About Me

I have 5 years experience as an Addiction therapist and 15 plus years experience working in the addiction field. I have been training in Psychotherapy since 2019. I blend addiction counselling and psychotherapy in my approach.

My experience includes alot of 1-1 and group work, with people in addiction and with families stressed and worried about their loved ones. I work alot with gambling and substance misuse. Recently I co-facilitated a 5 Step family support group, and up until 2 years ago I was I was co-faciililating weekly SMART Recovery meetings.

I am available online and in person. I’m Cork city based.

Experience

Counselling for 5 years

I'm a qualified addiction therapist since 2018 and I've been in private practice for 2 years.

I've been training in psychotherapy since 2019.

I work alot around gambling issues, and substance misuse.

Approach

My approach is integrated between addiction counseling and psychotherapy.

Clients are most often looking for a safe place to look at what's going on, and going wrong for themselves or someone they care about. I can support you to find this change and work through it with you.

Qualification

Diploma in Addiction Counselling in 2012. Accreditation with ACI, Addiciton Counsellors of Ireland in 2018. I completed 300 hours of 1-1 contact time, and 100 hours group work to gain this accreditation. I've a HDip in Youth and Community Work .


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