Eva Shehu-Whitefield. Child, Adolescent and Family Psychotherapist.

I am a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, with over 10 years experience working in the NHS, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), as well as in private practice. Prior to my clinical training I worked with children with Autism and Learning Difficulties.

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy offers an effective way of treatment for emotional and psychological difficulties from infancy to late adolescence. This treatment approach focuses on understanding the meaning behind the presenting symptoms and behaviour difficulties, and then addressing these difficulties at their root.

I offer short term psychotherapy as well as longer more intensive treatment. I will discuss with you, what will be the most helpful approach when I meet with you.

I am able to work with a vast range of emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties that a child/young person might experience at any point in their life, including, anxiety and depression, self harm, suicidal thoughts, relationship problems, low self esteem. I have a specialist interest and experience in working with Eating Difficulties with young children, adolescence and young adults.
Additionally I have specialist training in Parent Infant Psychotherapy supporting parents and their babies from the early days in life till the age of five years old. I work with mothers who are or have suffered Postnatal Depression and their babies.

I have experience in working with Looked After and Adopted children, offering individual therapy, support for adoptive parents and carers, consultations and supervision to social services and education.

I trained at Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. It is a 6 years intensive Post Graduate training (2 years pre clinical and 4 years Clinical) and in completing the course I was awarded Membership to the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP). The ACP is the only accrediting organisation recognised by the NHS for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists.

I also offer supervision and consultations to organisations and professionals who work with children, including schools.

Please visit my website for further information.