Welcome to MindHealing Psychotherapy & Counselling, a site which offers counselling and psychotherapy services in the Mid-West of Ireland. Appointments for counselling and psychotherapy are available in Limerick City.  Counselling appointments are available Monday to Friday (evenings included) in Limerick. Psychotherapy can resolve a wide variety of emotional and psychological problems.  Links to sites relevant to some organisations pertinent to counselling and psychotherapy are also listed on the links page. Psychotherapy is tailored to the the client's needs and preferences.  Types of counselling available are psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, existential psychotherapy and humanistic/integrative counselling. Psychotherapy for Pain Relief Chronic physical pain such as back pain, and mucle tension, or digestive issues can by caused in whole, or partially by stress or unresolved emotional issues.  The indication that psychotherapy can help is that medical investigation has failed to find any medical cause for the pain or discomfort. For pain which has indentifiable physical casues, mindfullness techniques can help with pain releif in conjunction with medical treatment.  Cóilín is happy to help those who seek alternatives to unsuccessful medical treatment and also people who would like psychological support in tandem with medical treatment. Please note that Cóilín does not give or oppose medical advice, but he aims to work collaboratively with other helth-care professionals.    New Brief (10 Sessions) Solution Focused CBT Suitable for overcoming a crisis or achieving a specific goal. For example, relationship break-up, anxiety, alcohol and other addiction problems,  mild depression. 25 minute sessions @ €30 per session Clients with problems requiring deeper work such as sexual abuse as a child, bereavement, childhood issues, or anger management need full sessions.  See below for details.  If in doubt which type of therapy is suitable for you, feel free to phone and ask. New Mindhealing would like to welcome on board psychotherapist Claire Lyons M.A.  Claire is serving her internship and is available to see clients for €40 per session.  For Claire phone 086-3456751 (Cóilín's number is 087-7784061)   Sandtherapy Available Jungian sand therapy involves arranging toy figures in a sandtray.  In this way, unconscious issues may be accessed indirectly in a similar way to dream interpretation.  Sandtherapy is also useful for clients who have difficulty putting their problems into words.  Cóilín uses a combination of talk therapy and sandtherapy for those interested in working this way.

MindHealing is the business name of Cóilín Ó Braonáin, who is a psychologist working in Limerick. He provides counselling, psychotherapy and workshops on psychological topics such as bereavement and anger management.

Cóilín holds an honours Bachelor's Degree in psychology and philosophy awarded by Marquette University in the USA. He also received two years training in clinical psychology at the same institution.  In addition, a Master's Degree (1st) in Humanistic and Integrative Pyschotherapy was awarded in December 2008 by the University of Limerick.  More recently, a Certificate in Child Psychotherapy was earned following a course specialising in play therapy at the Children's Therapy Centre in Co. Westmeath.  Current research interests include filial play with disadvantaged communities.

Three psychological approaches are used in treating clients, as appropriate, with the aim of providing immediate relief of symptoms, resolving underlying problems, and acquiring a sense of purpose and meaning in life. Psychodynamic theory looks at the past including childhood, cognitive-behavioural techniques are applied in the present, while transpersonal psychology seeks meaning and interconnectedness on a community level.

The therapy is emotion-focused, which means that treatment involves accessing and working through unresolved emotions from the past, in conjunction with addressing current problems. In many cases, today's problem has triggered old emotional hurts which must also be healed.

Treatment is humanistic and gently directive. This means that the whole person is taken into account, so that the obvious problem (e.g. depression) is not viewed in isolation. While the client's needs and wishes are fully-respected, Cóilín does suggest changes in outlook and lifestyle with a view to helping the client move-on from his or her current impasse.

Cóilín is accredited with the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (IACP), affiliated with the American Psychological Association (APA), and is a member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP).

Clients have been impressed by the level of professionalism of MindHealing in conjunction with an empathic flexible approach to their problems.

Fees are €70 per 50 minute session and clients usually attend weekly.  Due to the ongoing recession, I now offer, on request, a €20 discount to clients who are experiencing financial hardship.  Students of counselling training programs who are completing a requirement of personal therapy can also avail of a discounted student rate of €40 per session.

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          Ph.087-7784061           mindhealingireland@gmail.com          Castletroy, Limerick.