialist services, private practice, corporate wellness, and postgraduate teaching. He brings a rare breadth of experience and a deep commitment to the therapeutic relationship as the foundation of all meaningful change.

His approach is warm, collaborative, and integrative, drawing on cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, and person-centred frameworks alongside specialist training in EMDR and Schema Therapy. At Psynara, Jamie leads retreats focused on trauma, emotional healing, addiction recovery, and complex relational difficulties.

Trauma & PTSD Anxiety Depression Addiction Recovery Grief & Loss Relational Difficulties Burnout
Doctorate in Counselling Psychology HCPC Registered CDA Licensed, UAE EMDR Practitioner (Level 3) Schema Therapy Practitioner BPS Chartered
Eugene Traboulsi

Consultant Psychotherapist

Eugene
Traboulsi

Consultant Clinical Social Worker  ·  CDA Licensed, UAE  ·  AASW Registered

Eugene Traboulsi is a Consultant Psychotherapist and Clinical Social Worker with over two decades of experience across complex mental health presentations. Known for his natural intuition, authenticity, and ability to meet people with both warmth and directness, he creates a therapeutic environment where genuine openness becomes possible.

Working within an integrative framework of CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, and Person-Centred approaches, Eugene ensures that every client is an active participant in their own process. At Psynara, he brings particular depth to retreats focused on burnout, relational healing, addiction, and identity.

Anxiety & Burnout Trauma Addiction Recovery Relational Difficulties Identity & Life Transitions Expat Adjustment Emotional Regulation
MSc International & Community Development CDA Licensed, UAE AASW Registered CBT Certified Clinical Supervision Qualified

How We Work

Evidence-based, holistically delivered,
built entirely around you.

Every clinician works within an integrative framework, drawing on the approaches best suited to your needs and goals. No two retreats are alike, because no two people are alike.

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