Stronger Relationships
Healthier Professional Teams
More Meaningful Lives
Welcome,
For over a decade, I've walked alongside individuals, couples, families, and teams through mental health and relationship challenges—in both English and French. Having lived in the UAE for over 40 years, I deeply understand life here: the paradox of isolation amid constant connection, the cultural layers, the unrelenting pace, the challenges of building meaningful relationships far from home. This isn't support imported from elsewhere. It's rooted in the experience of having lived here for most of my life. My approach integrates mind, body, and spirit—drawing on trauma-informed care and attachment-based couples coaching to support your healing. Our work together will help you access your own clarity, compassion, courage, and confidence to create the life you truly want.
Find Clarity, Connection, and Confidence
Individuals
Navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, or feeling lost? Ready to live more authentically? Reconnect with a calmer, more confident version of yourself.
Couples & Families
Facing disconnection, infidelity, constant conflict, or wondering whether to stay or go? Create safety and authenticity—or reach clarity about your path forward. I also support co-parenting and parent-child relationships.
→ Working with Couples | Working with Families
Organisations
Team struggling with burnout, psychological safety, or navigating change?
Build leaders who stay grounded under pressure and teams that communicate clearly, innovate freely, and resolve conflict constructively.
What We'll Work On Together
- Getting clear about what's actually happening—not what you hope is happening
- Understanding the patterns keeping you stuck
- Developing authentic communication, emotional resilience, and genuine connection
- Finding clarity about what you truly want—and the confidence to pursue it
This work is for you if you're curious about what's beneath the surface, value honest conversations, and are ready for lasting change—not quick fixes.
I Work With...
Ready to Start?
If something here resonates—if you see yourself in my story, or if my approach feels like what you've been looking for—I'd love to talk with you.
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Meet Evelyne L. Thomas
My Own Journey
I arrived in the UAE in 1985—back when most people couldn't find it on a map.As a newly married expat, I experienced something unexpected: profound loneliness. Even surrounded by my husband and children, I felt disconnected and lost. It was confusing and isolating—and it taught me something that shapes my work today.
I understand what it's like to feel alone in a crowd
That early disorientation, the longing for home, the challenge of building meaningful connection in a foreign place—it never left me. Instead, it became the foundation of the empathy I bring to clients navigating similar struggles.
Over the past 40 years, I've watched the UAE transform
My own journey evolved too—personally and professionally. I changed careers, bringing with me everything I'd learned about connection, communication, and what it truly takes to help someone feel seen.
Today, my passion is relationships
Especially romantic ones. They can make you feel on top of the world or utterly miserable, sometimes in the same week.I've studied relationships from every angle: attachment, trauma, communication, intimacy, conflict.
I bring not just professional training, but the hard-won wisdom of my own healing journey—my work understanding myself, my past, and the generational patterns that shaped me and influence my own relationships.
Here's what I believe
Through personal work, we become who we want to be. When people realise they're the directors of their own lives—that change is within reach—transformation happens.
Insights & Inspiration
Read my latest blog posts for inspiration, guidance, and support in navigating life's challenges.
I Don't Like To See My Wife Cry: When Your Partner's Emotions Overwhelm Your Nervous System
Do You Actually Feel Safe In Love? The Controversial Question No One Wants To Ask on Valentine's Day
When New Year's Expectations Become Anxiety: Understanding the Parts That Sabotage Our Goals
Your Questions, Answered
Find answers to common questions about my practice, my approach, and how I can support you in living a more conscious and fulfilling life. Can't find the answer you're looking for? Contact me directly.
Coaching or Counselling is professional help for people to become better aware and process what is happening in their lives. With professional support people regain clarity, healing, resolution, and positive outcomes which help them live a more fulfilling and happier life and healthier relationships. They manage to communicate better and usually find their own solutions to their situations.
I work with Individuals, Couples (married or in a relationship), Families, and Groups (friends, colleagues).
I help with relational issues such as communication, conflict resolution, emotional and physical intimacy, parenting, trust issues, infidelity, pre-marriage goals, decision on divorce.
If one of you is not sure what is best for them (stay or leave the relationship), we look at it differently and don’t enter Couples’ work until there is a commitment to work on the relationship. This is discussed at the first session.
It is my intention to ensure that all aspects of our work should, wherever possible, remain private and confidential. However, if I consider a client (or other individuals connected to them) to be at risk of harm, it is my ethical duty to share this information with the relevant professionals, and to inform the client of said duty. If a client reveals knowledge of and/or involvement in a serious crime, then special consideration would be applied to such a case.
Notes are not sent to clients. They can be viewed in my office if necessary, but not on the screen and not sent. You can write your own notes at the end of the sessions.
Sometimes I will want to record sessions to review our work together, either on my own or with a supervisor. I will ask you to sign a consent form prior to doing it. Recorded sessions will never be shared with you or anyone else (than my supervisor).
Should divorce be an option, I can support you during the process, and with post-divorce co-parenting and communication issues. Partners who can sit together and discuss parenting or logistic issues are less likely to fight and create trauma for each other and for their family if they have children.
Still have questions?
Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any concerns or questions. I’d be more than happy to hear from you.
