Adoption Counselling in Dublin
Ruth Alvey
Psychotherapist, MA, MIACP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Dublin, County Dublin D04 (Online Only)
I am a fully accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist. I work with a range of issues to include anxiety, bereavement, depression, relationships, intimacy, and self-esteem. I have a particular interest in working with individuals who have experienced adoption to include the adult adoptee, the birth parent and/or the adoptive parents. I provide short-term counselling to those who need support getting through a particular issue or event in their lives and longer term psychotherapy to individuals who wish to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships with others.
I am a fully accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist. I work with a range of issues to include anxiety, bereavement, depression, relationships, intimacy, and self-esteem. I have a particular interest in working with individuals who have experienced adoption to include the adult adoptee, the birth parent and/or the adoptive parents. I provide short-term counselling to those who need support getting through a particular issue or event in their lives and longer term psychotherapy to individuals who wish to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships with others.
I have a special interest in Adoption issues, family dynamics, and personal development.
My clients want to increase their strength and resilience in the face of difficult times. They want to learn how to best manage in the face of adversity, and challenge their own blocks. They can be from any walk of life or any orientation.They've reached a point where they feel that they need support and a safe non judgemental space to explore both their own selves and their lives. They may be struggling with their identity for some reason : Adoption, identity issues, bereavement & loss, they have family difficulties, and are commited to positive a change.
I have a special interest in Adoption issues, family dynamics, and personal development.
My clients want to increase their strength and resilience in the face of difficult times. They want to learn how to best manage in the face of adversity, and challenge their own blocks. They can be from any walk of life or any orientation.They've reached a point where they feel that they need support and a safe non judgemental space to explore both their own selves and their lives. They may be struggling with their identity for some reason : Adoption, identity issues, bereavement & loss, they have family difficulties, and are commited to positive a change.
I work from an integrative perspective grounded in person centered therapy. I adapt the therapy to the needs of the individual while respecting their views and values. I believe that most individuals can heal, grow and find resources within in a supportive and non-judgemental environment. I will work with you in exploring issues from the past and how they are affecting you in the present. I will also help you with tools and resources to help you in the day to day. I have a special interest in working with all members of the adoption triad specifically around, loss rejection and a sense of identity.
I work from an integrative perspective grounded in person centered therapy. I adapt the therapy to the needs of the individual while respecting their views and values. I believe that most individuals can heal, grow and find resources within in a supportive and non-judgemental environment. I will work with you in exploring issues from the past and how they are affecting you in the present. I will also help you with tools and resources to help you in the day to day. I have a special interest in working with all members of the adoption triad specifically around, loss rejection and a sense of identity.
Adoption.
I provide a space which is safe and secure. The Therapeutic place is where you will be listened to and cared for. You will be understood and supported as you go about healing your experiences of trauma and the past. It is my aim to help you cope with the challenges and enable you to respond with new found tools to deal with the difficulties and circumstances of daily life.
Adoption.
I provide a space which is safe and secure. The Therapeutic place is where you will be listened to and cared for. You will be understood and supported as you go about healing your experiences of trauma and the past. It is my aim to help you cope with the challenges and enable you to respond with new found tools to deal with the difficulties and circumstances of daily life.
I am an Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a strong focus on Client Centred Therapy. I support, help and encourage people with a range of issues such as Abuse, Anxiety, Addiction(s), Adoption, Anger Management, Bereavement ,Brief Therapy,Child Related Issues,C.B.T,Confidence,Cultural Issues, Depression, Dreams,Disability, Eating Disorders,Emotional Abuse,Fear,Family of Addicts,Gender Issues,General Counselling,Grief,Health Related Issues, Identity Problems, LGBT,Mental Abuse,Panic Attacks,Phobias, PTSD, Physical abuse,Psychotherapy,Recovery from suicide attempt, Restorative practice,Shame, Sexual abuse,Sexuality issues.
I am an Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a strong focus on Client Centred Therapy. I support, help and encourage people with a range of issues such as Abuse, Anxiety, Addiction(s), Adoption, Anger Management, Bereavement ,Brief Therapy,Child Related Issues,C.B.T,Confidence,Cultural Issues, Depression, Dreams,Disability, Eating Disorders,Emotional Abuse,Fear,Family of Addicts,Gender Issues,General Counselling,Grief,Health Related Issues, Identity Problems, LGBT,Mental Abuse,Panic Attacks,Phobias, PTSD, Physical abuse,Psychotherapy,Recovery from suicide attempt, Restorative practice,Shame, Sexual abuse,Sexuality issues.
