OUR COUNSELLORS AND PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
Our Team of Dublin based counsellors and psychotherapists are fully-qualified and experienced in providing excellent counselling and psychotherapy services in the Dublin region.
Alan Oates
BA Anthropology (Hons), H.Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy, MA Psychotherapy
Alan is a fully qualified Psychotherapist who has worked with such organisations as The ISPCC, LIR Psychological Services, and DePaul Ireland. He has been a Public Representative and has extensive experience in the business sector.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Person-Centred Psychotherapy
Alan has specific experience working in the following areas: Depression, Anxiety, Phobias, Psychosomatic Disorders, Addiction, Abuse, Trauma, Rage Control, Loss, Bereavement, Effective Treatment planning, and many others.
Mary Brennan
BA (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy, Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Mary is a fully qualified Psychotherapist who has worked with Finglas Suicide Network and LIR Psychological Services. She has been a volunteer in the mental health sector for numerous years.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Person-Centred Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Gestalt Theory.
Mary has specific experience working in the following areas: Depression, Anxiety, Abuse, Trauma, PTSD, Self-Esteem, Family Conflict, Relationship Issues, Anger Management, Grief, Loss, Work Related Stress, and many others.
Mary Frances Byrne
MA Counselling and Psychotherapy, Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy with The Irish College of Humanities and Applied Science (ICHAS). Member of the Association of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists (APCP) In Ireland.
Mary Frances has over twelve years of experience working in a therapeutic background, providing support and advice in various settings.
Main Theoretical Approaches
You can expect a warm, compassionate, confidential, and non-judgemental space. Mary Frances has specific experience working in the following areas: Anxiety, depression, bereavement/loss, fertility, isolation/loneliness, personal development, relationship issues, self-care, self-esteem, stress, trauma, work issues, and work/life balance.
Justin Cullen
BSc (Hons) Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training). MIACP. BSc (Hons) Environmental and Industrial Chemistry.
Justin is a qualified psychotherapist and completed my training with IICP College in Tallaght. This marked a significant shift in my career, having spent many years working in product transfer as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry.
The methodical aspect of this work has benefitted my practice as a therapist, as I always pay close attention to detail and take note of the unremarkable. My therapy journey so far is aided by this analytical curiosity about myself and others and my experience in the client’s chair. My reward for all this change was a rebirth and the opportunity to live a happy, fulfilling life.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Integrative, Person-Centred, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Attachment, Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Pluralism and Evidence-Based Practice, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, and Multiculturalism.
Pamela Fitzpatrick
Pamela has almost 20 years of experience working with diverse communities and cultures in Ireland and Australia. Her career has moved between residential addiction services, youth work, and rural health services in the public and private sectors.
Her strengths and passion lie in working with adults and young people experiencing addiction, loss, anxiety, stress-related issues, relationship difficulties, and crisis intervention. She strives to create a warm, supportive environment that enables clients to explore their difficulties in an open, relaxed style.
Main Theoretical Approaches
CBT, Solution Focus, and Psychodynamics. Clinical Supervision to practitioners working in private and public sectors and specializing in mental health and addiction. Social care and youth work fields.
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Audrey Farrell
who are dissatisfied with life and are searching for meaning. Audrey believes that the client, with support, has the inner resources to find their own answers.
Carl Rogers (1959).
Sharon French
Sharon has worked with organizations such as SOSAD (Save Our Sons and Daughters) in the Drogheda and Navan branches, where she gained extensive working experience.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Humanistic and Person-Centred Psychotherapy approach to work in depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, bereavement, etc. We are also integrating Psychodynamics, Psychotherapy and CBT.
Stella Kuit
MA BA Degree and Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from the Institute of Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. H. Dip in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin, with an MA in Reading in Practice (Bibliotherapy) and a BA in English Language and Literature from The University of Liverpool. PG.Dip in Law and PG—Dip in Legal Practice from the University of Central Lancashire.
Stella has training in applied suicide intervention skills, a practitioner certificate in working with autistic adults (AUsome training) and a professional certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy skills (PCI College – pending). I will commence an MSc in Psychology and Wellbeing with Dublin City University in September 2023.
Main Theoretical Approaches
A collaborative person-centred stance provides a non-judgmental space to explore and reflect on life experiences, goals, and challenges. With the belief that every individual can change and live an authentic version of themselves, the Integrative approach combines Humanistic, Existential and CBT perspectives.
