Expertise

With over 15 years clinical experience and over 10 years research experience

Qualifications

Education

PhD in association with School of Nursing and Human Sciences

Dublin City University (2016)

Research Thesis: “Psychopathy– A Psychoanalytic Investigation”

 

M.A. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Clinical Specialisation)

Dublin Business School (2008)

 

B.A. Economics, English & Psychology (Minor)

University College Dublin (1997)

Years experience

Hours practice

Clients seen

Cups of Coffee

“The only thing of which we can be guilty, is of having given ground relative to one’s desires.”

Additional training

I facilitate workshops, supervise other mental health professionals and consult on psychoanalytic and discourse analysis research.

Training Courses

  • SMART Consent (2019)

  • Body-right sexual violence awareness (2018)

  • Children First E-learning (2018)

  • Identifying and responding to students at risk (2016)

  • NVivo data analysis software (2015)

  • PCL-R Psychopathy Assessment (2012)

  • ASIST Applied Suicide Intervention (2009)

 

  • Workshop facilitation
  • Supervision
  • Research
  • Discourse analysis

My practice is underpinned by the ethics and philosophy of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and I respect the confidentiality and psychical well being of each person I work with.