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Sailaja Menon

Psychology AE

Sailaja Menon

14 years of experience

12,636+
Patients seen
14
Years in practice
12
Publications
4
Languages spoken

PROFILE SUMMARY

About Sailaja Menon at a glance

Sailaja Menon is a Psychology practitioner based in Europe, United Arab Emirates, practising at Universidad de Navarra Teaching Hospital. They have 33+ years of clinical experience. Procedures focus on gp consultation, annual physical exam, vaccination administration, minor procedure (skin). Educated at Universidad de Navarra (MD, 2008).

VERIFIED PHYSICIAN PROFILE · UPDATED MAY 2026

About

Sailaja Menon is a highly experienced Licensed Counselling Psychologist with a diverse background in mental health, counselling, training, teaching, and supervision. She has worked in various public and private settings, including non-profit mental health centres, renowned universities, and clinical mental health settings in the USA, Singapore, India, and Dubai.
Sailaja holds a Post Masters Degree specialising in Multicultural Counseling from Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA, which makes her the first psychologist to graduate with this specialisation. She also has a Masters Degree in Psychology from Radford University, Virginia, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Presidency College, Chennai, India.
Sailaja's clinical approach emphasises the importance of a holistic model of services that takes into account the mental/emotional, physical/biological, social, community, and spiritual aspects of the client to ensure overall well-being and self-sufficiency.
Sailaja works extensively with couples, individuals, and families, addressing a broad range of mental health issues. In couple's therapy, she focuses on relationship issues, breakdown in communication, trust and confidence, loneliness, adjustment difficulties, conflicts with extended families, infidelity, addictions, anger management, and abuse.
With individuals, Sailaja addresses depression, anxiety, personality issues, anger management, stress management, adjustment difficulties, relationship issues, workplace conflicts, loss of identity, grief, and loss. In family therapy, she helps with intergenerational issues, parenting challenges, conflict management, grief and loss, stress management, and dysfunctional family functioning.
Sailaja utilises various therapeutic approaches tailored to the unique needs of each client, including couple's/marital therapy, client-centred therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-focused therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), supportive therapy, mindfulness and compassion-based therapy, critical incident stress debriefing, family therapy, and psycho-educational therapy.

“Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions.”

— Sailaja Menon

Education & training

  1. 2002–2008 MD · Medicine and Surgery
    Universidad de Navarra (AE)
  2. 2008–2012 Residency · Psychology
    UAB Barcelona (AE)
  3. 2012–2013 Fellowship · Subspecialty training
    Karolinska Stockholm, SE

Career & appointments

  1. 2012-09–2013-08 Junior consultant
    Universidad de Navarra Teaching Hospital — Psychology

Licenses & insurance

Medical licenses

AE — Organización Médica Colegial de España (OMC)
#AE-385195 active · expires 2028-12-31

Board certifications

European Board of Psychology
#EB-862E4745 · issued 2013 · renewal 2023
Malpractice insurance: AmTrust Europe · 5,000,000 EUR coverage · No claims on file

Procedures performed

ProcedureCodeLifetime count
GP consultation 99213 2,992
Annual physical exam 99395 974
Vaccination administration 90471 2,734
Minor procedure (skin) 17110 657

Services & pricing

ServiceDurationModalityPrice
New patient consultation (60m) 60 min in_clinic|telemed 180.00 EUR
Follow-up consultation (30m) 30 min in_clinic|telemed|phone 90.00 EUR
Vaccination administration 60 min in_clinic 630.00 EUR
Minor procedure (skin) 90 min in_clinic 720.00 EUR

Office, team & in practice

Sailaja Menon
HEADSHOT
Sailaja Menon in consultation
IN OFFICE
Sailaja Menon with the team
WITH TEAM
Sailaja Menon at a conference
CONFERENCE

Videos

introduction · 95s
Meet Sailaja Menon

Research & publications

h-index: 9 · i10: 6

  1. European registry analysis of Psychology outcomes
    Sailaja Menon, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025
    DOI: 10.3713/euroclin.2025.0 · PMID: 30001652 · cited by 48
  2. Outcomes of Psychology in adults — a multi-centre cohort
    Sailaja Menon, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024
    DOI: 10.3658/euroclin.2024.1 · PMID: 38496008 · cited by 50
  3. European registry analysis of Psychology outcomes
    Sailaja Menon, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2023
    DOI: 10.6391/euroclin.2023.2 · PMID: 37118411 · cited by 156
  4. Outcomes of Psychology in adults — a multi-centre cohort
    Sailaja Menon, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2022
    DOI: 10.8607/euroclin.2022.3 · PMID: 38926867 · cited by 198

Invited talks

  • Practical updates in Psychology European Annual Congress (Psychology) · Vienna · 2024 · invited
  • Single-centre experience in Psychology National Society Meeting · · 2023 · oral abstract

Awards & memberships

Awards

  • 🏆 Top-rated Psychology — · EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025 · regional

Society memberships

  • WONCA Europe — Family Doctors — Member · Since 2013
  • national college of family doctors — Member · Since 2013
  • European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) — Member · Since 2013

Articles by this doctor

  • Patient education Patient guide to Psychology 2026-03-06 · 5 min read
  • Awareness When should you see a psychology? 2026-01-07 · 7 min read

For international patients

Coordinator
Patient liaison · sailaja.menon@euroclinics.example

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Recent reviews

  • ★★★★★ ✓ Verified
    Very thorough first visit — explained every step. Booking was easy and the staff were welcoming.
    Anna B.
  • ★★★★★ ✓ Verified
    Took time to listen and reviewed all my previous results. I would absolutely recommend.
    Marco V.
  • ★★★★☆ ✓ Verified
    Professional and knowledgeable. Wait on the day was a bit long, otherwise excellent.
    Helena F.

SPECIALTIES & PROCEDURES

Sailaja Menon's Areas of Specialty

Each specialty below reflects the conditions and procedures Sailaja Menon treats, with the size of the national pool of United Arab Emirates doctors offering the same care.

Psychology

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LOCAL CARE CONTEXT

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