Deborah Shaer
Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist & Counsellor
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Breaking patterns of low self-worth related to school grades
I know from listening to many of the children and adolescents I see, how they measure their school grades against their self-worth. It seems to define who they are. But of course who they are is not their grades and I think it’s important for them to really get that and be guided how to […]
Different parts of the inner child: working therapeutically with older children and teens
Inner child work is usually associated with adults whose troubled childhoods have been adversely affected emotionally, mentally and physiologically. It explores the buried parts of the self with the intention of revealing one’s ‘True Self’. What does it mean by a wounded ‘inner child’? The inner child is a made-up term which has become integrated […]
Creative arts in therapy
In my practice, generally, children and young people come to the session and bring what’s happening with them in the present. Maybe they just want to talk and unravel something, maybe they don’t want to talk or they can’t find the words, but they’re open to engaging with something creative, like giving shape and colour […]
5 Tips on connecting with Nature
There needs to be a place for magic and the imagination for the creative spirit to thrive. To breathe in fresh air – a gift from the trees. For they are a community of beings that greatly contribute to the wellbeing of humans - all creatures, all life on this planet. They are infused with […]