Psychotherapy

Ecotherapy

CranioSacral Therapy

laoistherapy@gmail.com

087-6987982

Professional Therapy services In Portlaoise and Online

Trauma informed Psychotherapy for adults and young people (over 16’s)

Perinatal Psychotherapy

Ecotherapy

CranioSacral Therapy for Adults and Children

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Welcome

I’m Siobhan Connolly, an IACP accredited Psychotherapist and CranioSacral Therapist with over 10 years of professional experience in providing trauma informed therapy. I offer an Integrative approach that includes Traditional Psychotherapy, Somatic work, Ecotherapy and CranioSacral therapy.

Healing happens in different ways for different people. Psychotherapy helps you to understand and process your experiences and feelings through conversation and reflection. Somatic approaches work through the body and nervous system helping your body to release tension, stress and trauma that talking alone cant reach. My experience is that often both are needed and working with mind and body creates a more complete path to healing.

Wheather we meet in my practice in Portlaoise, outdoors or online my focus is creating a safe and compassionate space where you can process your experiences, and reconnect with your inner balance.

About Me

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My name is Siobhan Connolly. I am a qualified Psychotherapist and CranioSacral therapist. I am a fully accredited member of the Irish Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (IACP). I have a varied professional background in biomedical science, teaching and complimentary healing modalities. these experiences have helped me form a balanced approach to health and well being.

My personal journey with anxiety has led me through years of study and understanding of this issue. From my own experience I have learned that real healing happens in the body not just in the mind and we need to work with both to restore balance. I have studied and now offer approaches that have worked for me. I offer clinical expertise alongside genuine lived experience of healing trauma.

I work with a range of physical, mental and emotional issues however I have a particular interest and experience in perinatal mental health and parenting. As a mother of five, I understand the profound changes that pregnancy and motherhood bring to your body and nervous system. I am passionate about supporting women and families through the transformative and sometimes challenging journey through conception, pregnancy, birth and family life.

How I Work:

Integrative Psychotherapy: As an IACP accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist, I help clients to navigate emotional difficulties, mental health issues and life challenges. Drawing on different therapeutic approaches, I work collaboratively with clients to process difficult experiences, develop self-awareness and to make positive changes.

Somatic Therapy: works with your body’s sensations and nervous system responses that talk therapy alone cannot reach. Through body awareness and gentle techniques you will learn to recognise your patterns of stress and learn skills to manage anxiety and reconnect with your body’s natural capacity for calm. This is gentle and slow paced work.

CranioSacral Therapy: A gentle hands on therapy that works with your bodies natural healing rhythms. Using light touch to gently connect to the body, subtle restrictions and energy can be felt and released. This helps to release tension, reduce pain and restore balance to your nervous system bringing relief to both physical and emotional discomfort. CranioSacral therapy is so gentle it is suitable for all ages from newborns to elderly adults.

Eco Therapy: I now offer outdoor sessions for walk and talk therapy. Engaging in nature based practices helps to regulate our nervous system, and restore calm.

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What To Expect:

First Contact: Arrange an appointment via email or Whatsapp. I offer a free pre-arranged 15 min phone call to see if i am a good fit as your therapist. This is a great opportunity to ask questions about the therapy process and how it might work for you.
First Session: We discuss what has brought you to therapy, your goals and about what you would like to get from therapy. We will explore what type of therapy might work best for you. There is no obligation to continue after this meeting.
Further Sessions: Therapy can be short or long term depending on your needs. Some clients seek support to work on a particular issue and others prefer to continue with therapy long term.