Dr. Raya El Khoury obtained her Medical Degree from Saint Joseph University in Lebanon in 2016. She pursued her training in adult psychiatry at Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital in Lebanon and Paris Diderot faculty of medicine in France. She also holds an Advanced Interuniversity Diploma in Clinical Addictology from Paris Descartes University in France. She is a licensed psychiatrist in Abu Dhabi, Lebanon and France and is fluent in Arabic, English and French.

In 2021, Dr. Raya joined “Sainte Anne Hospital- GHU Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences”, one of the most prestigious psychiatry hospitals in Paris, France. Her practice included ambulatory psychiatry consultations at “Centre Medico-Psychologique, Eugène Millon”. She was also in charge of an inpatient practice at “Unité hospitalo-universitaire Sainte Anne”, a tertiary referral unit offering advanced complex care for treatment-refractory patients. Moreover, Dr. Raya provided addictology consultations at “CSAPA Moreau de Tours”.

Dr. Raya’s scope of practice covers mood and anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, schizophrenia, trauma and stressor related disorders, substance use disorders, behavioral addictions, eating disorders, somatic symptom and related disorders, personality disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and perinatal mental health conditions. Dr. Raya adopts an integrative approach to diagnose and treat mental health disorders combining evidence-based pharmacological remedies, personalized psychological therapies and culturally adept social support. She believes that a solid and compassionate patient-doctor relationship is key to a successful patient experience.

• Perinatal mental health conditions (baby blues, post-partum depression, etc)
• Anxiety disorders
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Mood disorders (bipolar disorder, depression, etc)
• Trauma and stressor related disorders, including PTSD
• Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, etc)
• Substance use disorders (including alcohol, tobacco, inhalants) and behavioral addictions (gambling)
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
• Somatic symptom and related disorders (somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety disorder, etc)
• Personality disorders/difficulties
• ADHD