qualifications & ways of work

My Qualifications include the following:

• MSc (Hons) Loss and Bereavement Studies (RCSI)

  • Postgrad Diploma in Addiction Counselling (QQI, ACI) - ongoing MA dissertation research

  • MA (Hons) Conflict and Peace Studies (UJI, Spain) - completing the dissertation

  • Postgrad Qualification in Sexual Violence in the Contexts of Peace and Armed Conflicts: Prevention, Policy and Victim Rehabilitation (UNIA University of Seville, Spain)

  • Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Certification (ICISF/QQI)

• BA Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling (QQI, IACP)

• Professional Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

• Professional Diploma in Clinical Supervision (IICP, IACP)

Professional accreditation

• Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) - fully accredited

• Addiction Counsellors of Ireland (ACI) - pre-accredited

• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) - certified

Therapeutic Style/Approaches

My Ways of Working (or my toolkit) include the following:

• Psychoanalysis

• Bereavement and Loss Counselling

• Addiction Counselling (Assessment, Referrals & Interventions: individual and groups)

• CBT, DBT, MBT, MBCT, EFT, ACT

also, I often incorporate the following interventions:

• Play Therapy

• Family Systems Therapy

• Coaching Methods