Dr Susan Eustace

Counselling Psychologist & Psychotherapist

Susan is clinical director of the Centre. She works with adult clients and couples experiencing a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, mental health concerns, abuse, chronic illness and relationship problems. She has worked with men and women experiencing deep emotional pain and trauma. Susan works from a humanistic perspective incorporating both existential and psychodynamic principles. She is an assistant professor and core member of the doctoral programme in counselling psychology at Trinity College Dublin. Susan also lectures at a number of other third level institutions.

Dr Megan Gaffney

PhD
MSc Counselling Psychology
BA (Hons)

Megan is a Counselling Psychologist with a background in mental health and employment services. She studied psychology at Boston University and Counselling Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. Using an integrated approach, Megan has worked therapeutically both short and long term with adults and adolescents with a wide range of difficulties including: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, mental health issues, and relationship difficulties. Megan also provides therapy in a GP practice and works with the Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland (Aspire) and Dublin City University. Megan is also part of a consultancy team which provides personal and professional development training. 

Patrick Harraghy

Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy
CISM

Patrick is a professionally trained counsellor accredited with the IACP. In addition to obtaining a Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy from the Tivoli Institute, he is a Certified Advanced Sensorimotor Practitioner and has also trained in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Crisis Counselling. Having worked with the Gardaí for a number of years he developed an awareness of the impact that trauma has on the individual and how it can lead to other issues and was involved in a ‘peer support scheme’ developed for the Gardaí. Patrick works with a wide range of issues which include trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, bullying, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and sexual issues. Patrick also provides supervision to fellow professionals. 

Antoinette Moriarty

M.Sc. Integrative Psychotherapy
Grad. Dip. Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy
M.A., B.A. (Hons.)

Antoinette spent 6 years training as an Integrative Psychotherapist in Dublin and at Metanoia Institute, London and is fully registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. Antoinette offers space to explore the challenges, as well as the opportunities, of personal and professional life. An experienced therapist, she seeks to support clients to resolve a range of issues in both realms - including the inter-play between professional roles and personal identity; panic, stress, anxiety and depression and patterns of communication at work and at home. She offers specialist support with childhood and/or adult trauma. An important aspect of her work is to enable clients to make sense of painful behaviour we can all adopt at times to cope with life’s pressures e.g. dependencies on, or control of, relationships, food, alcohol, work or technology. In addition to her private practice, Antoinette manages The Counselling Service of the Law Society of Ireland and is a member of Cork Counselling Centre’s training team.

Tania Kacperski

MA Psychotherapy
HDip Counselling & Psychotherapy

Tania works with people who are experiencing degrees of emotional distress that make life very difficult. These emotions may arise out of experiences of past or present trauma, loss or bereavement, issues around sexuality, sexual abuse or other life-changing events. This distress may manifest as anxiety, depression, panic attacks, self-harm, suicide ideation, addictive behaviours, eating disorders, difficulty in relationships, or physical symptoms for which there is no medical diagnosis. Tania has a special interest in working with genetic carriers and people who are managing the impact of hereditary illness and/or a diagnosis of a genetic illness within the family.

Her psychotherapeutic approach is humanistic, integrative and psychodynamic and she adheres to the Code of Ethics of the Irish Association for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP). Tania is committed to continuous supervision and professional development. 

Mary Hamill

BA (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy
Professional Cert Children & Loss

Mary completed an honours degree in Integrative Psychotherapy following a corporate career of twenty years.  She works with both men and women to help with a range of difficulties across social, cognitive, psychological and emotional areas.  Mary provides both short and long term therapy according to individual needs, support and confidentiality are assured.

Mary also completed the Professional Certificate in Children and Loss with the IHF & RCSI.  Working with both adolescents aged 11 – 18 and adults over 18, Mary provides support and counselling to help with the painful experience of the death of a loved one during childhood, either recently or in the past.  Loss from separation and divorce is another area that can cause distress for children and Mary provides counselling for adolescents and consultations for parents to help during this difficult transition.

Barbara Murray

MIACP 
BA (Hons) Counselling & Psychotherapy

Barbara works as an integrative therapist, using a combined approach to counselling and psychotherapy, that brings together different elements of specific therapies. As each client is unique, her approach is tailored to the client’s individual needs and personal circumstances.

She works with both short term and long-term clients, covering areas such as addiction/eating disorders, anger management, anxiety/stress, bereavement, child related issues, depression, identity issues, post-traumatic stress, relationship issues, sexuality, trauma and work-related issues.  She has extensive experience working in the area of suicide prevention and self -harm.

Barbara is a fully accredited member of IACP and adheres to their code of ethics and continuing professional development requirements.

Paul Flannery

MIAHIP, ICP regd.
MA Psychotherapy
HDip Counselling & Psychotherapy

Paul is a fully accredited and experienced therapist with a Masters in Psychotherapy, a Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy and a B.Eng. (Industrial). He also has experience at managerial level in both Irish and multinational companies. Through his training and experience, Paul draws on a variety of therapeutic approaches in response to the needs and experiences of each client. He is experienced in brief solution-focused counselling through his work in Pieta House and TCD student counselling. 

Paul’s main approaches are psychodynamic, humanistic, integrative, CBT, and solution-focused therapy. His areas of experience include: anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, family issues, sexual & physical abuse, work-life balance and work-related challenges, stress, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, sexuality, LGBT issues, and cultural difference.