Dr. Robert Chandler , D.Clin.Psy (UK)

I have 15 years’ experience working clinically. Following the completion of my doctoral training at the University of Bath (UK), I worked in both clinical and leadership roles a number of NHS and private sector settings before relocating to the UAE. Throughout my career, I have worked extensively with adults across the full spectrum of common mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental disorders. 

On an individual basis, I work with adults from the corporate world, including high performing individuals and executives, treating clinical issues (such as anxiety and depression), and also non-clinical issues which impact wellbeing and work performance (including chronic stress, burnout, procrastination, and ‘Imposter Syndrome’). A pre- requisite to working with ‘the employee’, is working with the person as a whole; our personal lives, ways of seeing the world, and historical wounds contribute in a significant way to current functioning and associated difficulties.

At an organizational level, I provide consultation and strategic counsel to multinational organizations, companies, and firms, to promote and install a culture of openness to mental health and workplace wellbeing.

Evidence-based psychological science underpins all of my work; with individual clients, and also with teams and organizations.

Expertise

• Common mental health problems (Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks, OCD, Social Phobia, etc.)

• Corporate and workplace-related issues (burnout; chronic unmanaged stress; perfectionism; procrastination; ‘Imposter Syndrome’; professional and personal purpose; anxiety pertaining to public speaking)

• Narcissism spectrum (inc. narcissistic personality disorder)

• Adjustment to adverse life events 

• Neurodevelopmental disorders (including Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder)

• Group/team-based cohesion journeys

• Organizational training, teaching, seminars, and consultation 

• Organizational psychology 

• Clinical Research

 

Tools

• Schema Focused Therapy (SFT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Psychodynamic approaches
• Consultation with teams, systems and organizations

Qualifications & Memberships

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, DClinPsy, University of Bath (UK)
• BSc (First Class Honours) – Psychology and Criminology, University of Keele (UK)
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) (UK)
• Registered with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA