The Hummingbird Clinic DMCC

The Hummingbird Clinic DMCC Psychological services- adolescents/adults. Services are offered in French, English and Arabic.

🕊️Imagine...
28/02/2026

🕊️Imagine...

📚Dostoevsky is a rare writer because he knows how to connect the intimate and the universal. 📚He uncovers what is most f...
26/02/2026

📚Dostoevsky is a rare writer because he knows how to connect the intimate and the universal.

📚He uncovers what is most fragile within us and turns it into a universal truth. In "Notes from Underground", he holds up a discreet yet relentless mirror: he leads us down into that inner “cellar” where small humiliations, resentments, and the fear of being seen as we truly are accumulate.

📚In his book, he sheds light on a deeply human temptation: to remain attached to one’s wound, because it is familiar, rather than risk healing and commit to living. The narrator wants to be recognized, yet he shields himself from everything through irony, contradiction, and withdrawal. He suffers, and makes himself suffer even more as if pain had become a way of existing.

📚Dostoevsky does not moralize. He observes. And he leaves behind a simple, almost tender lesson: revenge does not soothe; it imprisons. Truth, on the other hand, liberates. Strength may begin there: in accepting one’s fragility, in taking that costly step toward oneself and toward others, a step that opens and frees.

✨In a world where anger circulates quickly, it is a precious compass: not to turn one’s wound into an identity, not to let resentment govern one’s life.

✨ His fear is that a perfectly rational society would reduce humans to predictable mechanisms. For him, true freedom includes the right to be irrational, self-destructive, and contradictory.

🤍 There are readings that make no noise, yet move something within us.I read Amin Maalouf and without realizing it, his ...
25/02/2026

🤍 There are readings that make no noise, yet move something within us.
I read Amin Maalouf and without realizing it, his thinking stayed with me long afterward.

It taught me to look differently.
Not to be afraid of complexity.
To make room for other cultures,
other stories, other ways of inhabiting the world.

✨ Exciting Opportunity!We're thrilled to launch our next 10-Week Psychology Internship Program starting March 28, 2026 a...
22/02/2026

✨ Exciting Opportunity!
We're thrilled to launch our next 10-Week Psychology Internship Program starting March 28, 2026 at The Hummingbird Clinic!
This immersive experience is designed for Psychology students and aspiring mental health professionals who want hands-on insight into the world of psychology and therapeutic practice.

✨Spots are limited, so don't wait!

💌 To register, send us an email attaching your CV to:
info@thehummingbirdclinic.com

Take the next step toward your future in Clinical psychology!


🐒 The story: Punch was born in July 2025, but was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. Zookeepers then stepped i...
22/02/2026

🐒 The story: Punch was born in July 2025, but was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. Zookeepers then stepped in to take matters into their own hands and raise the tiny macaque themselves. In the wild, infant monkeys typically cling to their mothers from the very beginning. For Punch, soft blankets and stuffed toys have taken on that role, offering warmth and comfort to ease his anxiety. Among them, he chose one steadfast companion. A stuffed orangutan he now clings to while sleeping and throughout the day.

Videos circulating online show Punch wrapping himself around his stuffed orangutan (easily bigger than he is) as he drifts off into a peaceful slumber.

In mid-January, Punch was successfully introduced to a group of macaques at the zoo. While he has begun interacting with them, he continues to stay close to his stuffed companion as he adjusts.

💌 What the story tells us:

🤍 It's easy to see Punch's story as sad or cite. It's however deeper than that. It tells us how much fear of abandonment isn’t logical: it just wants something consistent and that stays.

🤍 That toy is comfort. It’s stability. It’s his nervous system trying to feel safe after losing its first bond.
When connection breaks early on, the brain shifts into survival mode. It learns that love can disappear, so it searches for something reliable, anything that won’t leave.

🤍 And honestly, we’re not that different.
We cling to our phones, to relationships that barely meet us, to work, to control, to late-night conversations, not because we’re weak, but because we’re trying to soothe the fear of being alone.

🤍 It’s never really about the thing we’re holding onto.
It’s about the quiet question underneath it all:

“If this goes too, what do I have left?”

💌 Maybe that’s why his story hits so deeply. It reflects a part of us we don’t always admit is there. It also shows how resilient we are.

🐒 The story: Punch was born in July 2025, but was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. Zookeepers then stepped i...
22/02/2026

🐒 The story: Punch was born in July 2025, but was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth. Zookeepers then stepped in to take matters into their own hands and raise the tiny macaque themselves. In the wild, infant monkeys typically cling to their mothers from the very beginning. For Punch, soft blankets and stuffed toys have taken on that role, offering warmth and comfort to ease his anxiety. Among them, he chose one steadfast companion. A stuffed orangutan he now clings to while sleeping and throughout the day.

Videos circulating online show Punch wrapping himself around his stuffed orangutan (easily bigger than he is) as he drifts off into a peaceful slumber.

In mid-January, Punch was successfully introduced to a group of macaques at the zoo. While he has begun interacting with them, he continues to stay close to his stuffed companion as he adjusts.

