Professor Ahmed Hankir

About Professor Ahmed Hankir

Dr Ahmed Hankir is a Consultant Psychiatrist at Private Therapy Clinic who provides thorough assessment, accurate diagnosis, and personalised treatment for adults. His work is guided by dignity, inclusion, empowerment, and recovery. He adopts a holistic approach that integrates evidence-based medication, talking therapies, and lifestyle strategies to help people regain confidence, improve relationships, cultivate resilience, and sustain wellbeing. Sessions emphasise clarity, collaboration, closure, and measurable progress.

Dr Hankir completed core and higher psychiatric training at the world-renowned Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals in London, including an Academic Clinical Fellowship at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. He is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a graduate of Harvard Medical School’s Global Clinical Scholar Research Training Program. Having practised in New Zealand and Canada, he brings a broad, culturally informed perspective to mental-health care.

He holds academic appointments as Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University School of Medicine and Professor of Academic Psychiatry at the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies in Florida, USA, ensuring his practice remains aligned with current evidence and international standards.

Clinically, Dr Hankir supports people across the spectrum of mental-health conditions, including mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, trauma-related difficulties and PTSD, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Care plans are tailored to individual goals and grounded in a human-rights framework. He draws on cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic principles, sleep and routine optimisation, boundary-setting, stress management, and relapse prevention, and coordinates with GPs, therapists, and families to ensure continuity of care.

Dr Hankir is known for developing authentic, compassionate connections with his patients. He helps each person understand their options and make informed choices through careful exploration of symptoms, history, and context. Together, you agree on a step-by-step plan that balances symptom relief with functional recovery, with follow-ups focused on practical skills, early-warning signs, and resilience-building.

Beyond clinical practice, Dr Hankir is an advocate for compassionate, stigma-free care. He created The Wounded Healer, an anti-stigma programme blending storytelling with psychiatric education, and has delivered invited lectures in more than 30 countries, including at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cambridge, and Oxford. His work emphasises that recovery is possible for the many, not the few, and that humanity and humility are central to mental-health care.

Dr Hankir collaborates with the World Health Organization on QualityRights, a human-rights-based approach to mental-health services, and has delivered WHO training in Ukraine and Indonesia. His research explores ways to reduce stigma and expand access to care through psychoeducation, digital outreach, and myth-busting initiatives.

He has published widely, co-edited textbooks on psychiatry and spirituality, and authored Breakthrough: A Story of Hope, Resilience and Mental-Health Recovery. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of culture, identity, and mental health, with a consistent emphasis on recovery. His contributions have been recognised with major honours, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists Foundation Doctor and Core Psychiatric Trainee of the Year Awards, the World Health Organization Director-General’s Award for Global Health, and the American Psychiatric Association Patient Advocate Award.

At the Private Therapy Clinic, Dr Hankir offers a welcoming, compassionate service for adults from all backgrounds. Appointments include a detailed assessment and a collaborative plan aligned with personal goals. His aim is simple: evidence-based, person-centred care that restores function, builds confidence, and supports lasting recovery.