Faizah Shaheen

Psychologist at The International Medical Centre
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(386) 825-5501
Location
UK
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Urdu Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Arabic Limited working proficiency
  • Sign Languages Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • EMDR Association UK Member
    EMDR Institute Inc
    May, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC)
    The Health and Care Professions Council
    Dec, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
    British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
    Mar, 2018
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Qatar
    • Health, Wellness & Fitness
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Psychologist
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      • Providing evidence based psychological therapy including CBT, EMDR, art psychotherapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy. • Making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. • Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and therapy. • Providing evidence based psychological therapy including CBT, EMDR, art psychotherapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy. • Making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. • Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and therapy.

    • United Kingdom
    • Mental Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Psychological Therapist
      • Mar 2022 - Present

      • Providing evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. • Delivering evidence-based therapy to patients. • Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and therapy. • Assisting with service development, including research and development activities • Proactively contributing to the achievement of positive clinical outcomes. Conducting evaluations using clinical outcome measures and satisfaction surveys. • Assessing risk and fulfilling safeguarding duties.

    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Clinical | Service Lead - MHST
      • Sep 2021 - Aug 2022

      · Managing a high clinical profile, being highly visible, accessible and approachable to staff, children and young people or service users and the public to ensure that open and honest communication channels are created and sustained. · Ensuring the provision of highly specialised and consistent clinical care packages are being delivered by the EMHST including minimisation of risk of harm across the service, maintaining an overview of the standards of care being delivered and instigating remedial action if necessary and in accordance with current legislation and Trust policy and procedure. · Monitoring all clinical incidents within defined area, observing for trends and needs for service or staff development and working with senior leads to inform strategy and service development improvements. · Participating in the governance framework and ensure risk and quality are managed effectively within the service. · Ensuring that care delivery is of the highest standard, using performance and line management you will be responsible for managing the team. · Working with related senior leads in assessing the clinical skills required to deliver a safe and high quality evidence based service, identifying gaps and supporting developing programmes to address these issues. Coaching, mentoring and resource to staff. To guide and support developmental projects and advise on further resources as appropriate. · Actively promote carer/user involvement in all aspects of care planning and delivery, whilst respecting the rights, cultural needs, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned. · Ensuring local safeguarding processes and systems are in place and adhered to. · Managing the activities of allocated staff within the EMHST · Actively involving young people and their families in the delivery of care.

    • United Kingdom
    • Mental Health Care
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Psychological Therapist
      • Sep 2021 - Aug 2022

      • Providing evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. • Delivering evidence-based therapy to patients. • Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and therapy. • Providing clinical supervision, leadership, consultation and advice to psychological therapists. • Assisting with service development, including research and development activities • Proactively contributing to the achievement of positive clinical outcomes. Conducting evaluations using clinical outcome measures and satisfaction surveys. • Delegating tasks to staff within their competency and ensuring that the delegation/escalation process forms part of the culture of the service. • Assessing risk and fulfilling safeguarding duties.

    • United Kingdom
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist | EMDR Practitioner
      • Oct 2020 - Sep 2021

      • Providing evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. • Delivering evidence-based therapy to patients. • Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and therapy. • Providing clinical supervision, leadership, consultation and advice to psychological therapists. • Assisting the team manager with service development, including research and development activities • Proactively contributing to the achievement of positive clinical outcomes. Conducting evaluations using clinical outcome measures and satisfaction surveys. • Delegating tasks to staff within their competency and ensuring that the delegation/escalation process forms part of the culture of the service. • Assessing risk and fulfilling safeguarding duties.

    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Clinical Lead | Senior Psychological Therapist - Community Mental Health Psychological Services
      • Jul 2020 - Sep 2021

      • Providing specialist evidence based psychological therapy to severe and enduring mental health patients and making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.• Providing clinical leadership, supervision, consultation and advice on psychological therapies.• Digital lead for service• Proactively contribute to the achievement of positive clinical outcomes including managing waiting list, leading/conducting evaluations using clinical outcome measures and satisfaction surveys.• Contributing and undertaking appraisals of psychological therapists.• Teaching psychological interventions to others, including colleagues and trainees.• Initiating and conducting clinical research and evaluation projects.• Assessing risk and fulfilling safeguarding duties.

    • Lead Psychological Therapist | CBT Clinical Supervisor - IAPT Adult Psychological Services
      • Mar 2018 - Oct 2020

      • Providing evidence based psychological therapy, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice. • Delivering evidence-based therapy to individual and groups of patients.• Using psychological approaches including cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, art psychotherapy, psychodynamic therapy and mindfulness based approaches.• Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and therapy. • Providing clinical supervision, leadership, consultation and advice to psychological therapists.• Assisting the team manager with service development, including research and development activities • Proactively contributing to the achievement of positive clinical outcomes. Conducting evaluations using clinical outcome measures and satisfaction surveys.• Delegating tasks to staff within their competency and ensuring that the delegation/escalation process forms part of the culture of the service. • Assessing risk and fulfilling safeguarding duties.

