Counsellors offer talking support for a specific problem or life event, such as bereavement, stress or relationship difficulties. Counsellors are not statutorily registered in Ireland yet. CORU plans a register but has not set an opening date.
RC Psychotherapy's Dublin room is at 24 O'Connell Avenue, off Berkeley Road in Phibsborough, Dublin 7, which the practice describes as a short walk from the Phibsborough Luas stop and Drumcondra station. Sessions here are with Rosemary Chaney, a counsellor and psychotherapist who states on the practice website that she has been accredited by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) since 2005 and as an IACP supervisor since 2012. In Dublin she sees adults on their own, couples and young adults aged 18 and over, and offers clinical supervision to other therapists, with further training in trauma work using Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR and CBT. The same practice also has a room in Gorey, Co. Wexford, and works online by secure video with clients anywhere in Ireland. Enquiries go by phone to 087 458 0150, by email or through the contact form, and the site says replies usually come within one working day.
A one-person private counselling and psychotherapy practice in Seafield House, Booterstown, run by John Smith, an accredited counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with over 18 years in full-time private practice. He works with addictions including sex and gaming addiction, relationship difficulties, stress and anxiety, and offers clinical supervision to other practitioners. Sessions are in person or online, and contact is by phone, WhatsApp or the web form. The site gives no opening hours or fees.
Gorey is where RC Psychotherapy started: Rosemary Chaney sees clients at Bodhi, 14 Main Street, Gorey, Co. Wexford, a room the practice website calls its original practice room, quiet, private and easy to reach. She is a counsellor and psychotherapist, and states on the site that she has been IACP accredited since 2005 and an IACP accredited supervisor since 2012. Her work covers counselling for individuals, relationship counselling for couples, counselling for young adults aged 18 and over and clinical supervision for other therapists, with a particular interest in trauma using the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy model alongside EMDR and CBT. Clients who cannot travel to Gorey can see her at a second room in Phibsborough, Dublin 7, or online by secure video from anywhere in Ireland. Contact is by phone on 087 458 0150, by email or through the form on the website.