PRAGUE PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE

About Me

I am originally from Dublin, Ireland. I hold a First Class Honours degree in Psychology from Trinity College, Dublin and a Masters degree in Criminology from the University of Sydney Law School. I obtained my Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Liverpool in 2011.

I have worked in a range of clinical settings (community, inpatient, forensic) and with clients of all age groups with a range of presenting problems. I spent several years working in Ireland after obtaining my Masters degree. I was involved in research and clinical work in a community-based service for victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse in Dublin. I then provided psychological services in both a community and residential services for people with learning disabilities and developmental disorders.

I moved to the UK to do my clinical training, and was employed within the National Health Service as a Senior Clinical Psychologist prior to relocating to Prague for personal reasons in 2013. Within the NHS, I worked in a Community Mental Health Team (a service providing support for people with complex mental health problems). This involved delivering group and individual therapies to adults with depression, anxiety disorders, anger, psychosis, interpersonal problems and self-harm. I also worked in a community service for children aged 0 to 7 and their families, which involved running intensive attachment-focused mother-and-child parenting groups, providing support and advice to families, teachers and day care staff to help them manage emotional, behavioural and learning problems in children, and conducting cognitive assessment to identify support needs for children struggling in school. I subsequently spent time working in a community service for adults with learning disabilities, providing both direct and systemic support for service users, their families and carers. I worked in a brain injury unit, assessing cognitive and psychological needs in people with a traumatic brain injury, implementing support plans and providing psychological support to families. Post-qualification, I spent several years working in a high secure service for male offenders with diagnoses of severe and enduring mental disorder deemed to pose a grave and immediate risk to others. Within this role I developed and delivered group and individual interventions for people with severe mental health problems, sexual offending histories, self-harming behaviour and personality/interpersonal problems. I also devised treatment plans for clients who had experienced traumatic brain injury and faciliated reflective practice with nursing staff.

I have published research internationally and maintain research links with University of Nottingham and Merseycare NHS Trust in the UK to continue research into the clinical needs of women whose partners have sexually abused a child. I have previously had academic and research links with University of Liverpool, University of Hertfordshire and University of Lancaster. I also supervise clinical-related Masters dissertations at University of New York in Prague.

I am registered as a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS), the professional body for psychologists in the UK.

I am registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the regulatory body for health professionals in the UK.

I am an Advanced Level Certified Schema Therapist and Supervisor registered with the International Society of Schema Therapists.

I am an accredited member of International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST), a registered psychotherapist with the Czech Association of Psychotherapy (ČAP) and a registered CBT therapist with the Czech Society of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ČSKBT).