Samantha McDonnell

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Samantha McDonnell
Address
Sydney
Phone
+61 (0)448 818 402
Sam specialises in complex trauma, dissociation & attachment injury, working within the frameworks of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, TIST, IFS & EMDR.
Highest Level Completed
2-Developmental Injury
Session Formats Offered
In-Person, Online Video, Individuals, Couples

Details

Sam is a Certified Trauma-Informed Stabilisation Treatment (TIST) Therapist, having originally trained in Humanistic Psychotherapy. She specialises in CPTSD, dissociation and early attachment injury. Sam has studied extensively with Janina Fisher in both TIST and Advanced Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders. She is also Level 3 IFS Certified, as well as IFIO (IFS couples therapy) and EMDR for complex trauma. She enjoys integrating these approaches with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, on an individual basis, as appropriate.

Sam helps to normalise her clients’ responses to traumatic experience as their innate, animal survival system in action. Her holistic, body-oriented approach, aims to treat the somatic, emotional and psychological elements of unresolved trauma. Such symptoms may lie deep within the body, often at an unconscious level, and which traditional talking therapies may fail to address. Incorporating more right-brain creative approaches such as sand tray, drawing and movement, can ofen help to deepen into our embodied felt sense.

Sam upholds the Sensorimotor principles of mindfulness, non-violence, organicity, unity, mind-body holism and relational alchemy, to promote physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual well-being. She is currently working towards Certfication in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Licensure
BACP Reg. Member 282623
Client Focus
Adults, LGBTQIA+
Issues
ADHD, Addiction, Alcohol Use, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Chronic Illness, Chronic Impulsivity, Chronic Pain, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Developmental Disorders, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Gambling, Grief, Hoarding, Life Transitions, Men's Issues, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Parenting, Peer Relationships, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Self-Harming, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Addiction, Sleep or Insomnia, Stress, Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation, Transgender, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Issues
Price
$$ ($90 - $130)
Therapist Gender
Cisgender Female
Therapist Race / Ethnicity
White

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