Ciara offers an Integrative, Systemic and trauma informed lens to her supervision work. She is a qualified Systemic Family therapist, fully trained Gottman Method couple therapist, Integrative psychotherapist and UKCP approved Integrative Supervisor trained with the Minster centre. She is a Europe accredited EMDR consultant working with both adults and children and has extensive specialist training in a multitude of trauma and neuroscience informed modalities.
Ciara brings warmth and energy to her supervision practice. She is deeply passionate about supporting and teaching others to provide the best service they can for their clients and service users.
Her additional specialist training includes; Sensorimotor psychotherapy (level 1 training with Janina Fisher), Ego state training with Robyn Shapiro, all 3 levels of training in Deep Brain Reorienting with Dr Frank Corrigan & all four levels in Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) with Lisa Schwartz. She is also trained in all three levels of the Gottman Institute Method for couple therapy and one of the first therapists in the UK to be on track for full certification.
She provides supervision to CAMHS (South London & Maudsley) and to individual therapists & groups in Ireland, Egypt and the UK as well as to various groups and individuals at different levels of training in mental health, social care and learning/ education. She is an honorary member of Trauma Aid UK.
As an EMDR consultant she provides a specialist trauma informed lens as part of supervision and encourages you to develop clinical formulations and treatment plans that lend itself to a trauma informed perspective.
Psycho-education is a key part of her clinical & supervision work. Ciara is particularly interested in providing interventions which draw from the fields of neurobiology/ psychobiology in their treatment of trauma. She attends regular workshops and conferences with world leading trauma experts to stay up to date on new relevant information.
Europe Accredited EMDR Consultant & member of EMDR Europe. Approved member of Association for Family Therapy (AFT) & UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP reg# 2011163188 ). Member of UKPTS & ESTSS. UKCP approved Supervisor. Fully insured to practice and supervise and has DBS clearance to work with children and adolescents.
