Skills Tutor/Group Facilitator

Ailbhe is a qualified psychotherapist with over 14 years of experience. She holds a higher diploma in integrative counselling and psychotherapy from Dublin City University and a diploma in integrative clinical psychotherapy from Turning Point Institute (TPI). Ailbhe completed an additional three years of skills and process tutor training at TPI. She is an accredited member of the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP) and the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP).

Since 2011, Ailbhe has worked across a variety of settings, in both private and volunteer sectors, including Arthritis Ireland, Living Life Counselling Centre, and Turning Point, where she serves as both a therapist and a skills and process tutor. She also operates a private practice.

Her therapeutic approach is rooted in humanistic, integrative, psychosynthesis, and attachment frameworks. She specialises in supporting individuals experiencing chronic illness and pain, trauma, and anxiety and depression, drawing on her professional expertise and personal experience of living with a chronic condition. This understanding enables her to foster a therapeutic and learning environment of empathy and compassion.

Ailbhe offers a warm, compassion guided approach. She is committed to supporting clients and students in their learning as they discover their own capacity for healing and growth.