Dr. Nour Al Ghriwati, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, CAYA World Clinic Dubai
Co-Founder & Medical Director
Dr. Nour Al Ghriwati
Clinical Psychologist
Experience
10+ years
Languages
English & Arabic
Sessions
In-person or virtual
US-Trained Psychologist PSYPACT Certified 20+ Peer-Reviewed Publications
DHA License #93013624-002
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About

Dr. Nour Al Ghriwati is a US-trained licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of CAYA World Clinic, where she leads a multidisciplinary team committed to delivering evidence-based care to individuals and families across Dubai and the UAE.

Dr. Nour completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by a highly competitive pre-doctoral internship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), ranked the #1 children's hospital in the United States, and a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she specialised in the psychological and social needs of children and families living with serious chronic illness.

She brings a warm, culturally sensitive approach to every session, drawing on evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and family systems approaches.

Training and Education
Post-doctoral Fellowship
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, USA
Pre-doctoral Clinical Internship
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Philadelphia, USA, ranked #1 children's hospital in the United States
PhD, Clinical Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Richmond, USA, 2020
Areas of Clinical Expertise
ADHD Assessment and Therapy
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Anxiety and OCD
Psychoeducational Testing
Chronic Illness Support
Trauma and PTSD
Parent Coaching
Child and Teen Behaviour
Depression Treatment
Life Transitions
Therapeutic Approaches
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Family Systems Therapy
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Trauma-Informed Care
Behavioural Activation
Research and Publications
20+ peer-reviewed publications  ·  167 citations
Development of patient reported outcome measures assessing tumor pain for individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 and plexiform neurofibromas
Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2025
A Pilot Acceptance and Commitment Intervention for Parents of Children with RASopathies
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 2024
Parent-child discrepancies in reports of child psychosocial functioning in neurofibromatosis type 1
Journal of Family Psychology, 2025
Family factors and health-related quality of life within 6 months of completion of childhood cancer treatment
Psycho-oncology, 2021
Children's appraisals of threat in pediatric cancer
Mental Health, 2021