Professional background
I came to therapy by way of the arts. I am a registered psychotherapist (MBACP), with 15 years of experience in the healing arts (biodyanmic cranial sacral therapy, yoga, nutrition) and somatic psychotherapy.
I trained in Clinical and Somatic Psychotherapy in California at one of the first masters level programs in the country offering somatic specialisation within the Marriage and Family therapist M.A. and graduated in 2019.
In my career as a therapist I have worked with a varied demographic in private practice as well as a facilitator and consultant for centres (Red Horse, YMCA, Eka Yoga); clinics (Khiron Trauma Treatment Centre / Sancturay Psychiatric Health); schools (Downsview Special Needs School); domestic violence and addiction and trauma treatment recovery centres. I also trained as a cranial sacral therapist within this time, to offer somatic work in a different way.
Yoga, Equine Facilitated Therapy and Somatic Psychotherapy and the Creative Arts; and the philosophies that these systems originate from; form a set of practices that I am very grateful to keep on both practicing, learning from and sharing with others in one to one, group and corporate settings.
How I work
I offer short and long term therapy. I work in a culturally sensitive way, drawing from the modalities of Somatic psychotherapy; Psychoeducation, Ecopsychology, Trauma informed stabilisation, parts and integration work (including IFS work) and (for in person clients) Equine Facilitated Therapy. Some of my areas of specialisation are as follows:
- Stress, anxiety and depression
- Eating disorders and body dysmorphia
- Grief and Loss
- Chronic health challenges
- Codependency
- Low self esteem
- Women’s issues and gender based discrimination and abuse
- CPTSD and PTSD
- Limerence and Love/Sex (including porn) addictions
- Substance and process addictions
- Dissociative Identity disorder and cluster B traits
- Facing end of life
- Expat and immigrant experience
- Spiritual loss of faith/direction
Qualifications
Soloution Focussed Therapy Certification
LEAP Equine Facilitated Therapy Practitioner -LEAP, UK
Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapist – The Colorado School of Energy Studies, Boulder, CO.
M.A. Clinical Psychology, MFT. Emphasis:Somatic Psychology – The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles campus.
B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies:Visual, Performing & Traditional Eastern Arts – Naropa University, Boulder, CO.
Hatha Yoga Instructor. Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Certification, Austria.
I have also done continued proffesional developement and trainings in various modalities including:
Trauma Informed Stabilistaion and Parts work and IFS; Nutrition for mental health; Gestalt; Hakomi; Brainspotting; Dance movement therapy and trauma informed yoga; Somatic experiencing and sensorimotor psychotherapy foundations; Soloution focussed therapy Applied polyvagal theory (including administration of the SSP Protocol).
If you are interested in working together, please feel free to reach out to book an initial meeting.
Contact details : 07.57.09.88.69 / eliseannmartin@gmail.com
Or book directly via my online calender.
Registered member of BACP: 00951759
SIRET: 83424073100036