Dr. Khaula Tariq is the Founder and Clinical Director of Pathways – Healing & Recovery and a Consultant Psychiatrist. She heads Pathways – Mental Health Consultants in Lahore, providing ethical, evidence-based care through in-clinic and online consultations.
Her clinical practice spans adult, child and adolescent, old-age, liaison and addiction psychiatry. Her work includes psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, medication management, risk assessment, family psychoeducation, multidisciplinary care planning and long-term follow-up.
At Pathways, she guides personalised care for individuals and families experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, mood disorders, addiction, relapse risk, dual diagnosis and complex emotional difficulties. Her approach combines psychiatric expertise with psychological understanding, appropriate family involvement, confidentiality and structured treatment planning.
Within recovery and rehabilitation, her clinical leadership supports assessment-led recommendations, detoxification and stabilisation where appropriate, coordinated treatment for co-occurring conditions, medication review and aftercare planning. The level and setting of care are determined by individual clinical needs.
Qualifications
FCPS Psychiatry — College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, awarded in 2022.
MCPS Psychiatry — awarded in 2014 with first-class honours.
MBBS — Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore.
ECFMG certification — United States Medical Licensing Examination pathway.
Professional Registration & Memberships
Dr. Khaula Tariq has held full GMC registration with a licence to practise in the United Kingdom.
She remains actively connected with professional psychiatric bodies, including the Pakistan Psychiatric Society.
Clinical Experience, Teaching & Advocacy
Dr. Khaula Fatima Tariq serves as Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Registrar in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, King Edward Medical University / Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Her association with KEMU/Mayo Hospital spans more than a decade, across general adult, child and adolescent, old-age, liaison, substance misuse and academic psychiatry.
Her experience includes work in an 80-bed academic psychiatry department with dedicated adult male, adult female, child and adolescent, geriatric and addiction psychiatry beds. Her background covers inpatient and outpatient care, emergency and liaison psychiatry, ECT supervision, addiction treatment, dual diagnosis, family meetings and psychological first aid. She has also taught and supervised postgraduate trainees, house officers, medical students and psychology students.
Alongside clinical care, Dr. Khaula Tariq has contributed to psychiatric teaching, research, public mental health awareness, psychological trauma response, student counselling, addiction awareness, women’s mental health, child and adolescent mental health, and mental health advocacy in Pakistan.
