This episode contains discussion around relationship breakdown, low self-esteem, vulnerable young people, gang involvement, and creative therapy approaches.

🎧 Join us for an inspiring and deeply personal conversation with Child, Adolescent and Family Therapist ShediYah HatNebMaoo as she shares her unconventional journey from struggling in a turbulent relationship with low self-esteem to becoming a compassionate therapist who helps vulnerable young people imagine new possibilities for their lives.

This honest discussion explores how therapy can transform our confidence and self-belief, and why creative, person-centred approaches are so powerful when working with young people facing difficult circumstances.

Hosted by:

Michaela McCarthy (Founder of The Awareness Centre, The Awareness Centre Training School, and Creator and Host of A Bunch of Therapists Podcast. Senior BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and Influential Leader) and Dipti Solanki (Therapist, Coach & Consultant, Mental Health Trainer and Founder of Grief Matters 4 All CIC).

In this compelling episode, ShediYah openly shares:

• Her unconventional journey into therapy as a young mother

• Struggling in a turbulent relationship with low self-esteem

• Being encouraged to try therapy by her partner's probation officer

• Feeling unsafe leaving her children with someone else

• Finding a therapist who allowed her to bring her children along

• How therapy helped her rebuild her confidence

• Contemplating a career change whilst raising young children

• Spending 4 years volunteering before committing to training as a counsellor

• Working with children and young people, many of whom are vulnerable

• Supporting young people with experience of gangs

• Using gentle, person-centred approaches in her work

• Incorporating creative therapy and dreamwork into her practice

• Helping young people to 'imagine something else for themselves'

• Her role as a lecturer and Clinical Supervisor

This essential conversation offers valuable insights for anyone working with vulnerable young people, navigating difficult relationships, or interested in creative therapeutic approaches.

🔍 Key Topics Discussed:

• Seeking help whilst managing childcare responsibilities

• The impact of turbulent relationships on self-esteem and confidence

• Therapy as a catalyst for personal transformation

• The power of person-centred approaches

• Creative therapy and dreamwork with young people

• Supporting vulnerable young people and those affected by gangs

• Building hope and possibility with young people facing adversity

• The journey from client to therapist

• Volunteering and career transitions

• Clinical supervision and training others

• Reimagining futures for young people in difficult circumstances

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