Dr Liam Shine
Clinical Psychologist
Professional Experience
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专业经历
Liam is a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist with over two decades of expertise in understanding how life experiences shape psychological development and wellbeing. Specialising in complex trauma, stress, mental health, and addiction treatment, he integrates evidence-based approaches with innovative therapeutic methods to enhance clinical outcomes.
Dr Liam Shine is a Clinical Psychologist at Harbor with more than 20 years of experience. Much of his work focuses on how early life experiences shape the way people think, relate to others and behave later in life.
He specialises in complex trauma, complex stress, OCD and mood disorders. In therapy, he draws on long-term psychodynamic work, EMDR, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), systemic and family therapy, narrative exposure therapy and integrative psychotherapy.
He is also experienced in psychometric assessment and psychological formulation, which means building a shared understanding of how a person’s difficulties developed. In addition, he runs nature-based therapy programmes.
Professional Background & Qualifications
Dr Shine holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of East Anglia, along with postgraduate qualifications in digital health, forensic psychology and psychology.
He is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist and is a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland.
He is also an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner and a member of relevant professional bodies in clinical psychology and EMDR.
His further training includes Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Narrative Exposure Therapy and other specialist psychological approaches.
Healthcare Leadership & Experience
Alongside his clinical work, Dr Shine has lectured at graduate and postgraduate level and supervised clinicians in training. He has also contributed to research that brings together healthcare, academia and community organisations.
He has carried out consultancy work for Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Irish parliament, and has given expert testimony in the Family Courts.
Approach to Care
Dr Shine works collaboratively with clients, building a shared understanding of how their past experiences connect to the difficulties they face now.
Because he is trained in a range of evidence-based and integrative therapeutic approaches, Dr Shine can match the approach to the person and their circumstances.
At Harbor, he works with clients whose difficulties are complex or long-standing, including those affected by trauma.
Education
- MSc Digital Health Transformation, University of Limerick
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy), University of East Anglia
- Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Psychology and Crime, Coventry University
- MSc Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, Middlesex University
Professional Registrations & Memberships
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC No. PYL19585), Registered Practitioner Psychologist
- Chartered Psychologist, Psychological Society of Ireland (CPsychol.PsSI)
- EMDR Association UK
- EMDR Ireland
- Association of Clinical Psychologists UK
Certifications
- EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner
- Safe and Sound Protocol Licensed Provider
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)
- Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA)
- Institute of Group Analysis, Foundation Course
Areas of Expertise
- Complex trauma and the effect of early experience on later relationships and behaviour
- Complex stress
- OCD
- Mood disorders
- Long-term psychodynamic therapy
- EMDR
- CBT
- Systemic/family therapy
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Integrative psychotherapy
- Psychological formulation and psychometric assessment
- Nature-based therapeutic programmes
Languages Spoken
- English
