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Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioners
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Katherine Argue, Beginner Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Person centred, integrative, EFT with couples

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: M15306

Location: Bailieborough, Cavan

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 0872401260

Email: katherine.argue@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Addictions ,   Couples ,   Developmental trauma

I am a pre-accredited counsellor and in training integrative psychotherapist. I specialise in supporting individuals navigating addiction, trauma, and life transitions.

Stephen Cooke, SEP, General Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Somatic Experiencing , Somatic Movement , NARM

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: M11037

Location: Carrick on Shannon , Leitrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 0857747279

Email: Info@stephencooke.ie

Website: Click here

Provides Counselling and Somatic Movement Education ( in the tradition of Thomas Hanna)

Bairbre Crowley, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Acupuncturist/Yoga & Breathwork facilitator

Primary Regulatory Body: Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association

Membership ID/No: 8283

Location: Clonakilty, Cork

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 00 353 87 6410414

Email: bairbre@bairbrecrowley.ie

Website: Click here

I practice: Acupuncture, Breathwork & Yoga in Clonakilty, West Cork. I work online as a breathwork facilitator & I offer complimentary intro consults.

Aisling Davis, SEP, General Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Intergrative

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP and IACP

Membership ID/No: 700092

Location: Buncrana, Donegal

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 00353863630875

Email: aisling.athru@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Anxiety ,   Victims and Survivors of Political Conflict ,   Adults abused as children

As an integrative counsellor, psychotherapist and SEP I offer sessions for those who have experienced, stress and trauma, and those who wish to develop self awareness and resiliency in day to day life

Terry Deehan, SEP, General Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Gestalt Psychotherapy , SE

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP

Membership ID/No: 026997

Location: Belfast, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 07780774622

Email: terrydeehan@gmail.com

Specialisms: Medical trauma ,   PTSD ,   Relationship difficulties

I have been practising for over 10 years currently in Private Practice and with SE Health Trust

Ruth Dixon, SEP, General Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Somatic Experiencing Therapy, EMDR, Couples Therapy

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: MIACP 12354

Location: Dublin City Centre , Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353860141513

Email: rdixonpsychotherapy@outlook.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Eating disorders ,   Sexual trauma ,   Developmental trauma

I provide a safe space to explore ways of working through the debilitating effects of trauma. Using techniques such as Somatic Experiencing Therapy and EMDR, together we help the body & mind heal.

Katie Donovan, SEP

Primary Training Modality: SE with touch therapy

Primary Regulatory Body: Amatsu Association of Ireland

Membership ID/No: E101

Location: Dalkey, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 353872910546

Email: katsdonovan@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Relationship difficulties ,   Adults abused as children ,   Grief and Loss

I work on trauma as it lodges in the body, my background is in Amatsu physical therapy, which focuses on ligaments and joints. Both Amatsu and SE work with regulating the Nervous System

Melanie Downes, Beginner Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Equine Assisted Learning / Equine Guided Coaching

Primary Regulatory Body: ACCPH

Membership ID/No: 00003773

Location: Mullingar, Westmeath

Online sessions: No

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353 87 667 2286

Email: horseknowing@proton.me

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Anxiety ,   Adolescents ,   PTSD

Equine Assisted Learning is an evidence-based therapeutic coaching model that facilitates interactions with horses to promote self-awareness, nervous system regulation and emotional resilience.

Ashleigh Duncan, Beginner Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Integrative

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP

Membership ID/No: 246921

Location: Newtownabbey , Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 07454779988

Email: Ashlee_d@hotmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Sexual trauma ,   Grief and Loss ,   Anxiety

Hi my name is Ashleigh, am integrative counsellor offering gentle and nurturing approach to my work. I hold a deep belief in the connection between the mind and body, integrating SE into my framework

Anna Edwards, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Face to face and online available

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: M11530

Location: Letterkenny and Derry, Donegal

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 00353894666884

Email: annaredwards3@gmail.com

SE practitioner, original training in humanistic integrative counselling and psychology, accredited counsellor with IACP since 2011

Linda Fenesova, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Psychotherapy, Somatic Coaching

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP

Membership ID/No: 01002158

Location: Crossmolina, Mayo

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353896102411

Email: linda@lindafenesova.ie

Website: Click here

Specialisms: ADHD ,   PTSD ,   Developmental trauma

My practice is focused on reconnection to life, playfulness. I am particularly interested in early developmental trauma, post-traumatic growth, life-transitions, mid-life crises, loss and bereavement.

