I’m a qualified and accredited Counsellor & Psychotherapist with IACP and adhere to their strict code of ethics.
I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy with Turning Point Training Institute awarded by DCU in 2008. This course is a recognised/accredited course by IACP, IAHIP & EAIP.
I have both public and professional insurance and I’m garda vetted.
I worked within the Child Protection team of Tusla Child & Family Agency from 2005-2017, supporting children in care by facilitating contact visits with their birth parents. I also offered therapeutic support to birth parents, foster parents and children to support children’s care placements.
I volunteered as a counsellor in the low-cost counselling centre, Living Life Centre in Bray and Dun Laoghaire between 2007 and 2011.
I now work in private practice in Churchtown offering Counselling & Psychotherapy to Adults, Adolescents (11yrs to 21 yrs) and parents struggling with child related issues.
Training
MSc Child & Adolescent Counselling with PCI College & Middlesex University (2020)
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy with Turning Point Institute (2008)
Reiki Master
ASSIST (Applied suicide intervention skills training)
Transpersonal Training with Shaminism Ireland
Children’s First Certificate (Tusla)
Professional Certificate in CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) with PCI College.
Mindfulness Training
BA in Philosophy with UCD (2001)
Workshops Attended
Existential Uncertainty workshop with Professor Ernesto Spinelli
First Aid Course (Tusla)
Domestic Abuse (Tusla)
Motivational Interviewing (Drugs Task Force)
NERC-Working with Adolescents: Developmental & Therapeutic Dynamics
Building Resilience in our Clients and Ourselves
Taming Your Inner Critic
Working with Attachment & Abandonment Issues in the Short-term