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           About me

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Who am I?

bryan 1I am a fully accredited counsellor and psychotherapist. I have my private practice rooms at side of  no. 38 Carrick Hill, Portlaoise, on the Dublin Road opposite the Killeshin Hotel.

I hold a professional liability insurance.

I have also taken on a wide variety of counselling courses, Diplomas and an honours Degree throughout my career. Including Family Therapy, Mindfulness, CBT, Sexual Abuse and other self development courses. I have 10 years experience as a counsellor/psychotherapist. I am fully accredited counsellor with IACP.  I have a honours degree B.Sc.(Hons) and diploma in Counselling/Psychotherapy with PCI college. I enjoy updating myself by going to a lot of seminars and workshops on counselling issues. I work with a wide range of presenting problems such as relationship difficulties, depression, low self-esteem, bereavement, loss, childhood trauma, abuse, addiction etc.I have 4 fabulous teenagers/adults whom I love growing up with and a wonderful, understanding, loving and caring wife.

My Theoretical Approach

Fundamentally I am a person-centred counsellor. images-3My belief is that everyone has the resources within themselves to make changes in the way they think about themselves and in how they manage their situations. I offer my clients a safe and non judgemental space to explore their feelings and their issues which can allow healing to occur. I find a lot of stressful issues an be helped with CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). A good site for info on CBT is www.getselfhelp.co.uk. Also google your issue or issues and we will discuss what you might need in your counselling sessions. Hopefully I will be able to help you help yourself!

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