Skills Tutor/Group Facilitator 

Diane holds a BA (Hons.) English and Philosophy, a Post Graduate Diploma Counselling (Marriage and Relationships), a Post Graduate Diploma Integrative Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy (TPI/UCC), and an MSc Integrative Clinical Counselling and Psychotherapy (TPI/UCC). Diane is registered with the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP) and a fully accredited member of the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP).

Diane has been a tutor with the Turning Point Institute since 2022 having previously completed a 3-year tutor internship. She has a private practice in Dublin working with couples and individuals. She also works as a therapist for the HSE Counselling in Primary Care Service in the Kildare/West Wicklow region.

Other work includes serving as a lay member since 2014 for the Mental Health Commission on mental health tribunals. More recently Diane qualified as a mediator to support her work for the Department of Health Cervical Check Restoration of Trust process.

Diane uses an integrative approach to psychotherapy, incorporating humanistic approaches such as person-centred and Gestalt therapy.

Her training at the Turning Point Institute culminated in research looking at psychotherapy for people with schizophrenia. In 2018 she presented this research at the SEPI (Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration) conference in New York.