Prof. Dr. Tahira Yousaf, PhD

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These are the areas Dr Tahira's own published profile names — no more than that.

• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Psychological assessment
• HEC-approved clinical supervision

Memberships and teaching

• Approved research supervisor, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
• Certified professional trainer, International Association of People and Performance Development
• Member, American Psychological Association
• Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University — 20+ years

She has taught clinical psychology at Bahria University's Institute of Professional Psychology for over 20 years, and has trained and mentored hundreds of psychologists now practising across Pakistan and internationally.

Several of them are on this team. That is the part of the record that is hardest to see from outside and easiest to verify from inside: a good deal of the clinical psychology being practised in this city was taught by her.

Teaching and clinical practice have run alongside each other for her whole career rather than one following the other, which is why the university record and the clinic record are set out here as one thing and not two.

She is a certified professional trainer recognised by the International Association of People and Performance Development, and runs training and professional development for psychologists, organisations and schools.

Member of the American Psychological Association. Approved research supervisor, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Certified professional trainer, International Association of People and Performance Development.

Her qualifications, memberships and publications are verifiable. In a field where credential inflation is a known problem in Pakistan, that matters — and it is the reason every other profile on this site lists a qualification and an institution rather than an adjective, and an hours figure wherever that clinician's own credentials give one.

Every designation on this page names the body that granted it, and each one can be checked with that body directly rather than taken from us.

Alongside her own clinical work, Dr Tahira runs PHC's HEC-approved clinical supervision programme and its competitive internship placement for BS, MSc and MPhil psychology students, who carry real casework to the same professional and ethical standards as everyone else here.

• Clinical supervision
• Internships at PHC
• Psychological assessments
• Books by Dr Tahira Yousaf

Sessions are 50 minutes, in clinic in Karachi or online. Which clinic and which times are confirmed when you book — psychologists are matched on speciality and presenting needs, not on who happens to be free.

Book with Dr Tahira Yousaf That sends a request for a session with Dr Tahira specifically. It is a request rather than a confirmed appointment: we come back to you by phone or on WhatsApp with a time and a fee, and nothing is charged until you have agreed to both. Once you do, the slot is held once your booking payment arrives — half the fee, at least 24 hours before the appointment, in cash or by bank transfer. The rest is paid after the session. If the time no longer suits, tell us and we will look for another slot. If her diary is full, or you are not sure she is the right person to start with, send us your details without a name and we will match you — that is our job, not yours.

Everything on this page is general information about a member of our clinical team. It is not a diagnosis, not treatment, and reading it does not create a clinician–client relationship.