About
Introduction
I am a fully qualified Counsellor, Psychotherapist and Supervisor with over 35 years of practice experience in roles providing care, support, guidance, counselling, psychotherapy, supervision, facilitation and management.
I have developed my practice across varied contexts including community work, educational and training bodies, public service, and private practice.
My educational trajectory has been diverse, leading me to a range of qualifications, the core ones being:
BSc (Hons) Geology, Mathematics (1988)
BA (Hons) Philosophy, Politics (1994)
STB Theology (1997)
Professional Diploma, Counselling and Psychotherapy (2005)
MA, Supervisory Practice (2013).
As both Psychotherapist and Supervisor I am accredited with the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP).
I am accredited with the European Council of Psychotherapy (ECP).
I am registered with the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP).
I am a member of the Supervisors Association of Ireland (SAI)
Development
My personal and professional development has been one of evolving experiences of self in context of surroundings.
I have had a number of life-changing transitional experiences, where my roles and expressions of identity have shifted and unfolded as I engage with the flow of circumstances through my life and career.
How I practice is informed
by all of what I have come through, both personally and professionally. It’s grounded in self-awareness, growth, learning, and holistic connection. It is at once unique, diverse and ordinary.
My practice is supported by my own inner resources and a web of connections to an amazing variety of people, be they my own family, my friends, colleagues, teachers, trainers, supervisors, therapists, as well as an ocean of creatives in the field of wisdom who are authors, artists, talkers or performers.