Martina Fitzpatrick, Advanced Trainee

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: M5660

Location: Dowdstown Counselling, Navan, Meath

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353(0)876755354

Email: martinafitzpatrick@hotmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Developmental trauma ,   Victims of Domestic Violence

Advanced student in SE

Mairead Flynn, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Yoga, Mindfulness, Stress Management

Primary Regulatory Body: FHT

Membership ID/No: 170561

Location: Clones, Monaghan

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353868120332

Email: maireadflynn8@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Mairead Flynn is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Gestalt Practitioner and Stress Management Therapist; she teaches Yoga, Mindfulness and Sacred Dance

Michelle Flynn, Beginner Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Psychotherapy

Primary Regulatory Body: Psychotherpist IACP

Membership ID/No: M12151

Location: killiney, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: No

Telephone: 0871318948

Email: mmflynn@tcd.ie

Website: Click here

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Anxiety ,   Pre-/peri-natal trauma

I am a fully accredited psychotherapist and trainee SE practitioner. I specialise in supporting new parents and those on the road to parenthood. I work with birth and reproductive trauma among others

Joëlle Gartner, SEP, Senior Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Gestalt psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP

Membership ID/No: 568014

Location: Belfast, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +44(0)7803169174

Email: j_gartner@yahoo.com

Website: Click here

Gestalt therapist, supervisor and trainer. SEP Senior Assistant. Background in education and politics, I am passionate about the link between health and social justice. Online: emergency only.

Karen Garvin, Beginner Trainee

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: M14746

Location: Kinsale, Cork

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: No

Telephone: +353(0)872378338

Email: karen.garvin@gmail.com

Providing General Counselling & Psychotherapy, with a focus on Nervous system Regulation.

Delphine Grandjouan, Intermediate Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Compassionate Inquiry, SE, Somatic Transformative Life Coaching.

Primary Regulatory Body: EMCC Global & Ireland

Membership ID/No: 123524

Location: Tralee, Kerry

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353858099048

Email: delphine.grandjouan@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Developmental trauma ,   Anxiety ,   Depression

As a certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner & trauma informed Transformative Life coach, I integrate Somatic Experiencing as the basis of my work, in a Polyvagally & IPNB informed context.

Joanne Hanrahan, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Humanistic & Integrative

Primary Regulatory Body: IAHIP

Membership ID/No: 1273

Location: Liscannor, Clare

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: No

Telephone: +353877133737

Email: joannepsychotherapy@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Depression ,   Anxiety ,   Developmental trauma

While theory informs my practice, I truly believe that it is through the therapeutic relationship that real change can occur. I have a special interest in Trauma Informed Nature/Eco Therapy.

David Healy, SEP, Primary Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Integrative Counsellor

Primary Regulatory Body: National Counselling Society (NCS)

Membership ID/No: NCS20-00349

Location: Belfast, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +447398339287

Email: djh180@hotmail.co.uk

Specialisms: Adults abused as children ,   PTSD ,   Physical injury

I qualified as an SEP in 2017 and began assisting the courses here in Ireland from 2018.

Nicki Jordan, Beginner Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Integrative and Humanistic / Cross Professional Supervision

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP / SAI

Membership ID/No: 00969150

Location: Carlingford , Louth

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 0892585826

Email: contactnickijordan@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Anxiety ,   Anxiety ,   Depression

My approach centres on creating a safe and supportive environment where individuals can connect with their inner wisdom, fostering autonomy, authenticity, and awareness.

Karolina Jurasik, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Integrative

Primary Regulatory Body: PSI

Membership ID/No: M7715

Location: Dublin City Center, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353860638126

Email: karolina@silverliningtherapy.co

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Developmental trauma ,   Couples ,   Workplace Trauma

I’m a fully qualified and registered psychologist, certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist and SEP. I’ve been practicing as a counseling psychologist and couples therapist in Dublin since 2013.

Michael Kaski, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing

Primary Regulatory Body: Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Membership ID/No: M14369

Location: Clarinda Park North, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +35383880 9253

Email: miikakaski@outlook.ie

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Adults abused as children ,   Anxiety ,   Relationship difficulties

I think it is important for us to connect with our bodies and tune into the signals they are giving us, treating them as a unique form of intelligence that supports deeper healing and recovery.

