Dr Yasmine Olabi
Overview
Dr. Yasmine Olabi is a highly experienced, HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist dedicated to providing compassionate and effective support to children, adolescents, adults, and families facing a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges. With over a decade of experience working with individuals managing acute, chronic, and lifelong physical health conditions, Dr. Yasmine Olabi currently leads the psychological provision into Great Ormond Street Hospital’s International and Private Care Division.
Dr. Yasmine Olabi provides expert psychological assessment, support, and treatment for a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, adjustment to chronic or life-limiting health conditions, functional and medically unexplained symptoms, and eating difficulties. She works closely with families, offering support to parents in managing challenging behaviours and addressing anxiety in children. Dr. Olabi frequently works with patients facing cardiac and respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal issues, and oncology-related challenges, delivering compassionate care that focuses on both emotional and physical well-being.
Her approach is holistic and family-focused, utilising evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. Each treatment plan is carefully tailored to meet the unique needs of each person, and she strives to create a warm, safe, and welcoming environment where clients and families feel heard, respected, and supported.
Dr. Yasmine Olabi is deeply committed to cultural sensitivity and inclusivity, ensuring that every person receives compassionate and empathetic care. She understands the importance of working collaboratively with individuals and families to help them feel empowered and supported throughout their journey, whether in managing a health condition or navigating life’s challenges.
Languages Spoken:
- English
- Arabic
Credentials
- Psychological Therapy for Children and Adolescents
- Family and Parent Psychological Therapy
- Psychological Support for Low Mood, Depression, and Anxiety
- Psychological Support for Eating Difficulties
- Psychological Support for Adjustment to Living with Medical Conditions
- Psychological Therapy for Functional or Medically Unexplained Symptoms
- Psychological Support for Identity and Self-Esteem in Childhood and Adolescence
- Psychological Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Conditions
- Psychological Support for Gastrointestinal Conditions
- Psychological Support for Oncology Patients
- Psychological Therapy for Children, Young People and Families
- Psychological Therapy to Manage Physical Health Conditions
- Adjustment to Chronic or Life-Limiting Medical Conditions
- Procedural Anxiety and Medication Adherence
- Eating Difficulties Related to Physical Health Conditions
Education
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of Liverpool, 2022
- MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Manchester, 2017
- BSc (Hons) in Psychology, University of Salford, 2016
- BMedSci in Medical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 2012
Further Professional Training & Development
- Level Two in Narrative Therapy, Institute of Narrative Therapy, March 2022
- Introduction to the Tree of Life Narrative Methodology, Phola, September 2021
- The Narratives in the Suitcase Project Training, Phola, August 2021
- Level One in Narrative Therapy, Institute of Narrative Therapy, April/May 2021
- Personality Development across the Life Span, Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 2020
- Therapeutic Communication with Adolescents, Northern School of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, November 2019
- Paediatric and Adult Physical Health
- Psychological Interventions in Hospital Settings
- Population-Focused and Public Health Approaches to Wellbeing
- Mental Health Service Design and Development
- Cultural Sensitivity in Psychological Practice
News & Publications
Olabi, Y., Venkatesan, P., Callaghan, B., Pincott, S., Chappell, E., Clegg, L. (2024). Developing the Paediatric Psychology Service for Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) International and Private Care (IPC) Division. BMJ Paediatrics Open.
Olabi, Y., McGillivary, R., Rishworth, B., Golding, L. (2024). Community-level public health approaches and community partnerships to promote sustainable health equity in mental health service design and delivery. ClinPsyD Thesis.
Morgan, A., Davies, C., Olabi, Y., Hope-Stone, L., Cherry, M. G., & Fisher, P. (2022). Therapists’ experiences of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 966021.
Olabi, Y., Waheed, H., Fatimilehin, I., & Begum, F. (2022). Family reunion and parenting project: Supporting families through serial migration, separation and reunification. Number 357–September 2022 Special Issue: Public Health and Prevention, Part Two Edited by David Harper, Olga Luzon & Tony Wainwright, 357, 44.
Walker, E. M., Olabi, Y., & Rayner-Smith, K. (2022). Beyond the psychometrics: harnessing clinical psychology to improve the well-being of inpatient intellectual disability teams. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 16(2), 102-109.
Brown, S. L., Fisher, P. L., Morgan, A., Davies, C., Olabi, Y., Hope‐Stone, L., & Cherry, M. G. (2022). ‘I Don't Like Uncertainty, I Like to Know’: How and why uveal melanoma patients consent to life expectancy prognostication. Health Expectations, 25(4), 1498-1507.
Olabi, Y., Campbell, S., Greenhill, B. & Morgan, A. (2021) NHS frontline staff experiences of an in-house psychological support service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology, Health & Medicine.
Olabi, Y. & Pratt, D. (2018). Staying Well Plan. Cognitive AppRoaches to coMbatting Suicidality (CARMS) Service User Handbook. University of Manchester, UK.
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