Elisa Pelletier

Elisa Pelletier

Elisa is a certified Play Therapist who has extensive experience working with children individually and in groups. She has studied Psychology in France, Psychomotor Therapy in Switzerland, and completed her diploma in Play Therapy in Ireland. She can work with children from 4 to 12 years old, offering them support and guidance to overcome any difficulties they may face. She is trained to work with children with special needs, ASD, ADHD, and children who have experienced trauma or are experiencing separation anxiety. She uses a wide variety of mediums to help children process and express themselves: art materials, puppets, sand, pretend play and movement, music, relaxation and visualisation, and sensory play. Her approach is child-led, although she also offers more directive work when appropriate.

Elisa Pelletier

Qualifications

Masters in Psychotherapy, Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Bachelor (Hons) in Deaf Studies. Joanne trained as a psychotherapist at Dublin Business School and also holds a registration with the Registry of Irish Sign Language Interpreters after completing a degree in Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin.

Elisa Pelletier

Work Experience

Joanne has worked in both public and private psychotherapy practice as a student and graduate psychotherapist. She works in a humanistic integrative way, focusing on the client and their potential for growth and self-integration. Methods are adapted based on the client’s needs and what they bring to the room, as opposed to using one fixed method. Joanne has experience working with issues such as depression, anxiety, identity issues, trauma, addiction, family systems, abuse, and relationship problems.

Underpinning Philosophy

Although trained in a humanistic manner, Joanne pulls from the integrative elements of her training quite frequently by using methods from psychodynamic, gestalt and existential therapies.

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