Social Counseling Section Head
Family Care Authority
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Haneen Shalash is a dual-licensed Senior Clinical Social Worker (USA/UAE) with over 20 years of experience in mental health, healthcare, education (from early childhood to higher education), and community services. She holds a Master’s in Clinical Social Work and a Certification in School Counseling from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Bachelor’s in Family Studies from the University of Kentucky, USA. Haneen is an ICAP II-certified addiction professional, a certified PTSD and Dissociative Disorders therapist (Justice Resource Institute, USA), and an EMDR-certified trauma therapist. She is fully trained in DBT, Neurofeedback, CBT, IPT, Support Therapy, and Grief Therapy. Additionally, she holds certification in Infant Mental Health, demonstrating her expertise across all age groups. With extensive experience in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders, she currently serves as the Section Head for Social Counseling at the Family Care Authority, leading a team and managing complex cases.