PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

I started my professional life working in neurosurgery as a general nurse in Dublin and progressed from there to the field of mental health nursing in London. Following my interest in therapy I then trained as a counsellor with the Central School of Counselling & Therapy in England. My first job as a counsellor was with Dementia Care Trust in Bristol establishing a counselling service for people with family members suffering from dementia.

My career then moved in the direction of education and training. For a number of years I designed and delivered courses for health care professionals in RehabCare on topics like bereavement, suicide ideation, depression, anxiety and psychosis.

In 2008 I began five year training course as a psychotherapist with the Irish Gestalt Centre. During that time I worked as a trainee psychotherapist in the Student Counselling Service at the University of Limerick helping students address a range of problems from depression to anxiety to sexual abuse and eating disorders. After graduating, I worked for two years as an Intern with Oakwood Psychotherapy and Counselling Service.

I have since set up a private practice in Stonehaven Psychotherapy Centre, received the European Certificate of Psychotherapy in 2018 and in 2020 graduated with an MA in Gestalt Psychotherapy from the Institute of Technology Carlow. Three years later I completed a Certificate (level 9) in Clinical Supervision with SETU. I am also a member of Irish Council for Psychotherapy.    

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