Yasmine Madkour

Yasmine Madkour

She is certified by Somatic Experiencing Institute (Ergos) in Somatic Therapy for Medical Trauma, Post-Covid Trauma, Intensive Care and Ventilator Traumas, with Dr. Peter Levine.

Completed Intergenerational Trauma with Dr. Diane Poole Heller (Founder of Somatic Attachment Therapy Modality DARe).

Completed Interplay between shock trauma & developmental trauma with Dr. Peter Levine & Dr. Diane Poole Heller.

Yasmine is a student Somatica Somatic Sexology (Advanced Certificate Program) and graduating from both by the end of the year.

She is also studying integrative nutrition and medicine for mental health mental (CHIMH), Trauma Counseling for Couple Therapy (Gottman Institute).

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Practitioner, and Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT MENA, Linehan Institute Affiliate).

Yasmine attended many training programs related to trauma, including relational, developmental, pre & perinatal, and sexual trauma, post-trauma, and living with the Coronavirus pandemic and spiritual trauma.

Yasmine has been facilitating support groups and psychoeducational workshops since 2015 with the aim of raising awareness of better mental health, healthy relationships, and holistic growth, and in her public and community work, she focuses on women's mental health, women experiencing cultural and social discrimination, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, and sexual harassment/assault.

Yasmine is a member of the treatment team at Restore FGM Egypt that offers a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of female genital mutilation (FGM); surgically, medically, and psychologically.

Yasmine is also an adult-diagnosed AuDHDer and certified in Neuro-affirmative care for Autistics, ADHDers, and neurodivergents. She has her own way in working with the neurodivergents in both somatic therapy and somatic sexology. She leads her sessions with play, curiosity, and acceptance.

Yasmine worked with various organizations, including the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS), United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and many profits and non-profit entities.

Specialties

• Adults
• Adults abused as children
• Anger Management
• Anxiety Disorders
• Chronic Illness
• Complex PTSD
• Couples Counseling
• Depression
• Developmental Trauma
• Dissociative Disorders
• Grief and Loss
• LGBTQIA+
• Medical Procedure Trauma
• Motor Vehicle Collisions
• Birth Trauma
• Refugees
• Relational/Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Sleep/Insomnia
• Spirituality
• Intergeneration Trauma
• Anti-Oppression Trauma Resolution
• Systemic Trauma
• Domestic Violence
• Mass Disaster
• Sexual Abuse
• Womens’ Issues