“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life” Shannon L. Alder.
I offer Counselling, EMDR, Psychotherapy, and Clinical Hypnotherapy services to individual clients, couples and families with regard to a wide range of life issues.
Common issues include depression, anxiety, lack of direction, low self-esteem, lack of confidence, relationship difficulties, childhood & adult trauma, bullying, workplace difficulties, illness, weight, and sexuality. People generally seek counselling when life becomes too difficult to cope with alone. Perhaps they feel hopelessness or worthlessness or are constantly overburdened stressed, angry or sad.
People can attend because they are experiencing ongoing difficulties with feelings of panic, sadness or loss, depression, anxiety, bereavement, and eating problems. Perhaps they find it difficult to cope with exams nerves, presentations or want to explore the many ways they can start living life more proactively and positively. I also deal with parenting issues, youth, and adolescent difficulties as well as with motivation and goal setting.
MSc in Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Conditions, B.Sc(Hons) Counselling, and Psychotherapy, B.Des, Advanced H.Dip in Psychotherapy & Clinical Hypnotherapy, Certified NLP(Neuro Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner. EMDR (Eye movement desensitization & reprogramming) practitioner.
I am currently an accredited member with the APCP (Association of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists Ireland) and a member of EMDR UK and Ireland.
I have been working in my own practice in Adare, Limerick since 2009. I also volunteer with the Bedford Family Project counselling families in distress.
I practice as an Integrated, Client-Centered Humanistic therapist. I work with many different approaches using Dialectical (DBT & CBT) Behavioural Techniques as well as Sensorimotor, mindfulness, guided meditation, EMDR, and clinical hypnosis. I work on a one to one basis in a non-judgemental, collaborative, emphatic way, encouraging and empowering my clients to develop their own self- awareness, self-belief, self-esteem and self-confidence, in order for them to live in a more positive and productive way, enabling them to deal with the ups and downs that life so frequently throws at us. This self- awareness and reflection enables clients to see more clearly the paths they want to take in life and enables them to have greater control over their own destiny. Clients are empowered to rescript their lives in ways that are much more proactive, creative,& positive and to break the cycle of reliving repeatedly a negative program that was not of their own making.
I am passionate about my work and I consider it a privilege to be allowed be a part of a clients journey, toward a more self-fulfilled and self-actualized life, by helping them tap into their own unlimited potential.
Graigue House Cummeen, Adare, Limerick
Monday - Friday: 9am - 8pm
Saturday: 10am - 1pm