Sama Dabit

Professional Experience

• Work experience: I have many years of experience working in care and education roles within child and adolescent mental health services.
  
  
• Psychosomatic care: Supporting children and teenagers with psychosomatic issues.
  
  
• Day Clinics: Providing assistance and guidance to young individuals residing in part-time care facilities.
  
  
• Depression Unit: Delivering specialised care and assistance to individuals experiencing depression.
  
  
• Emergency Mental Health Unit (Crisis Care Unit): Providing close support during serious mental health crises.
  
  
• International Work: I took part in international projects, including working with SOS Children’s Villages.
  

Education and Qualifications

• Licensed as a non-medical practitioner of psychotherapy (Heilpraktiker für Psychotherapie), authorised by the Dortmund Health Authority.
  
  
• I am a qualified psychiatric nurse.
  
  
• Currently undertaking further training in child psychology.
  
  
• Ongoing professional development in psychotherapy.
  

Therapeutic Training

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) following the Jacobson method.
  
  
• Autogenic training.
  
  
• Systematic Desensitisation, both imagined and real-life exposure.
  
  
• Flooding techniques..
  
  
• Relaxation methods and guided imagery.
  
  
• Deescalation training and violence prevention.
  
  
• Client-centred therapy based on Carl Rogers.
  
  
• Psychotherapy for highly sensitive individuals.
  
  
• Group therapy and social skills training.
  
  
• Emotional competence training.
  
  
• Vulnerability-stress model.
  
  
• Practical strategies for everyday coping.

Certifications

• Certified Specialist in High Sensitivity: Comprehensive training with final examination, awarded by the Online Academy for Educational and Social Work Studies.
  
  
• Took part in a training course on the Unified Protocol approach, including a final assessment and permission to use the method in practice.