Online Counselling for County Dublin

My name is Lisa Gallagher. I am an accredited, qualified counsellor & psychotherapist practising online and also face-to-face in Dublin. I am passionate about the well-being of others and have always believed in the resilience of the human spirit. I trust in everyone’s potential to create a balance of autonomy and interconnection in order to contend with life’s challenges. I have worked with many people experiencing depression, grief and trauma, which have become areas of special interest to me. I feel honoured to sit with people in these intense emotional experiences and to help them feel less alone and overwhelmed by their pain.

I am a fully accredited psychotherapist working with adults and teens (16+) in private practice for over 15 years. I work within an integrative approach to psychotherapy and use a unique blend of talking therapy, breathwork, mindfulness, and meditation tools to help my clients regain emotional balance & resilience, build self-confidence and create thriving relationships. I'm passionate about providing them with a safe space, where they feel held and supported & can better understand and let go of unhealthy and limiting patterns and start to discover their true strengths and more authentic ways of showing up in the world.

The Human Givens approach is a gentle, solution-focused, brief therapy which helps individuals find a solution to get their emotional needs met by using the resources they already have. By working together with my clients we can find ways for them to feel better after just one session. I work holistically, using the latest research from Neuroscience, Wisdom traditions, relaxation techniques, guided imagery and the wonderful resources my client already has. Together we can set a goal for therapy and work towards meeting that goal by creating achievable tasks between sessions. The therapy sessions last between 75-90 minutes.

As a therapist, I will offer a safe place where you can explore your issues and begin to understand your reactions to situations. With this understanding can come power, control and ultimately change. This will be a journey we take together with acceptance, curiosity and understanding.

I'm from Dublin and now live in London. I've worked as a Psychotherapist and Psychosexual Therapist in private practice, charities and the NHS in London for 16 years. I work with a range of people presenting with complex difficulties. Such as ADHD , bipolar disorder, BPD, Anxiety, Depression, relationship difficulties, sexual problems , low self esteem, self doubt , imposter syndrome and more. I'm here to help you understand the labels given by yourself and others, and how they form part of your self-belief system , which can be supportive or undermining. How this can impact relationships, career and mental health.

I’m passionate about helping people. My aim is to help people identify their underlying problems and to work towards the abilities, talents, and power that each person has. As a Psychotherapist, I maintain Person-Centred and Integrative approaches. I consider the therapeutic relationship between me and the client to be a vital tool for our work together.

We all want to feel empowered to live our best life. The problem for most of us is that we don't know how and end up feeling depressed, anxious, frustrated or stuck – and we usually turn to food, alcohol, drugs or other behaviours to help us feel better. If this seems familiar, I can help YOU take back control of YOUR life. Working integratively I include all of the elements that make up your whole person including conscious thoughts, unconscious senses, behaviours, somatic sensations and systemic influences. Contacting me is the first step towards YOU becoming empowered to create YOUR best life!

I work with clients who have problems with Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Workplace Stress, Eating disorders, Self-esteem issues, Relationship difficulties, Sexual abuse and Suicide . I provide both short and long term counselling for adults and teenagers as well as providing support for family members. I conduct assessments and provide On-Line Sessions.

Making choices and empowering from within: Through collaboration, building the relationship and offering a sense of humanity, Ray has found people feel safe and comfortable to discuss any issue whilst also realising the need to do it at the client’s pace. Understanding by encouraging a client to make their own choices, the presenting riddle can be solved. By this I mean the labels of depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem/confidence become less defining. Built on these achievements is a new sense of personal happiness and fulfilment: dealing with any issues in mental health, addiction and beyond.

Let's begin with a chat over a cup of ... what ever you fancy. My purpose is to help heal, teach and train people when they need some guidance in their life. As human beings, we all know what it's like to feel lost, confused or disconnected. When this feeling occurs, it is our mind and bodies way of trying to tell us that it's time to explore. To explore more about yourselves and to evolve. So.. let's begin with a chat and take it from there

I'm an organisational psychologist specialising in the behaviour and performance of people and organisations at work. I work with individuals and teams on leadership, culture, well-being, motivation, and performance with the ultimate aim of helping people find clarity and direction in their daily work. I also provide talks and workshops on these topics. My work is vocational, and I believe that everyone can engage in meaningful and fulfilling work, and sometimes we need help clarifying how that looks. If you are stressed and at odds with your work or sport, or you are ambitious and goal-oriented, I may be able to assist you.

I welcome all clients regardless of gender or sexual orientation. Clients who have experienced traumatic episodes in their life. Clients who have felt they have always been on their own. They may have always felt that they have had no one to protect them, never felt loved or nurtured. Clients who feel they are totally disconnected with who they are. Such clients may feel they are totally lost and have no direction in their life. I welcome all such clients to my practice. Together we will find the reconnection to Self and in doing so find a purpose and goal in life.

I am an experienced counsellor and I understand contacting me is difficult. You may be feeling overwhelmed and possibly finding it difficult to cope. I will support you as we explore what you need from counselling and how I can help you. I believe that life doesn't have to be so hard and it is possible for you to live in a more fulfilling way. Counselling is a wonderful opportunity to take stock of your life, to heal old wounds and figure out how to live happily. Let us work together to help you learn to understand why you are feeling and behaving in certain ways and how to make different choices that will enhance your life.

Counselling is a space where a person is encouraged to meet their own truth and relate this truth to another person within the human condition. A person is able to meet their true or real self in the presence of empathy, non-judgement and unconditional positive regard. I strive to provide these conditions to foster healing and promote well-being in all my clients in the therapeutic space I offer. A person who wants change in one or more aspects of their lives with a desire to reach their full potential is an individual who is on the road to personal and emotional growth and development.

Why can't I work this out? Will it never go away? How did I get into this? Having questions about our life is normal. The art is answering them. Sometimes life presents its own solutions. Sometimes no mater what we do we just can't make the problem go away. That is where counselling comes in. The professional relationship of counselling provides the opportunity to objectively explore issues. At Prevail, I James Foley, strive to establish a relationship that creates a safe space where you can offload, challenge yourself and hopefully initiate change on the concerns that hold you. Leading to more resilient you for the future.

I promote improved awareness of benefits of a healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on mental fitness and connection to self. BEING as connected and as aligned with our own true essence is probably one of the most challenging aspects of being HUMAN. For most of my life, I allowed my self-care and attention to be shifted and conditioned to serve others over my own core and essential needs. I now help you, through my experience and through the tools and techniques I have developed, to (re)discover, better appreciate and nurture unconditional self-love and care for the beautiful person you are (at your core).

I have a special interest in helping men who can get ‘stuck’ and struggle with transitions in life such as retirement from sport, losing a job, divorce, re-locating or simply helping you to figure out a purpose for what comes next. My approach is simple; non-judgmental, open and empathetic to client experiences. I take a broad perspective to understanding my client experiences and integrate historical information to formulating a plan to help clients resolve problems now. Depression, anxiety disorders, loneliness, anger and substance abuse are key areas that I specialize in.

I never take for granted the fact that clients who come to counselling are at their most vulnerable. For those who are struggling with issues like depression, anxiety, abuse, both physical or mental, anxiety, relationship or sexuality and gender issues, my role in the first place is to listen and to provide a safe and confidential place for my clients to make sense of their experiences. Research has shown that the relationship between therapist and client is very important to the outcome of therapy, so I always check with my clients if they feel what we are doing in our sessions are working for them.