Personal Experience & Biography

Tania Hachem obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Psychomotor Therapy in 2010 and her Masters in 2013 from Saint Joseph University – Beirut, Lebanon.

She is a trilingual psychomotor therapist with extensive professional experience. She practiced for 12 years in Lebanon with patients having several disabilities and pathologies. She essentially worked in multidisciplinary teams including psychologists, speech therapists, psychiatrists, and pediatric neurologists.

Her clinical work revolved around conducting psychomotor assessments and sessions, developing treatment plans, establishing psychomotor diagnoses, providing guidance and support to the families, implementing strategies at school to facilitate the patient’s progress as well as informing the team on the psychomotor practices and the patient’s evolution.

Mrs. Hachem demonstrated throughout her years of practice good analytical skills, excellent observation, interpersonal and communication skills. She displayed as well creativity, critical thinking, and adaptability to the teamwork requirements and to the patient’s needs.

Besides her clinical work, she is a lecturer at the Institute of Psychomotor Therapy (IPM) – Saint-Joseph University (Beirut). Furthermore, she used to train and supervise students during their psychomotor therapy internships.

Specializations

• Global developmental delay
• Enhancing global development through Play Therapy
• Psychomotor difficulties: body schema integration, muscle tone regulation, spatial and time perception difficulties, gross and fine motor skills, cognitive and executive functions
• Attentiveness disorder and/or executive functions disorder
• Agitation and psychomotor instability
• Communication and interactions disorders (Autism Spectrum Disorder – ASD)
• Behavioral difficulties
• Intellectual developmental disorder
• Genetic disorders

• Learning Disabilities (LD):
• Handwriting disorder (dysgraphia) / graphical difficulties: illegible handwriting/slowness/inadequate pencil grip and posture
• Developmental coordination disorder (DCD/dyspraxia)
• Developmental oral or/and written language disorders (dyslexia, dysphasia)
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Qualifications

• SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY (USJ) – BEIRUT, LEBANON
• Masters in Psychomotor Therapy | 2010-2013
• BS in Psychomotor Therapy | 2007-2010

Languages

• English
• French
• Arabic