Life Transitions, Grief & Bereavement
Some weights are easier carried with support.
Compassionate, unhurried psychiatric care through loss, separation and the moments that change everything.
You may recognise this
Grief and change don't follow a schedule
Mourning is a natural part of love and loss — not something to be fixed. But sometimes the weight doesn't ease, and support can help. You may recognise some of this.
Grief that isn't lifting
Time has passed, yet the loss feels as heavy as the first week — and you're not sure how to carry it.
Numbness
A flatness where feeling used to be — going through the motions, disconnected from the day.
Struggling to function
After a loss or separation, the ordinary tasks of life feel heavier than they should.
Isolation
Pulling away from the people around you, even when part of you wishes you didn't have to.
How Dr. Salem helps
Support that honours your grief, not pathologises it
Mourning is not an illness. Dr. Salem's role is to walk alongside you — to offer dignified, specialist support, and to recognise when grief has become something heavier that would benefit from care. A UK Dual CCT and NHS specialist training, brought to the work with warmth.
- An unhurried, gentle conversation — space to be heard
- Respect for normal grief, without rushing to label it
- Care when low mood or anxiety has taken root
- Support at your pace, for as long as it's helpful
A gentle place to begin
- First contact
- Conversation
- Unhurried
- Approach
- Compassionate
- Privacy
- Held with care
- Languages
- EN · AR
- Seen
- Adults 18+
What to expect
No pressure, no rush
A quiet first message
Reach out on WhatsApp when you feel able. There's no pressure and no script to follow.
Space to talk
An unhurried conversation with Dr. Salem — room to share as much or as little as feels right.
Gentle understanding
Together you make sense of what you're carrying, and what might help you carry it.
Walking forward
Support at your own pace — a hand alongside you, for as long as it's useful.
About your psychiatrist
Care held with warmth and expertise
Dr. Salem Alwatian is a Specialist Psychiatrist and Managing Partner at Rossol Clinic, dual-certified in General Adult and Old Age Psychiatry, Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, GMC-registered and trained across NHS Foundation Trusts in Birmingham. Trilingual in English, Arabic and Maltese.
Common questions
Before you reach out
Grief is a natural response to loss, and there's no timetable for it. Support isn't about removing grief — it's about not having to carry it entirely alone, and recognising if low mood or anxiety has set in alongside it.
No. This support is for any major life transition — bereavement, divorce or separation, or significant upheaval that has left you struggling.
That's completely understandable. A first, unhurried conversation can simply be a place to talk things through — there's no obligation beyond that.
Adults aged 18 and over exclusively, in English or Arabic.
You don't have to carry it alone.
Reach out to Dr. Salem at Rossol Clinic, Salmiya — gently, and at your own pace. For adults 18 and over.
Reach out for support