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Siân Williams
Diploma in Community Addiction Studies, Diploma of Counselling & Psychotherapy, BSc Honours in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Certified Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy, Certified in Couples Counselling, Certified Kundalini & Usui Reiki Master, & Certified Cacao Facilitator. Fully accredited with the IACP.
Current training Shamanic Informed Healing Specialist, Working with Grief and Loss, Working with Intimate Partner Violence, Abuse and Sexual Violence.
Siân empowers clients to trust their inner voice and find meaning in their lives.
Main Theoretical Approaches
She works from a holistic, humanistic, and integrative approach, drawing on different therapeutic models, including psychodynamic, person-centred and existentialism.
She is particularly interested in family constellations, spirituality, addiction, recovery, and crises of meaning and purpose.
Siân can be also found at https://satnamtherapy.com/
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Kevin Corcoran
Counsellor & Psychotherapist, Certified NLP Practitioner
Kevin is a qualified Counsellor, Psychotherapist & NLP Practitioner. He has been interested in physical and mental health since childhood and enjoys working with clients from all walks of life.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Client-led, Trusting therapeutic relationship, Person-centred, Psychoeducation, Holistic.
Kevin’s approach is mainly Person-centred. Kevin has specific experiences with Anxiety, depression, relationship issues, work-related stress, grief, lack of confidence or general unhappiness.
Orla Grace
H. Dip Counselling and Psychotherapy
Orla is a qualified therapist and Psychology graduate. She has been working with Marino Counselling Centre for over a year. She would describe herself as passionate, adaptable and deeply empathetic towards human struggle.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Orla works client-centred, using a client’s strengths to change their relationship and circumstances. With clinical experience working with children, she understands that coping mechanisms stem from early life and our challenges.
Orla treats many issues, including low self-esteem, struggling to cope with life, depression, grief, Anxiety and more.
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Peter Kelly
B.Ph. Philosophy, Dip Social Studies, MSc Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, EMDR Practitioner, Reality Therapy Certified & M.I. Trainer (Motivational Interviewing).
Main Theoretical Approaches
Peter currently works in private practice and has also been involved in the provision of both drug counselling and drug education for the past twenty-five years. Peter is also a practitioner in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) and brings this Adaptive Information Processing approach to bear in his client work. His clinical background is psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and he is an accredited member and supervisor of both the A.C.I. (Addiction Counsellors of Ireland) and the Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Ireland (A.P.P.I.). He specializes in several areas from relationship difficulties to stress management, loss & bereavement, addiction disorders (toxic media, gambling & pornography) to trauma PTSD, anxiety & depression, and low self-esteem. The unconscious in mental health and in particular the ways in which the past can get repeated/played out in the present, but also the process of change and how people can shift out of difficult subjective states into more adaptive and healthier functioning.
Frances Kinsella
Furthering her experience, she practices at the Chrysalis Drug Treatment Center and the Oasis Center.
Main Theoretical Approaches
The humanistic approach aims to enable individuals to connect with and understand their emotions, fostering psychological resilience and emotional stability.
We specialize in various areas, including family issues, relationship issues, bereavement and loss, self-esteem, suicide ideation and self-harm, emotional disturbance, sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, depression, and anxiety.
Brian Kenny
Brian is a fully qualified Psychotherapist who has worked with such organizations as Tusla, the HSE, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, the ETB, Amnesty International, Way2Work Ireland, and
Finglas Support & Suicide Prevention Network.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Suzanna O’Reilly
MA Psychotherapy, H.Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy, H. Dip. Education, BA (Hons) Int. Suzanna is a member of the Irish Association for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP) & Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP).
Suzanna has a background in teaching and has been working as a fully qualified and accredited psychotherapist since 2017. She works with individuals presenting with various issues, including abuse, anxiety, bereavement, depression, life challenges, parenting, relationship issues, stress, trauma, and loss.
Suzanna has experience working for Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and has delivered the Aware Relatives and Friends Programme since 2017.
Main Theoretical Approaches
Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Person-Centred Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
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Marino Counselling Dublin
21 Fairview,
Dublin 3, D03 K4H0
Phone: +353 1 9610100
Email: info@marinocounselling.ie