Bernadette McLeavey
Meath Counsellor & Psychotherapist

Currently practicing in Clonard, Enfield, and in Navan, County Meath, Bernadette McLeavey provides professional counselling and psychotherapy for individual adults and adolescents, from a Humanistic perspective. Bernadette is also a member of the Watercolour SocIET®y of Ireland.

As well as therapy through conversation, she also offers Art Therapy and Sand Therapy to clients who wish to avail of those means of therapy.

Art Therapy & Sand Therapy

Sand Therapy and Art Therapy offer alternative means of communication and re-discovery in therapy.

In Sand Therapy the client is invited to choose from an array of miniature objects and figures, and through their placement in the sand-tray to explore and discover aspects of their "world" and their own story in a fresh and dynamic way.

Some Symbolic Figurines Used in Sand Therapy

Art Therapy is based on the belief that the visual image is often a more powerful means of apprehending reality and of expressing it, than what might be described by words alone.

Considering together what has been formed in clay or portrayed with colours, both client and therapist can grow in awareness and understanding of what is important to the client.

No previous experience of art-making is necessary for participation in Art Therapy. Any initial reservations about art or sand-tray work that clients may have, tend to be replaced by an experience of wonder and creativity as they explore their own imagery and symbolism.

Bernadette's clients may choose talking therapy alone, or they may combine conversational therapy with art or sand therapy.

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