Brid Keenan, SEP, Senior Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Gestalt psychotherapy; SE; NARM(developmental trauma)

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP & EAGT

Membership ID/No: 574786

Location: Belfast, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +44 7974 683509

Email: b.keenan@gmail.com

Specialisms: Victims and Survivors of Political Conflict ,   Developmental trauma ,   Dissociative Disorders

Private practice 1994; SEP 2005, NARM - masterclassr (2017); established Ireland SE (2012) – re human rights and social justice the outworkings of colonialism, including the current Peace Process.

Qiaoyi Li, SEP, Primary Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Integrative trauma therapy (Creative/SE/NARM)

Primary Regulatory Body: HCPC

Membership ID/No: AS13206

Location: Lisburn, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +44(0)7347249514

Email: infocaretherapy@gmail.com

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Pre-/peri-natal trauma ,   Developmental trauma

SEP; NARM Master Therapist; NeuroAffective Touch Therapist.Client population: young people & adults. Offer individual and group sessions. Bilingual: Chinese and English..

Michelle Major, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Somatic Experiencing, Yoga, NLP Coaching, Bodywork, Mindfulness

Primary Regulatory Body: ANLP | IPHM

Membership ID/No: IPHMNC11380 | IPHMNC11380

Location: Coleraine , Derry

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 07775895052

Email: info@thesunshineproject.co.uk

Website: Click here

For almost 13-years I've been supporting clients in private practice and facilitating groups within the health, community & charity sectors. I'm a lifelong student to embodied somatic practices.

Bronagh McClean, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Gestalt Psychotherapy

Primary Regulatory Body: UKCP

Membership ID/No: 2011170777

Location: Newcastle, Down

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: No

Telephone: 07907799749

Email: bronaghmccleantherapy@proton.me

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Anxiety ,   Depression ,   Developmental trauma

I am a Gestalt psychotherapist in private practice and have completed the SE training.

Louise McDonnell, SEP, General Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Intergrated

Primary Regulatory Body: Louise Mcdonnell

Membership ID/No: MBACP/AMNCS

Location: Newtownabbey, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 07707219728

Email: louisemcdonnell6@gmail.com

Specialisms: Grief and Loss ,   Depression ,   Chronic pain / Fibromyalgia

Counsellor & psychotherapist for Deaf, Hoh DeafBlind & Hearing.

Marie McGinnity, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Craniosacral therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Reflexology

Primary Regulatory Body: FHT

Membership ID/No: 104487

Location: Carryduff, Down

Online sessions: No

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 07729553152

Email: Mariemc3@gmail.com

Specialisms: Pre-/peri-natal trauma ,   Chronic pain / Fibromyalgia ,   Anxiety

Holisitic care for adults, children, babies and during pregnancy

Deirdre McKibbin, SEP, General Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt Psychotherapy

Primary Regulatory Body: Gestalt psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing, integrative psychotherapy

Membership ID/No: BACP membership no. 902718

Location: Newcastle, Down

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +447713826739

Email: dmckibbin@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Developmental trauma ,   Anxiety ,   Depression

I believe in each person's innate ability to move towards greater functioning and health. My therapeutic relationships support this process of growth - the natural unfolding of people's potential

Bernardine McManus, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Dramatherapy

Primary Regulatory Body: BADth

Membership ID/No: 2484

Location: Newcastle, Down

Online sessions: No

Concessions available: No

Telephone: 07774233820

Email: bernardine53@me.com

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Developmental trauma ,   Anxiety

My work aims to give people the tools they need to heal themselves. As adults they have the capacity to understand how trauma has affected them and make choices about how to move forward.

Fiona McManus-Bell, SEP

Primary Training Modality: SE

Primary Regulatory Body: NISCC & AASW

Membership ID/No: NISCC 6018348 / AASW 674160

Location: Derry / Melbourne, Derry

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 0061493747514

Email: FionaBellSelfDiscovery@outlook.com

Website: Click here

Working between Derry and Melbourne, I'm an SEP, Dreamworker, Independent Social Work Therapist, Group facilitator, Creative arts facilitator, gestalt therapist (current) & intuitive artist.

