Founder · Family & Youth Consultant
Hala Ali, known to the families she works with as Mama Hala, is the founder of Mama Hala Consulting.
Hala has dedicated her career to supporting families, couples, youth and individuals. From her roots in the Middle East to her work between Ottawa, Canada and Dubai, UAE, she brings a deep understanding of families who live across more than one culture, and she works in both English and Arabic.
As a mother of two young adults, and one of 12 siblings, family life has shaped how she listens: warmly, practically, and without judgment.
Sessions are practical and skills-based. Hala draws on evidence-informed approaches, including CBT-informed techniques, executive-function coaching and family-systems principles, with a warm, culturally aware style. Sessions are available online worldwide and in person in Ottawa and Dubai (upon availability).
Mama Hala Consulting offers educational coaching, parenting guidance, and family consultation. Mama Hala is not a licensed clinical psychologist or registered psychotherapist; sessions are not psychotherapy or regulated mental health treatment.
If you're looking for clinical diagnosis, formal psychological assessment, or clinical psychology services, we warmly recommend working with a licensed psychologist in your area.
Hala Ali, known as Mama Hala, is the founder of Mama Hala Consulting and a family & youth consultant. She offers parenting guidance, family consultation and youth coaching, online and in person in Ottawa, Canada and Dubai, UAE (upon availability), in English and Arabic.
No. Hala is a family & youth consultant. Mama Hala Consulting offers educational coaching, parenting guidance, and family consultation. Mama Hala is not a licensed clinical psychologist or registered psychotherapist; sessions are not psychotherapy or regulated mental health treatment. If you're looking for clinical diagnosis, formal psychological assessment, or clinical psychology services, we warmly recommend working with a licensed psychologist in your area.
Hala’s training includes Psychological First Aid (caring for others and self-care), executive function, cognitive behavioural (CBT) principles, everyday parenting, parenting teens and mindfulness parenting, alongside years of hands-on experience working with families. Each course is listed above with a link to its source.
We work from Ottawa, Canada and Dubai, UAE, and meet clients online worldwide. Sessions are in English or Arabic.
es. Mama Hala Consulting Group is a registered business in Ontario, Canada (sole proprietorship), registered under Ontario's Business Names Act since 2021 (Business Identification Number 1000059885).
You can book online at any time from our booking page, or contact us first if you have questions about which service fits.
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