Farah Hassan

Psychomotor Therapist

Child & Adolescent

“When a child feels understood, they begin to believe in what they can achieve.”

About

Farah Hassan is a trilingual DHA-Licensed Psychomotor Therapist with over 16 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and families across clinical, educational, and community settings. She holds both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Saint Joseph University of Beirut and works in Arabic, English, and French. Throughout her career, Farah has worked in rehabilitation centers, inclusive & specialized schools, and private practice. Her work focuses on helping children understand their strengths, overcome challenges, build confidence, and develop the skills they need to participate more fully and independently in everyday life.

Specializations & Expertise

Farah has extensive experience in early intervention, childhood and adolescent development, inclusive education, and child-centered therapy. She works with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, learning disorders and difficulties, developmental delays, behavioral challenges, sensory processing disorders, and social-emotional needs.

Her clinical work encompasses early detection, comprehensive assessment, individualized intervention planning, and rehabilitation. She takes a strengths-based approach that considers each child’s developmental profile, abilities, needs, interests, and everyday environment.

Professional Background

Farah combines clinical expertise with extensive school-based and inclusion experience. She has collaborated with medical and paramedical professionals as part of multidisciplinary teams, contributing to coordinated assessment, intervention, and rehabilitation.

She works closely with families, teachers, therapists, and other professionals to develop practical strategies that support a child’s participation and development across their daily environments.

Farah previously served as a Special Educational Needs Department Coordinator in an inclusive school with a dedicated Autism Support Department. In this role, she supported intervention planning, classroom accommodations, inclusion strategies, teacher guidance, and family support.

Her professional experience also includes working with humanitarian organizations and community-based rehabilitation programs, where she developed family-centered initiatives, parent resources, training programs, and support groups.

Farah is certified in Exchange and Development Therapy (TED), a neurofunctional rehabilitation approach supporting social communication, engagement, interaction, and developmental skills.

Therapeutic Approach

Farah’s approach is play-based, individualized, and strengths-focused. She believes children learn and develop best when they feel safe, understood, engaged, and motivated.

Rather than focusing solely on difficulties, she looks at the whole child—their strengths, interests, personality, developmental needs, and environment. Therapy is most meaningful when it connects with the child’s real life and creates opportunities for meaningful participation, learning, and greater independence.

She aims to make therapeutic goals practical and relevant to each child’s daily experiences, helping skills developed during therapy translate naturally into home, school, and community settings.

Community Involvement & Parent Empowerment

Farah believes that supporting a child also means empowering the people around them. She has delivered parent workshops, training programs, and support groups covering autism, ADHD, learning difficulties, behavior management, emotional regulation, executive functioning, school readiness, and positive parenting.

She has also trained educators, support staff, caregivers, and community workers, helping them develop practical strategies and create more inclusive and supportive environments for children with diverse developmental and learning needs.

Personal Commitment

For Farah, therapy is not simply about addressing difficulties. It is about helping each child feel understood, recognize their strengths, and experience the confidence that comes with progress. She is passionate about creating meaningful opportunities for children to connect, learn, participate, and grow in independence, while empowering the adults around them to better understand and support their development.