Celine holds a love of and curiosity in life and people and belief in the inherent well-being and potential for change and possibilities for people, no matter where they are currently in their life situation or where they have started out from. I work with clients experiencing a variety of challenges in their lives and support them to gain a greater understanding of self and an understanding of what has or is occurring. My hope is to support a client to realise the best possibility for themselves and to become the best version of themselves. Fully Accredited member of Irish Assoc Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy IAHIP.
Celine holds a love of and curiosity in life and people and belief in the inherent well-being and potential for change and possibilities for people, no matter where they are currently in their life situation or where they have started out from. I work with clients experiencing a variety of challenges in their lives and support them to gain a greater understanding of self and an understanding of what has or is occurring. My hope is to support a client to realise the best possibility for themselves and to become the best version of themselves. Fully Accredited member of Irish Assoc Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy IAHIP.
Using the psychodynamic approach-exploring past events and understanding how these impact your life today is my central way of working. It allows clients to gain a deeper insight into the presenting issues. This promotes agency giving clients confidence to use their own resources to deal with life events.
Using the psychodynamic approach-exploring past events and understanding how these impact your life today is my central way of working. It allows clients to gain a deeper insight into the presenting issues. This promotes agency giving clients confidence to use their own resources to deal with life events.
If you find it difficult to cope, suffer from stress, panic, fear, anxiety, depression or emotional difficulties. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help. Are you your own harshest critic, feeling not good enough, feeling stuck, lost or comparing yourself to others? Does this impact your mood or behavior? Counselling can help you to feel better about yourself and feel more connected, by making changes to uncover your strengths. It can be a space to talk about distressing experiences, to help you deal constructively with your difficulties and overcome obstacles to help you heal and grow on a journey to self discovery.
If you find it difficult to cope, suffer from stress, panic, fear, anxiety, depression or emotional difficulties. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help. Are you your own harshest critic, feeling not good enough, feeling stuck, lost or comparing yourself to others? Does this impact your mood or behavior? Counselling can help you to feel better about yourself and feel more connected, by making changes to uncover your strengths. It can be a space to talk about distressing experiences, to help you deal constructively with your difficulties and overcome obstacles to help you heal and grow on a journey to self discovery.
Retired in Jan 2024 - Psychotherapist
Psychotherapist, MSc, ICP
Verified Verified
Dublin, County Dublin D02
Ines helps Adults, Parents, Children & Adolescents who are experiencing difficulties with their emotions or behaviour. I offer Online Counselling for Adolescents and Adults. As it is difficult to see young children for play therapy via online video call I offer Online Parent Support Sessions. Please send me an email or call me for an initial talk. Ines is an accredited Adult Psychotherapist as well as an accredited Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist.
Ines helps Adults, Parents, Children & Adolescents who are experiencing difficulties with their emotions or behaviour. I offer Online Counselling for Adolescents and Adults. As it is difficult to see young children for play therapy via online video call I offer Online Parent Support Sessions. Please send me an email or call me for an initial talk. Ines is an accredited Adult Psychotherapist as well as an accredited Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist.
Life Counselling and Psychotherspy
Psychotherapist, MSc, MIACP
Verified Verified
Dublin, County Dublin D15
Waitlist for new clients
Currently full up and not taking on new clients
Currently full up and not taking on new clients
South Dublin Centre for Counselling and Therapy
Psychotherapist, MA, MIACP
Verified Verified
Dublin, County Dublin D16
Jenny is a humanistic and person-centred Psychotherapist with an emphasis on the person’s capacity for change. Jenny has worked within the health care sector for over 13 years. Jenny endeavours to bring about awareness and understanding within the client that can enable healing within the mind, body, and heart. When you come to therapy, you will find a safe, friendly, non-judgemental atmosphere that will allow you to explore, express or confront whatever it is that brought you to the therapy room.
Jenny is a humanistic and person-centred Psychotherapist with an emphasis on the person’s capacity for change. Jenny has worked within the health care sector for over 13 years. Jenny endeavours to bring about awareness and understanding within the client that can enable healing within the mind, body, and heart. When you come to therapy, you will find a safe, friendly, non-judgemental atmosphere that will allow you to explore, express or confront whatever it is that brought you to the therapy room.
