Samantha Shiel Therapies

COUNSELLING, DDPI and Trauma Therapy, Cheshire

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About Me

A helping hand towards optimal health

Background

I began in practice in 2011. I have over 15 years’ experience in continuous practice. I have over 10 years in practice working for the NHS. I held a position of senior counsellor in an Occupational Health dept counselling NHS staff. 

I have experience working as an associate creative therapist for a large organisation in the Northwest as part of an emotional trauma support team. I have several years experience working with families who have adopted and with young people within the care system. I have worked as a therapist in specialist school provisions.

I have over 20 years of experience supporting individuals who present as neurodivergent. I have additional experience counselling school staff within specialist school provisions and run a busy private practice offering counselling for adults, children and young people and clinical supervision.

Qualifications

  • Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Clinical supervision, (IDM) Integrative developmental model (including online and phone working).
  • Dyadic developmental psychotherapy Level 1 and 2 (Based on attachment and developmental trauma to support children and families with relationships)
  • Certificate in Adoption Support Counselling (in conjunction with Barnardo’s & Albany centre)
  • BA (hons) Early Years (University of Chester, 2:1)
  • Advanced Diploma in Counselling,
  • Certificate in Counselling Children and young People (Temenos)
  • Certificate in online/telephone counselling (80 hours mapped to BACP competencies)
  • Certificate in therapeutic counselling
  • Safeguarding Training Level 1 and 2 and DSL (designated safeguarding lead)
  • Stress related Mindfulness Coaching certificate - Fretus Group
  • Somatic Trauma Training (12 days – live training with Babette Rothchild)
  • Rewind Technique (David Muss)
  • TA 101 (Link Centre)
  • AAT Animal Assisted Therapy
  • Papyrus SP-EAK, Suicide Prevention – Explore, Ask, Keep-Safe
  • Working therapeutically with families (4 days)
  • Working with Trauma PTSD And CPTSD (4 days – Penny Bullock)
  • Level 1 and 2 Emotional freedom technique (Tapping)

Training

  • I have completed additional training and workshops in;
  • Autism awareness and anxiety (Tony Attwood, Luke Beardon)
  • Avoidant attachment styles – Linda Cundy
  • Remembering, Re-experiencing. Reliving: applying therapeutic age regression in psychotherapy – Dr Richard G Erskine
  • Attachment and complex Trauma: managing the approach-avoidance cycle – Kathy Steele
  • Pre-verbal, Nonverbal & Implicit Memories (keys to addressing dev. trauma) – Dr Richard Erskine
  • Complex trauma certification – Janina Fisher
  • Trauma Informed assessment – Sarah Butler
  • Understanding Mother-Daughter attachment – Rosjke Hasseldine
  • Working relationally with C-PTSD - Lesley Van den Eijnden
  • Working with trauma, working with shame, working with dissociative disorders, working with relational trauma; dealing with disorganised attachment. Working with suicide and self-harm – Caroline Spring
  • Drawing and Talking, Sand-tray therapy, Ambiguous loss, Exploring anger creatively, Group facilitation skills, Addictive relationships with food,
  • I am BACP Accredited, fully insured and I have enhanced DBS for working with vulnerable adults, children and young people. Safeguarding training level 1 and 2 and designated safeguarding lead.