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Psychotherapy:
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is often used as an umbrella term for over 30 different approaches that explore the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. By developing awareness of these patterns, we can start to make meaningful change.
In my approach, this comes from a place of curiosity, rather than judgement, as we understand how your mind works and find strategies that support your way of thinking and being, without trying to ‘fix’ who you are.
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While CBT is known as an active, tools-based therapy, it also offers space to explore past experiences and understand how they’ve shaped belief and responses that influence your life today.
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I integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into my practice, having completed additional training in this area. ACT is a mindfulness-based approach that helps us learn how to make space for difficult thoughts and feelings, rather than trying to eliminate them, whilst taking meaningful action in our lives.​
EMDR:
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is
an approach most commonly used to treat post-traumatic stress and trauma, but it can also be helpful for anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, panic and phobias.
It works by helping the brain reprocessing how distressing memories are stored, so that they feel less emotionally charged and less triggering in the present. This is done through the use of bilateral stimulation, which usually involves guided eye movements (visual) back and forth across a field of vision. This movements aid the brain's natural ability to heal , allowing the memory to be desensitised and linked with more balanced and adaptive beliefs. Bilateral stimulation can also be auditory (alternating sounds to the left and right ear), or tactile (alternating physical sensations, such as tapping shoulders or thighs).
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I have completed EMDR training with EMDR All Ireland and will be working towards accreditation in 2026.