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Psychotherapist, MSc, MIACP
Verified Verified
Dublin, County Dublin D14 (Online Only)
I work with people who have a variety of difficulties and varying degrees of distress, such as depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, addiction, and bereavement. I strive to offer a safe, supportive and understanding space for all my clients. I very much believe (and have seen in practice) that therapy is a helpful means for resolving current and/or past issues which may affect people and constrain their ability to lead a fully functional and satisfying life. I have a special interest in (i) psychotherapy for older adults, (ii) addiction and (iii) couples therapy.
I work with people who have a variety of difficulties and varying degrees of distress, such as depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, addiction, and bereavement. I strive to offer a safe, supportive and understanding space for all my clients. I very much believe (and have seen in practice) that therapy is a helpful means for resolving current and/or past issues which may affect people and constrain their ability to lead a fully functional and satisfying life. I have a special interest in (i) psychotherapy for older adults, (ii) addiction and (iii) couples therapy.
McEvoy Counselling and Psychotherapy
Psychotherapist, MIACP
Verified Verified
Dublin, County Dublin D13
I am an integrative psychotherapist. This means that I work using various different skills, therapies, methods, and tools and tailor them to each individual client's needs and wants. I work collaboratively with each client to help them to establish and achieve whatever their goals and needs are from therapy. I am client-focused, non-judgemental, flexible, honest, trustworthy, and direct. I work within the client's own frame of reference and within their boundaries. I consider the client's capacity for the direction and time frame of the work. I work with the majority of issues and respect all genders, cultures, nationalities, etc.
I am an integrative psychotherapist. This means that I work using various different skills, therapies, methods, and tools and tailor them to each individual client's needs and wants. I work collaboratively with each client to help them to establish and achieve whatever their goals and needs are from therapy. I am client-focused, non-judgemental, flexible, honest, trustworthy, and direct. I work within the client's own frame of reference and within their boundaries. I consider the client's capacity for the direction and time frame of the work. I work with the majority of issues and respect all genders, cultures, nationalities, etc.
I bring the concept that we are body, mind and spirit into my practice. As an integrative psychotherapist I'm aware about the importance of connecting these parts in order to support and empower my clients. To be able to live in the present and to feel connected with our essence/soul by listening our guided internal voice, it is a present. And we are all able to achieve the power of being present.
I bring the concept that we are body, mind and spirit into my practice. As an integrative psychotherapist I'm aware about the importance of connecting these parts in order to support and empower my clients. To be able to live in the present and to feel connected with our essence/soul by listening our guided internal voice, it is a present. And we are all able to achieve the power of being present.
BobCat Integrative Consulting
Counsellor, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Dublin, County Dublin D18 (Online Only)
Relationships are under more strain than ever these days, and family dynamics have been stretched and tested. It’s more important now to dig for deeper meaning and more clarity about how to navigate in a world with so much trouble and trauma. We're searching to find purpose and a sense of belonging. What are your deepest, truest values? What do you long for? Together we can discover your roadmap. I help people of all ages to build a sustainable inner foundation and to make a life that reflects their most important values and qualities. Together we can create the best possible life for you. Let’s get real, but not forget to laugh!
Relationships are under more strain than ever these days, and family dynamics have been stretched and tested. It’s more important now to dig for deeper meaning and more clarity about how to navigate in a world with so much trouble and trauma. We're searching to find purpose and a sense of belonging. What are your deepest, truest values? What do you long for? Together we can discover your roadmap. I help people of all ages to build a sustainable inner foundation and to make a life that reflects their most important values and qualities. Together we can create the best possible life for you. Let’s get real, but not forget to laugh!
There are many people who experience overwhelming emotion and find it challenging to cope with the stressors of life. Psychotherapy can offer you a safe and confidential environment to fully express yourself and sort through those difficult emotions. I will work with you collaboratively, at your own pace, exploring the areas in your life, past and present that may be inhibiting your overall happiness and well-being.
There are many people who experience overwhelming emotion and find it challenging to cope with the stressors of life. Psychotherapy can offer you a safe and confidential environment to fully express yourself and sort through those difficult emotions. I will work with you collaboratively, at your own pace, exploring the areas in your life, past and present that may be inhibiting your overall happiness and well-being.
