Nutaila Al-Kharusi, MPsych, MBPsS, Phd Student (MANAGING DIRECTOR, PSYCHOTHERAPIST) EDUCATION & LICENSE * Bachelor’s in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach, California in 2004 * Master’s in Psychology from Chapman University, California in 2006 * Current PhD student looking at adverse social withdrawal in youth, Sultan Qaboos University EXPERIENCE Mrs. Al-Kharusi is currently the Managing Director of Al harub Medical Center, overseeing the organisation’s team of therapists and administrative staff. Nutaila specializes in individual, family, children and adolescents addressing family and peer conflict, oppositional or risk-taking behavior, parenting/discipline problems, academic motivation and school failure, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and obsessivecompulsive disorders. Nutaila has written a monthly psychology advice column for a local magazine (Usrat El Youm) from 2009 to 2016. Nutaila has given workshops to students and employees on mental health issues and intervention strategies.  She is an invited speaker to many local groups and agencies on mental health issues.  Mrs. Al-Kharusi is trained in Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema therapy, Eye movement desensitization therapy (EMDR), Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as well as Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT), which she uses along with CBT for example.  As the founder of the Psychology Department within AHMC in 2007, Mrs. Al-Kharusi has been instrumental in setting up the first mental health clinic in private practice in Oman. Prior to AHMC, Mrs. Al-Kharusi worked simultaneously as a Behavior Change Analyst and therapist at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) in the Corporate Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Department and PDO clinic. In addition to her time at AHMC, Mrs. Al-Kharusi has also worked as a Lecturer in Psychology at Mazoon College, Muscat from 2010 to 2012.