LeeAnn Sheehy

Experience

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  Open Secret

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  Trainee Art Psychotherapist

  Working one-to-one with adult survivors of child abuse; participating in extra trauma and safe guarding training.

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  The Disabilities Trust

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Trainee Art Psychotherapist

  One-to-one art psychotherapy work leading to choosing a client for final clinical case study; basic brain injury training within the facility, assessment and referrals, and running a weekly non-therapy arts and crafts group.

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  Place2Be

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2016

  Volunteer Art Psychotherapist

  Working as a volunteer art psychotherapist for Place2be in a primary school in Edinburgh; co-facilitating therapeutic groups alongside my supervisor; providing one-to-one work with clients and delivering place2talk brief solution based therapy (10 minute slots). Completing CPD's in emotional wellbeing; endings with children, helping children tell their stories, safe guarding and attachment. Following a child led based structure and intermixing aspects of art psychotherapy alongside play therapy.

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  Teensplus

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2019

  Volunteer Art Psychotherapist
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  Yourspace

  Sept 2018 - now

  Sessional Art Psychotherapist

  Helping the team to set up the service within a primary school setting; creating professional relationships with the head teacher and their teaching staff. Facilitating meetings with parents after observational periods of children referred to the service. Working one to one with a small caseload alongside providing smaller brief solutions based therapy sessions over the lunch period. Maintaining client case notes; therapy space and keeping the waitlist updated and moving when possible. Keeping stock lists and attending my own private supervision. Show less

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  Artful Thinking

  Sept 2018 - now

  Owner and Art Psychotherapist

  Providing one to one and dyadic sessions with children and their families; adults and their carers/support staff; clients who are varying on the autistic spectrum; clients who have complex needs; learning difficulties; acquired brain injuries and dementia.