Feel better today. Human Givens Therapy is a bio-psycho-social, brief, solutions-focused therapy designed to help you feel and function better fast. As Human Givens psychotherapists we offer reliable and practical help, using current psychological knowledge to resolve difficulties and help you move on in your life. We work with you, the individual, to achieve your goal for therapy as quickly as possible. Find out more at www.dublinhumangivens.ie
Feel better today. Human Givens Therapy is a bio-psycho-social, brief, solutions-focused therapy designed to help you feel and function better fast. As Human Givens psychotherapists we offer reliable and practical help, using current psychological knowledge to resolve difficulties and help you move on in your life. We work with you, the individual, to achieve your goal for therapy as quickly as possible. Find out more at www.dublinhumangivens.ie
I approach my work with the belief that with compassionate care and acceptance, no matter how challenging our early lives have been, we all have a capacity for transformation and the potential to live a more enriched and fulfilling life. I believe that helping people to recognise and believe in their worth enables them to be more resilient in the face of challenges and difficult emotional experiences and to be able to make self-supportive and affirming choices.
I approach my work with the belief that with compassionate care and acceptance, no matter how challenging our early lives have been, we all have a capacity for transformation and the potential to live a more enriched and fulfilling life. I believe that helping people to recognise and believe in their worth enables them to be more resilient in the face of challenges and difficult emotional experiences and to be able to make self-supportive and affirming choices.
Troubled, conflicted, anxious or distressed? Struggling with loss or identity issues? Feel a relationship is in difficulty or things are not going well at home, work or college? Perhaps you are struggling to cope after receiving a medical diagnosis or wondering why you became ill in the first place? Going to therapy allows you to talk about what you are experiencing, explore reasons, develop solutions and help you attain a stronger, more fulfilled and creative self. An important part is sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings in a safe, non-judgemental therapeutic relationship with a specially trained therapist.
Troubled, conflicted, anxious or distressed? Struggling with loss or identity issues? Feel a relationship is in difficulty or things are not going well at home, work or college? Perhaps you are struggling to cope after receiving a medical diagnosis or wondering why you became ill in the first place? Going to therapy allows you to talk about what you are experiencing, explore reasons, develop solutions and help you attain a stronger, more fulfilled and creative self. An important part is sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings in a safe, non-judgemental therapeutic relationship with a specially trained therapist.
Welcome! I am a fully accredited couple's and individual psychotherapist, with over 30 years of working with individuals, couples and families. Psychotherapy is a journey that can help you 'join the dots' in your present and past, so that you can uncover and recover, parts of yourself that may have got lost along the way. Ideally, this journey can help you find meaning, peace and joy, within and beyond challenging life experiences. Ultimately, both individual and couple's psychotherapy is all about self-empowerment.
Welcome! I am a fully accredited couple's and individual psychotherapist, with over 30 years of working with individuals, couples and families. Psychotherapy is a journey that can help you 'join the dots' in your present and past, so that you can uncover and recover, parts of yourself that may have got lost along the way. Ideally, this journey can help you find meaning, peace and joy, within and beyond challenging life experiences. Ultimately, both individual and couple's psychotherapy is all about self-empowerment.
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Adoption Counsellors
Does my adopted child need therapy?
Not every adopted child needs therapy. However, many can benefit from seeing an adoption-informed therapist, especially if they were victims of abuse or neglect, appear withdrawn or disconnected, have behavioural or developmental issues (which may or may not be related to their adoption), are struggling with feelings of grief or loss surrounding their birth parents, or find it difficult to establish an identity, a challenge that often becomes most apparent during adolescence.
When should adoptive parents seek therapy?
Prospective parents can benefit from therapy even before an adoption—for example, to voice worries and fears; to reconcile infertility struggles, if relevant; or simply to prepare themselves for parenthood. After the adoption, parents who are struggling to bond with their child; are unsure how to talk about adoption or related issues, such as race; or whose child is dealing with developmental, behavioural, or psychiatric concerns can address these and other issues with the help of an adoption-competent therapist.
Is family therapy appropriate for adoptive families?
Family therapy can be invaluable for strengthening the bond between adoptive parents and children, helping the latter feel more secure in their place in the family. Family therapy can also help adoptive families navigate complex communication issues—for example, parents who feel uncomfortable discussing race with their child, who in turn feels invalidated by their silence, or a child who has questions about his birth parents but avoids asking them out of fear of hurting his adoptive parents’ feelings.
What therapy is not appropriate for adoption issues?
A discredited therapy known as “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy” or “rebirthing therapy”) should not be used to treat adopted and foster children, though it was largely designed for this population. Attachment therapy involves restraining, coercing, and punishing the child in order for them to “release” negative emotions and attach to their new caregivers—techniques that are abusive and dangerous and have even proven fatal in some cases.