    • United Kingdom
    • Mental Health Care
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
      • May 2019 - Jan 2020

      • Providing evidence-based cognitive behavioural psychotherapy online using written communication. • Providing evidence-based cognitive behavioural psychotherapy online using written communication.

    • United Kingdom
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • CAMHS CBT Psychotherapist
      • Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

      CBT Psychotherapist at Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS. • Delivering cognitive behavioural psychotherapy to children and adolescents with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems. • Providing treatment for depression and anxiety disorders including PTSD, OCD, GAD, social anxiety, panic disorder, health anxiety and specific phobias. • Assessment of complex family issues working together with families and other agencies. • Promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children and adolescents. • Managing a designated caseload of patients with responsibility for their assessment, implementation and evaluation of therapy. • Supporting service in reducing CBT waiting list and achieving targets.

    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • CAMHS Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - CBT Psychotherapist | Art Psychotherapist
      • Aug 2015 - Mar 2018

      • Providing routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a wide range of mental health needs. Using psychological approaches including art psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, psychodynamic therapy and mindfulness based approaches. • Working autonomously and collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals. • Fulfilling on-call, duty and assessment clinic responsibilities. • Promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people by applying knowledge and guidelines in clinical work. • Lead of radicalisation safeguarding experience working with chanel panel cases. • Implementing crisis plans, care plans and risk assessments. • Providing interventions and therapy to children and young people with the most severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those at suicidal risk. • Assessment of complex family issues working together with families and other agencies. • Managing own caseload accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual needs. • Operating within the clinical and case management supervision framework with evidence based practice.

  • Life Is An Art
    • Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds & Bradford
    • Visual Artist
      • Jun 2010 - May 2017

      Fine Artist | Photographer | Community Artist | Writer | Activist Fine Artist | Photographer | Community Artist | Writer | Activist

    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • LSA/Psychological Therapist
      • Sep 2014 - Jul 2015

      • Working in Special Educational Needs with children who have complex needs such as downs syndrome, autism, neurological disorders and behavioural problems. • Delivering one to one therapeutic sessions using approaches such art psychotherapy, psychodynamic therapy and CBT interventions. • Assessing, formulating and implementing individual interventions for students. • Maintaining case note records. • Encouraging the students to develop life skills and enable them to develop independent learning skills. • Accompanying students during off-site activities.

    • Art Psychotherapist
      • Nov 2013 - Jun 2014

      • Working as an Art Psychotherapist with clients suffering with mental health problems delivering one to one and group art psychotherapy sessions. • Assessing, implementing psychological formulations, clinical judgement including risk assessments and providing recommendations for client care. • Monitoring, evaluating and modifying treatment in order to ensure effectiveness of intervention. • Planning and facilitating activities, and maintaining the workshop and equipment. • Working as an Art Psychotherapist with clients suffering with mental health problems delivering one to one and group art psychotherapy sessions. • Assessing, implementing psychological formulations, clinical judgement including risk assessments and providing recommendations for client care. • Monitoring, evaluating and modifying treatment in order to ensure effectiveness of intervention. • Planning and facilitating activities, and maintaining the workshop and equipment.

    • United Kingdom
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Art Psychotherapist Trainee
      • Oct 2011 - May 2012

      • Art Psychotherapist trainee position setting up the service delivering one to one and group sessions to mothers with a history of drugs and alcohol misuse and their children in a residential setting. • Developed as an art psychotherapist by assessing, formulating and delivering appropriate therapeutic interventions to the services users. • Providing high quality planning, designing and facilitating the art psychotherapy service. • Art Psychotherapist trainee position setting up the service delivering one to one and group sessions to mothers with a history of drugs and alcohol misuse and their children in a residential setting. • Developed as an art psychotherapist by assessing, formulating and delivering appropriate therapeutic interventions to the services users. • Providing high quality planning, designing and facilitating the art psychotherapy service.

    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Art Psychotherapist Trainee
      • Nov 2010 - Mar 2011

      • Art Psychotherapist trainee position in day hospitals within the Forth Valley district. • Delivered one to one and group art psychotherapy sessions to adults diagnosed with psychosis. • Art Psychotherapist trainee position in day hospitals within the Forth Valley district. • Delivered one to one and group art psychotherapy sessions to adults diagnosed with psychosis.

Education

  • The University of Manchester
    Postgraduate Degree, IAPT Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
    2017 - 2017
  • The University of Sheffield
    Master's degree, Art Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Psychoanalytical therapy
    2013 - 2014
  • EMDR Institute
    Accredited EMDR Training
    2021 - 2021
  • The University of Sheffield
    Long-term Conditions Training
    2019 - 2020
  • The University of Sheffield
    IAPT Supervisor Training
    2019 - 2019
  • Leeds City College
    Introduction to British Sign Language
    2013 - 2013
  • Queen Margaret University
    Postgraduate Dip, Art Psychotherapy (International) Psychodynamic, Psychoanalytical therapy
    2010 - 2012
  • Leeds Arts University
    BA (Hons), Fine Art and Contextual Studies
    2007 - 2010

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