💌 What the story tells us:

🤍 It's easy to see Punch's story as sad or cite. It's however deeper than that. It tells us how much fear of abandonment isn’t logical: it just wants something consistent and that stays.

🤍 That toy is comfort. It’s stability. It’s his nervous system trying to feel safe after losing its first bond.
When connection breaks early on, the brain shifts into survival mode. It learns that love can disappear, so it searches for something reliable, anything that won’t leave.

🤍 And honestly, we’re not that different.
We cling to our phones, to relationships that barely meet us, to work, to control, to late-night conversations, not because we’re weak, but because we’re trying to soothe the fear of being alone.

🤍 It’s never really about the thing we’re holding onto.
It’s about the quiet question underneath it all:

“If this goes too, what do I have left?”

💌 Maybe that’s why his story hits so deeply. It reflects a part of us we don’t always admit is there.

🤍 Su***de prevention starts with something simple but powerful: being present. 🤍 When someone we love is struggling with...
21/02/2026

🤍 Su***de prevention starts with something simple but powerful: being present.

🤍 When someone we love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, it can feel overwhelming and scary. You don’t have to be an expert to make a difference. By staying calm, listening with compassion, and having the courage to speak openly about su***de, we help create safety instead of silence.

🤍 Talking about suicidal thoughts does not plant the idea: it helps protect.

In this post, we’re sharing a few practical ways to support a loved one who may be struggling.

🏥 You will find in our post important help resources for
urgent and ongoing su***de and mental-health support available in the United Arab Emirates(including Dubai, UAE)

🤍 These can help if you or someone you care about is struggling with suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis.

***deprevention

🧠 Our assessments are thorough, compassionate, and evidence-based, designed to understand the whole person, not just the...
18/02/2026

🧠 Our assessments are thorough, compassionate, and evidence-based, designed to understand the whole person, not just the symptoms.

🧠 We take a holistic approach that explores your unique strengths, challenges, and life experiences to build a clear and accurate picture of your cognitive, emotional, and behavioural profile.

🧠 What the ADHD assessment includes:

- a detailed clinical interview and developmental history
- screening of emotional wellbeing (including anxiety, mood, and stress)
- differential diagnosis to carefully rule out other conditions
- behavioural observation
- cognitive assessment, and targeted measures of executive functioning such as planning, organisation, working memory, and impulse control.

🧠 What you'll get:

Following the assessment, you will receive:

- a comprehensive report with clear diagnostic conclusions
- practical and personalised recommendations for cognitive, emotional, and behavioural support
- and tailored guidance for school, workplace, or everyday functioning.

To reach out to us:

💌: Info@thehummingbirdclinic.com
T: + 971 4 566 5978
M: + 971 55 935 1898
📍Al Thanyah Fifth, Mazaya Business Avenue AA1, Suite
1707, JLT, Dubai.

🪾In psychoanalysis, repression is a defense mechanism in which unacceptable thoughts, desires, memories, or impulses are...
18/02/2026

🪾In psychoanalysis, repression is a defense mechanism in which unacceptable thoughts, desires, memories, or impulses are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness because they cause anxiety or psychological conflict.

🪾The concept was developed by Sigmund Freud, who considered repression a central process in the formation of the unconscious mind.

🌳 Repressed material does not disappear; it can affect behavior, dreams, slips of the tongue, and symptoms (e.g., phobias or neurotic behaviors).

🎋Example:
A person who experienced a traumatic childhood event may have no conscious memory of it, yet still experience unexplained anxiety in situations that symbolically resemble the original event, by a chain of association.

🏝️In short, repression is the mind’s way of keeping disturbing material out of conscious awareness while it continues to actively operate in the unconscious.

🌙✨Ramadan Mubarak As we welcome the blessed month of Ramadan, we send our heartfelt wishes to you and your loved ones. M...
17/02/2026

🌙✨Ramadan Mubarak
As we welcome the blessed month of Ramadan, we send our heartfelt wishes to you and your loved ones. May this sacred time bring you peace, comfort, reflection, and countless blessings.

🤍 Healthy relationships are not built on mind-reading but on clear, honest communication. Many conflicts arise not from ...
17/02/2026

🤍 Healthy relationships are not built on mind-reading but on clear, honest communication. Many conflicts arise not from a lack of love, but from unspoken expectations and unmet needs that were never expressed.

🤍 Because each person experiences the world through their own values, history, and emotional lens, what feels obvious to one may be invisible to another.

🤍 When we silence our needs, often out of fear, habit, or past wounds, we create space for misunderstanding, resentment, and emotional distance.

🤍 Expressing what matters to us is not weakness; it is emotional responsibility. True intimacy begins when two distinct individuals choose to speak openly, listen willingly, and build understanding together.

Address

Al Thanyah Fifth, Mazaya Business Avenue AA1 Suite 1707
Dubai
487782

Opening Hours

Monday 08:30 - 19:00
Tuesday 08:30 - 19:00
Wednesday 08:30 - 19:00
Thursday 08:30 - 19:00
Friday 08:30 - 19:00
Saturday 10:00 - 19:00

Telephone

+971559351898

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