The mind is a powerful thing. More specifically our prefrontal cortex, the area of our brain responsible for language, reasoning and logic. This part of the brain is why we humans have evolved and become the dominant species on this planet. We can invent things and be curious and investigate […]

Since July this year, I have been working part time with the charity ADHD Ireland, as a facilitator on the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP). UMAAP is a novel online programme integrating psychoeducation with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to cultivate knowledge of ADHD, self-acceptance, self-compassion and psychological […]

By the time you are reading this, it will have been a few weeks since we experienced a storm that led to some flooding in Glengarriff village. On that day, I was standing looking out at the river behind the house, which was rapidly rising. I remember thinking to myself, […]

In March this year I completed Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) accredited training which qualifies me to work with adolescents aged 13- to 17-years-old. It truly has been a privilege to step into adolescent client’s lives since I started working with teens and it is certainly different than […]

Therapy can be an invitation to be in relationship with one’s ‘self’, with others and with the world from a place of compassion. One of the most powerful ways this shift can occur is through the cultivation of self-compassion. Not a self-indulgence, as some might mis-label it, but a courageous, […]

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