Education
Competencies
Workshops Completed
- Doctorate in Psychotherapy by Professional Studies – QQI level 10
- First class honours Masters Degree in Psychotherapy and Counselling – QQI level 9
- Honours Degree in Ophthalmic Optometry – QQI level 8
- Diploma in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy – QQI level 7
- Diploma in Nutrition – awarded distinction
- Diploma in Iridology – awarded distinction
- Certificate in Philosophy
Competencies
- Recipient of IACP Research Excellence Award 2021
- IACP research bursary award 2020- professional endorsement of doctoral research
- Doctoral Research Project- A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Enquiry into Psychological Blind Spots and Epiphanic Experiences
- Masters Research Dissertation- Emotional Response to Breast Cancer
- Masters Elective in Mindful Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Integrative therapies including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychosynthesis and Existential therapy
- Health and Nutrition
- Presented at the 9th European Conference on Mental Health
- Designed and hosted an IACP approved and CPD accredited workshop on my research
Workshops Completed
- Openness in Psychotherapy: Late Heidegger and the Clearing- Dr. Rupert King
- Creative academic writing- Dr.Marie Adams & Dr. Sofia Bager –Charleson
- The Enacting Embodied Memory Theatre in a study of Therapeutic Space for the Dying, an Intuitive Inquiry- Dr. Deborah Kelly
- From Both Sides Now…Online Psychotherapy- Dr. Jeanette Hennigan
- Narrative Life Writing Genres as Tools for Academic and Professional Development- Dr Mona Livholts
- Understanding Stress, its effects and practical techniques to reduce stress-Professor Ivor Browne
- Literature Review- Dr Biljana Van Rijn
- Body psychotherapy-Therese Gaynor
- Meditation and mindfulness-Margaret Power
- Expressive arts and the chakras- Christine Moran
- Working with suicide ideation and self–harm-Siobhan Quinn
- Sexual abuse healing-Anna Marie Smith
- Sexuality and self-Derry McDermott
- Ayurveda –Orna Canavan
