Category: Play Therapy and Theraplay®

TESSA Therapist

Location
Limavady, Co Derry

Service provided
Creative Psychotherapy

I am registered/accredited with:
Fully accredited MBACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
MIAPTP (Irish Association for Play Therapy and Psychotherapy)

Additional information
Siobhan is a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Humanistic Integrative Counsellor, Play Therapist, and clinical supervisor she is known in her work as The Creative Psychotherapist. She has over sixteen years’ experience working with a diverse range of clients, including children as young as three, adults, families, young people, community & corporate organisations and mental health professionals. She specialises in Early Developmental Trauma, working with parents, professionals and children through the healing powers of creativity and play.

Siobhan is especially passionate about working with adopted children and their parents. She has been part of the TESSA (Family Routes) team for quite a few years now.

Within her practice as a Creative Psychotherapist and Facilitator, Siobhan believes that each client is unique and individual and that not one model fits all.

On the basis of Siobhan’s own life journey, and many years of experience working with her clients and developing many training programs, she has developed an integrative model which she believes to be of great support in the healing and processing of stored stress and trauma held within our body and mind.

Siobhan’s modality is the integration of creativity, embodiment, talking therapy, play and neuroscience education. Siobhan believes this approach to be an essential part of the therapeutic process.

Alongside one-to-one sessions, Siobhan has developed and facilitated many programmes, including The Healing Powers of Play, Mindfulness & Your Nervous System, Body, Mind & Bump Connection, Surfing the Waves, Nourish to Flourish, and Reflective Practice Groups, to name a few.

Qualifications
MA Creative Psychotherapy (Humanistic and Integrative modality)
Diploma in Creative Supervision
Postgraduate Diploma in Play Therapy
Diploma HE in Counselling
AMBACP, MIAPTP

What I can Help you with:
Birth and Developmental trauma, Attachment, Trauma, Addiction, Bereavement & Loss, Adoption, Fostering, Anxiety, Depression, Post-traumatic stress, personal development, Child related issues, Eating disorders, OCD, Spirituality and Stress

Types of therapy
Creative Psychotherapy, Humanistic Integrative counselling, Person centred, Play therapy,

Clients and organisations I work with:
Adults, Families, Young people, Children
Groups, Community Organisations, Education Authority, Western Health and Social Care, Doctors surgeries etc..

How I deliver therapy
Long-term face-to-face work, online counselling, Short-term face-to-face work, groupwork.

Contact information: please contact TESSA.

TESSA Therapist

Service provided
Accredited Play Therapist

Biography
Sinead Corey is an Accredited Play Therapist and a Teacher in a Nurture Room setting. She has over twenty -three years’ experience in a primary school, where her roles include:

• Nurture Teacher
• Lego® Based Therapist
• Head of Nurture
• Head of Foundation Stage
• Teacher Mentor and she is a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Pastoral Team.
• Mental Health First Aider.
• Delivering ‘Theraplay® Informed Practice’ to groups of young children.

Throughout her career, she has specialised in supporting children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Sinead works within a Nurture Room environment, where, in 2016 she was instrumental in gaining ‘The Majority Boxall Quality Mark Award’ for Nurture provision within her setting.

Sinead has experience in supporting children with Attachment Type Difficulties, Selective Mutism, and children diagnosed with ASD and ADHD. She has supported children experiencing isolation and bullying and has supported children to build resilience and develop social skills with their peers. Sinead has extensive knowledge of working with individuals and with small groups of children/young people and their parents.

As an Accredited Play Therapist, Sinead has worked therapeutically with children experiencing emotional difficulties in a range of areas, such as, anger management, anxiety, school refusal, low self-esteem, peer group difficulties, family separation, domestic violence and bereavement and also with children experiencing Secondary PTSD. Sinead is experienced with working with children who are fostered or adopted and is trained in Trauma Informed Practice.

Sinead has a particular interest in supporting children presenting with symptoms of anxiety and she aims to provide a safe, secure environment, where children can process their emotions within a caring therapeutic relationship.  Sinead appreciates the importance of liaising closely with parents/guardians to nurture their child’s wellbeing. Sinead uses Psychoeducation to empower parents/guardians by involving them in the Therapy process in order to build skills to further support their children/young people.

Sinead belongs to the PTUK membership body and adheres to their strict codes of practice including regular Clinical Supervision sessions, continuing professional development and clinical governance. Sinead is a member of PTUK Accredited register which is regulated by Professional Standards Agency (PSA) and monitors the standards and safety in Play Therapy.

Sinead holds an Enhanced Access NI Certificate and regularly attends Child Protection and Safe-Guarding training.

Contact information: please contact TESSA.

TESSA Therapist

Location
Northern Ireland – Ireland

I am registered/accredited with:
DDP Connects UK
Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
British Association Social Workers (BASW)

Code of ethics observed
NISCC and BASW

Qualifications
2022 Dyadic Developmental Certified Practitioner/PACE Trainer/Supervisor
2022 Theraplay LEVEL2 with Trauma Component
2022 Foundation Certification in Theraplay
2017 Non Violence Resistance Training
2015 DDP Masterclass
2015 Dr K. Golding, Foundations for Attachments Trainer Programme
2017 Group Theraplay
2014 Theraplay Level 1 and MIM’s Assessment Model
2014 PQ Specialist Social Work Award 1-3 obtained and ongoing
2010 / 2011 DDP Levels 1 & 2
Incredible Years BASIC, ADVANCED and DINA Programmes
2007 Foundation in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice
2006 Young Minds Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
2003    Queen’s University Belfast
MSW DIP/SW Social Work
1995 Middlesex University BA Hons in Art Practice in the Community and Psychology
1992 Burnley College Foundation Studies in Art and Design

Special interest/experience
My particular area of interest is in providing therapeutic support to children, young people and their adoptive families to enhance therapeutic parenting knowledge and responses, create safety and security within relationships and enable families and professionals to have challenging conversations with young people.

Additional information
I have been supporting families in NI for nearly 20 years and since 2012 I have been in the role of Senior Practitioner in a multi-disciplinary Therapeutic Team for Looked After and Adopted Children providing training, consultancy and direct therapeutic support to Looked After Children, children post adoption and their care giver network. I am also registered with BASW as an Independent Social Work Practitioner and Therapist.

Throughout my professional journey, as well as my own personal experiences of adoption, I have been fascinated by relationships, how we interact, how we influence each other, patterns of communication, our expectations, hopes and wishes as well as our commitments in relationships and attachments. Given their complexity, relationships can require support to think about how best to understand ourselves and others in helpful and safe ways and to develop a level of attachment security.

My theoretical approach
My practice is therefore significantly influenced by the principles, knowledge and skills of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Family Therapy, Therapeutic Parenting Models and Theraplay as these interventions assess and promote resilience, attachment, self-regulation and mindful presence in times of difficulty and distress.

I see: Parents and Children

Any other work information? Work Area – Belfast