Seeking and finding help can be very challenging, especially when one is feeling low or anxious, or is living in an unfamiliar country. By conducting therapy online, I hope to reduce the level of distress involved in looking for the right therapist, especially in today’s circumstances where people are busy and on the move most of the time. This website will help you know who I am, what approaches I use, and the experience I have in this field.

My name is Nicole Eid I am a licensed psychotherapist and a certified cognitive behavioral therapist. I have been in this field for more than 20 years, which has given me firsthand experience in a wide range of mental health issues. I have been trained and certified at the Beck Institute in the USA by Drs. Aaron and Judith Beck, founders of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and have been mainly using this approach in my work.

I am fluent in English, Arabic, and French. Having lived in various countries throughout my life, I am familiar with the cultural differences and individual backgrounds that I have found to be crucial in the understanding of a person’s behaviors, feelings, and thought patterns.
I have been conducting online therapy for many years now with individuals from all over the world. My clients mostly include Lebanese expats, Arab nationals and individuals who prefer a therapist that understands their culture.

COVID-19 has driven us towards alternative solutions that minimize our exposure and health risks. However, online therapy has already been around for quite some time and has proven to be very effective. Many find it a lot easier, as it spares them the time and hassle spent in transportation and allows them to have their sessions from wherever they are based. Online therapy also allows individuals who travel to continue treatment with the therapist they’re familiar with, without having to locate and adapt to a new practitioner who does not speak their language or understand their background.

Online therapy adapts to your needs, schedule, and comfort zone while preserving the same professionalism, confidentiality and feeling of safety experienced at the clinic.

I have worked with a large number of expats over the years; individuals who have left their homes. This, in itself, can intensify their concerns. Additionally, they often struggle to adapt to their new lives and feel isolated. One goal of therapy is to learn skills and techniques to adapt to new environments and to learn to navigate through the difficult stages of confusion often faced in expatriation.

I have also worked in collaboration with consultancy firms whose employees work in difficult and stressful environments. My role is to assist them in working on their developmental needs and managing the stress and anxiety caused by their demanding jobs, long working hours, and, sometimes, separation from their families.

CBT is a very structured approach used to address a wide range of difficulties that include anxiety, depression, and anger. Its purpose is to identify different thoughts, feelings and behavioral patterns behind a person’s difficulty and break the cycle by which they affect each other.

I often combine CBT with other approaches and use an integrative approach instead based on my clinical judgement and what my clients and I feel would be the most suitable for them. One example is psychodynamic therapy which is a longer-term therapy that aims to identify specific patterns in one’s life and explore the past. It is an insight-oriented method that delves into the unconscious processes affecting a person’s current thoughts and helps understand the influence of one’s past on his/her present behavior.

Motivational Interviewing is another therapeutic approach I combine with CBT. The purpose is to explore the motivation behind any change and to explore tools that could be used to start applying this change.