Judith Moffett, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Integrative Counselling/Psychotherapy .Natural Facialist/Body Therapist

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP (Accred)

Membership ID/No: Integrative Counsellor/ Psychotherapist (401559)

Location: Cookstown/ Magherafelt, Derry

Online sessions: No

Concessions available: No

Telephone: +44 7833070565

Email: judithmoffett73@gmail.com

Welcome! Embracing your body’s innate wisdom through Somatic Experiencing & Integrative Counselling/Psychotherapy. Working in the community with adults and also post primary school aged kids

Diana Murphy, SEP

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP, IACP

Membership ID/No: 00807103

Location: STRANORLAR, Donegal

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: No

Telephone: +353 1417 927

Email: sonascounsellingdonegal@gmail.com

I work from a holistic non pathologising perspective, honoring the body's innate capacity to survive. Offering online appointments across Ireland and the UK.

Stephanie O'Connor, Beginner Trainee

Primary Regulatory Body: Psychological Society of Ireland

Membership ID/No: M15366C

Location: Irishtown & Ringsend, Dublin

Online sessions: No

Concessions available: No

Telephone: 087 214 2132

Email: stephanier.oconnor@hse.ie

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Developmental trauma ,   Anxiety ,   Depression

HSE Primary Care Psychology Service

Mairéad O'Donnell, SEP, Primary Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Gestalt Therapy and SE

Primary Regulatory Body: BACP

Membership ID/No: 625029

Location: Ramelton, Donegal

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353(0)870559946

Email: maireadodonnell21@gmail.com

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Adults abused as children ,   Anxiety

I have been practising as a psychotherapist since 2003, and an SE Therapist since qualifing in 2015. Enquiries most welcome

Ian O'Dwyer, SEP, Primary Assistant

Primary Training Modality: Gestalt Practitioner, Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, NARM® Master Therapist (developmental trauma)

Primary Regulatory Body: NCPS & BACP

Membership ID/No: NCS20-00871 & 796692

Location: Lisburn, Antrim

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +447713990836

Email: infocarecounselling@gmail.com

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Developmental trauma ,   Victims and Survivors of Political Conflict

I work both in private practice and in the community supporting people affected by trauma. My belief is that we can recognise and nurture our own resilience.

Marych O'Sullivan-Sanford, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, BodySoul Leadership & Somatic Experiencing. BAC Supervisor.

Primary Regulatory Body: Irish Forum of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Membership ID/No: None

Location: Aughinish Kinvara, Galway

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 00353657078830

Email: marych@marychosullivansanford.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Grief and Loss ,   Developmental trauma

Private Practice 30 years plus. Psychoanalytic; Psychosynthesis; BodySoul MFW Jungian Trained; Grief; Somatic Experiencing; Self referrals welcome. ALL Supervision online.

Kasia Sowinska, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Integrative

Primary Regulatory Body: PSI

Membership ID/No: M9469

Location: Dublin 2, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: +353879572249

Email: kasia@silverliningtherapy.co

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Developmental trauma ,   Anxiety ,   Relationship difficulties

Registered psychologist, trained in Dance Therapy and Movement Analysis. I have 8 years of experience working with individuals, couples and facilitating groups.

Ffion Thomas, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Bodywork, Holistic Facial Massage, Postpartum Care

Primary Regulatory Body: FHT

Membership ID/No: 205687

Location: Dublin / Monasterevin, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 00353857330352

Email: helloffionthomas@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: Sexual trauma ,   Pre-/peri-natal trauma

Hi I'm Ffion, I'm a mother of one. I am a manual therapist (10 years experience) and somatic experiencing practitioner. Feel free to reach out for a chat about how I can best support you.

Geraldine Walsh, SEP

Primary Training Modality: Pluralistic Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing (SEP), Reiki Master, Shamanic Therapy, Lomi Lomi Bodywork, Homeopathy, Ecstatic Dance, Reiki & Shamanism Facilitator.

Primary Regulatory Body: IACP

Membership ID/No: M11891

Location: Carlow, Waterford

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 086 347 347 3

Email: TimeForMeDublin@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Grief and Loss ,   Adults abused as children

I am a multi-disciplinary therapist of 20+years. I offer clients a safe space to break through trauma to realise their full potential. I integrate SE and wish to offer this service to the South East.

Keshet Zur, Graduate Trainee

Primary Training Modality: Expressive Arts Therapy

Primary Regulatory Body: IACAT

Membership ID/No: 1775

Location: Dun Laoghaire/Bray, Dublin

Online sessions: Yes

Concessions available: Yes

Telephone: 0861556971

Email: expressiveartsireland@gmail.com

Website: Click here

Specialisms: PTSD ,   Adolescents ,   Anxiety

Registered Expressive Arts Therapist. Keshet has many years of experience working with adults, teens and children giving individual therapy, facilitating group and teaching Expressive Arts.