ABOUT ME
I am Sinead Daly, an integrative psychotherapist from Ireland. For 14 years I had my own psychotherapy practice in downtown Amsterdam called Healthy Choices. In 2024 I moved to Spain and started Expat Therapy in Malaga city, specializing in expat issues.
I have many years of work experience supporting people in achieving mental, emotional and physical health.
I started out as a yoga teacher in the 1990’s, specializing in re-validation and stress-related symptoms. In 1997 I completed a four-year course in integrative massage therapy and set up a practice in body-based therapy.
After some years, I noticed that I was stagnating in my work and needed new inspiration. It felt as if the next natural step for me was to study psychology and transition from practicing physical to psychotherapy. This progression allowed me to evolve and to challenge myself once more in my work with clients.
I first did a 2-year course at the ACC in coaching and counseling. However, this course did not go deep enough for me, so I followed it up with a 3.5-year course in Integrative Psychotherapy at BGL and Partners, a private institute in psychotherapy in the Netherlands. I also did a year course in basic medicine, as required by Dutch health insurance companies. I graduated in 2011 and have been practicing as an integrative psychotherapist ever since.
Integrative therapy taught me a variety of interventions from different disciplines in therapy and counseling that I can use depending on the situation. Some clients benefit most from Rogerian counseling, some clients respond very well to hypnotherapy and others to inner child work, EFT, CBT, regression or Gestalt. I can use a combination of techniques to give each client a unique course of treatment, tailor-made to their needs. I work a lot with expats because, as an immigrant myself, both in the Netherlands and now in Spain, I understand the themes and problems expats struggle with as they adapt to life in a new country.
I am also very experienced in treating psychosomatic problems, where stress and anxiety are experienced as physical symptoms. I have successfully helped a lot of people suffering from burn-out and I have supported people in their grieving process after the death of a partner or close family member. People who want to focus on solution-based coaching can also find a good partner in me, as I enjoy practical coaching to achieve specific goals, while eliminating the inner and outer blocks to achieving those goals. Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool that can be used in overcoming phobias, addictions and subconscious blocks.
Working with people and supporting them in their growth and development is my passion in life and I consider myself very fortunate to have made my passion my profession.
I am fluent in Dutch, so my sessions are offered in English or Dutch.
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Addiction as an expression of Trauma ….contemplating the work of Gabor Mate.
I have recently been studying the work of the physician and psychiatrist Gabor Mate and his interpetation of addiction as the adult’s way of dealing with childhood trauma.To redefine addiction as a coping method to deal with childhood trauma in 100% of cases is quite a radical position to take
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I am affiliated with the professional organisation for hypnotherapists and many health insurers cover the costs of sessions with me.
