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Celebrating LGBTQ+ awareness

BRÓD June, 2021

Lisa Brinkmann is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist working in private practice in Clonakilty and is one of the core members of BROD. Lisa also has a degree in Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry and works with clients with any psychological or mental health problem, but is also specialised in […]

Managing Functional Hypoglycaemia

WCP Staff June, 2021

In the third part of this series on blood sugar, we are going to look at what happens when blood sugar is too low, or we are riding a wave of reactive hypoglycaemia, which is when blood sugar spikes and then crashes shortly after eating. It is important to note […]

Lift me up June

Tania Presutti June, 2021

I have a confession! It’s a bit shameful and I feel exposed for saying this, but due to life and everything that happens in it – moving, packing and finding new homes for stuff that’s too good to throw away – I’ve more or less forgotten that I have arms. […]

Back to pen and paper

Dr Jeff Featherstone June, 2021

Just as things were starting to look up in the hospitals – on Friday, May 14, we were hit by another disaster. I thought this month that I might pass on a few tips to patients attending A&E during what is likely to be a long, drawn-out period with almost […]

Health & Lifestyle

Tír na nÓg Play Therapy and Family Support opens in Bantry

WCP Staff June, 2021

Tír na nÓg Play Therapy and Family Support has recently opened its doors in Bantry, offering creative therapeutic support to children and adolescents. Caitríona Ní Liatháin (Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist specialising in Play Therapy) is quite well known within the community and has many links with local community organisations in […]

Health & Lifestyle

Left out

WCP Staff June, 2021

The alarm shrills, breaking into the young man’s sub-conscious, as he struggles to wake on a wet autumn morning. He never dozes on waiting for a second alarm, as many of his friends might do, he needs the time to prepare for his day’s work, which he loves: The fun […]

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