Who we are – The Psychology Collective

Who we are ?

Dr Clare Brady

Hi I’m Dr Clare Brady and I am a Clinical Psychologist. I graduated from NUI Galway with my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology over ten years ago. Since my graduation I have worked in a number of HSE settings such as Early Intervention, School Age Disability and Primary Care. Since finishing my training in NUI Galway I have done further training with other organisations such as the Anna Freud Centre, the Compassionate Mind Foundation, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences.

I am really interested in working with people across the life span. However I do have a special interest in assessment and developing intervention plans for Children and Adults with query:

Developmental Delay
Developmental Language Delay
ADHD
Autism
Emotional and Behavioural Disorders

I am a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland and am a member of the Clinical Psychology division.

Dr Kristina Cahill

My name is Dr Kristina Cahill and I graduated from University of Limerick with my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2017. As a clinical psychologist, I have worked in a variety of clinical settings both acute and community-based; including child and adult mental health services; paediatric liaison psychology and disability services.

I can provide therapeutic intervention and psychological assessment for young people and adults experiencing a broad range of difficulties from mood disorders, trauma, interpersonal difficulties, coping with chronic illness, life-cycle developmental issues, as well as many other presentations.

Depending on the client, I tend to work from an integrative approach that draws from a variety of evidence-based interventions which can include: cognitive behavioural therapy; compassion focused therapy; dialectical behaviour therapy; mindfulness, and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Dr. David Flynn

My name is Dr. David Flynn. In 2012 I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist after completing the Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the University of Limerick. During my 3 years of Clinical Psychology training I worked in various parts of the health service where I offered psychological assessments and interventions to people across the lifespan.

I currently work as a Senior Clinical Psychologist in a community mental health service where I provide psychological assessments, interventions and psychotherapy to adults with mental health difficulties. I have also worked in private psychology services since 2014. My approach tries to help a person develop a psychological understanding of both their strengths and their vulnerabilities. I support a person’s wellness and recovery by providing an integrative psychotherapy that draws from various evidence-based psychological approaches. These include but are not limited to Compassion Focused Therapy; Cognitive Analytic Therapy; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Clare Graham

Hi, my name is Clare Graham and I am a fully qualified humanistic and integrative psychotherapist. I also have worked as a behavioural family therapist since 2009 and work with many young people and their parent(s) who may be experiencing relationship and communication difficulties, or high levels of family stress or worry.

As a psychotherapist I work with adolescents and adults who may be experiencing difficulties due to stress, low mood, anxiety, loss or separation, relationship difficulties or conflict or any experience of trauma.My training as a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist enables me to meet my clients in a way that supports them in building awareness of and further understanding their place in their world.

I draw on many models of therapy including Rogerian therapy, attachment theory, psychosynthesis, behavioural therapies and compassion focussed therapy.

Dr. Ellen Butler

Hi my name is Dr. Ellen Butler and I completed my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in Trinity College Dublin. I have worked in a variety of clinical settings both acute and community-based; including child and adult mental health servicesand disability services. I am currently working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

I conduct assessments and therapeutic interventions with an emphasis on person-centred care for both young people and adults. Depending on the needs of the client I adopt an integrative approach in my work drawing on a broad range of evidence based therapies which can include cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy, compassion focused therapy, mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy.

I am a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland and I am Communications Officer for the Division of Clinical Psychology. I have published research in the areas of health psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy, loss, coping strategies and stigma.

Dr Emma Conway

Hi I’m Dr Emma Conway and I am a Clinical Psychologist. I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist after completing my Doctoral training in NUI Galway in 2017. As a clinical psychologist, I have worked in a variety of clinical inpatient and outpatient services providing psychological support to adults, children, and people with disability, who present with mental health difficulties across the lifespan.

I also provide psychological assessment for children and adults such as; Learning disability assessments (e.g. dyslexia assessment), ADHD, Emotional and behavioural difficulties, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Speech and Language Impairments and Capacity and adaptive functioning assessments.

From a therapeutic perspective generally, I use an integrative approach, tailored to the clients strengths and needs, which draws from existing evidence based psychological approaches such as: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Schema Therapy approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Complicated Grief Therapy.

Dr. Gary Byrne

My name is Dr. Gary Byrne. I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2013 after completing Doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. During my training, I worked in a variety of settings providing assessment and interventions to both adults and children.

At present, I am a Senior Clinical Psychologist in Primary Care and provide assessment and psychological treatments to children, adolescents, and adults. I provide assessment and treatment for a range of adult and child presentations, including developmental assessments, mood difficulties, anxiety, and interpersonal stressors. My approach is helping an individual make sense of the reasons that brought them to therapy. I use a variety of therapeutic interventions including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Mentalization-based therapies in helping clients.

Dr Elaine Walsh

Hello, I’m Dr Elaine Walsh and I am a Child and Educational Psychologist. I began my career as a special education teacher working with children and adolescents with learning and other developmental disabilities.

I subsequently graduated from my Masters in Educational Psychology at UCD in 2009 with first class honours. Since then I have worked with children and young people across different settings and at present

I work as a Senior Psychologist on a HSE Early Intervention and School Age Disability Team.

I am committed to life-long learning and have recently completed a Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology at UCD; my research focused on improving assessment practices for autistic girls. I have also completed training in positive behaviour support, DNA-v which is a developmental model of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and positive psychology to support young people to manage emotions, Parents Plus, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness as well as person-centred and family-centred practices.

I love working with children and young people and my specific areas of interest include:

 Autism assessments

 Assessment of general development

 Assessment of cognitive skills for the purposes of exploring specific language, motor or academic learning difficulties (i.e. dyslexia)

 Parenting skills

 Working with parents, children and/or young people to address social, emotional and/or behaviour challenges

Mary Moriarty

Mary is a qualified Systemic Psychotherapist. Since completing her Master’s in Psychotherapy with University College Dublin and the Mater Family Therapy Training programme in 2017, Mary has worked in several locations as a Psychotherapist, including, The Psychology Department St Vincents University Hospital Dublin. Mary works therapeutically from a systemic or family perspective, focusing on relationships, she works with individuals, families, and couples. Mary’s background is in Nursing, she worked for sixteen years with the multidisciplinary Psycho-Oncology Team at St Vincent’s University Hospital, as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. As part of Mary’s work in Psycho-Oncology she met and talked with many people about the Emotional and Psychological impact of having a cancer diagnosis. Mary has recently completed additional training with The Clanwilliam Institute to qualify as a Systemic Supervisor. She is also a qualified EMDR Therapist . Mary is a registered member of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland (FTAI) and The Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP)

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