Dr. Arlene Cooke is a U.S. trained clinical psychologist, licensed to practice by
the Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DOH) and in the Republic of Ireland.
She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1996 from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has since accumulated over 25 years of
experience working internationally with diverse populations across various
mental health sectors in the USA, Ireland, and Abu Dhabi. In addition to
running her own private practice for a decade in North Carolina (USA), she
has also worked with both outpatient and inpatient (acute and residential)
treatment centers across the lifespan and as a Senior Clinical Psychologist in
a multidisciplinary community mental health service in the Republic of
Ireland for ten years, followed by two years with another provider in Abu
She has pursued specialized training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
through British Isles DBT Training, affiliated with the Linehan Institute, and is
a trained mindfulness teacher (via the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation),
utilizing MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy) and other evidence–
based mindfulness interventions. Dr. Cooke specializes in working
therapeutically with adults and older adolescents dealing with depression,
anxiety, adjustment and coping difficulties, relationship disruption and
dissatisfaction, identity and life transition issues, personality disorders, and
generalized difficulties with emotional dysregulation. She utilizes an
integrative approach by incorporating a patient-centred balance of evidence–
based interventions such as “comprehensive” DBT (individual therapy, group
skills training, phone coaching), DBT-informed individual therapy, MBCT
groups, mindfulness-based psychotherapy, and CBT as appropriate for the
client. Dr. Cooke established and leads Maudsley Health’s DBT Service and
also provides introductory and in-depth mindfulness training to the
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