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Your Teen Isn’t the Problem. Your Home Might Be.
I’ve sat across from parents who’ve come in worried about their teenager. And more often than I expected when I started this work, something becomes clear quite quickly: the teen isn’t always where the work needs to begin. I’ve had parents come in convinced their child has an eating disorder. Then I find out the kid has been called fat and ugly by the very people sitting in front of me, genuinely baffled about why their child has a complicated relationship with food. Oh I won
wafa farid
Jun 243 min read


I Didn’t Believe in Brainspotting. Then It Happened to Me.
Keywords: brainspotting therapy Dubai, trauma therapy Dubai, brainspotting for trauma, neuroscience of trauma healing, somatic therapy Dubai ----- Let me be honest with you. Before I completed my Brainspotting Phase 1 training in September 2025, I knew about as much about Brainspotting as the next person. Which is to say, not much. I had heard the word. I had vague associations with eye positions and trauma. And I was skeptical. Very skeptical. ----- What Even Is Brainspottin
wafa farid
Jun 164 min read


5 Surprising Ways Anxiety Shows Up in Your Daily Life (That Have Nothing to Do With Panic Attacks)
Anxiety When most people think of anxiety, they picture someone hyperventilating, heart racing, unable to breathe. And yes, that happens. But for a lot of people, maybe even you, anxiety is much quieter than that. It doesn’t always announce itself. Sometimes it just runs the show from behind the scenes, and you don’t even realise it’s there. Here are five ways anxiety might be showing up in your life right now, disguised as something else entirely. 1. You Don’t Trust Anyone T
wafa farid
May 283 min read
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