Learn More About Marina, Her Qualifications, Trainings and Practice
Practice Experience
Including clinical practice for a 4 year MSc. training, I have been a practicing psychotherapist for 14 years, working predominantly in a Counselling & Psychotherapy Service within a Tusla Family Support Project in Cork City. This service was based in a disadvantaged are in the Northside of the city the, where I provided support to many individuls including struggling parents and families, through the use of individual therapy as well as group facilitation. It was here that I developed a special interest in Trauma which led me to further trainings and development in that area.
In May 2020 I became the Therapeutic Clinical Lead within the psychotherapy service, managing referrals, assessments and allocations and daily operations within the sevice, as well as maintaining my clinical work with clients.
Between 2018 and 2024 I also provided community counselling & psychotherapy in Macroom, Co. Cork, as part of a service facilitated by Tusla and The CDYS. Within that service I also wrote and facilitated many mental health workshops for the Goodlives Adult Learning & Training Initiative, within the town.
In November 2023 I was delighted to get the chance to set up a part time psychotherapy service in Killarney Town and have, since December 2024, turned that into a full time practice.
Relevant Qualifications
MSc. Integrative Psychotherapy
BSc. (Hons) Psychology with Sports
PG Cert. CBT
I graduated from the University of Northampton in the U.K. in 2000 with an Bachelor Degree (Honours) in Psychology with Sports.
In 2010 I received a Post Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy from Trinity College Dublin in conjunction with St Patrick's Hospital & HSE.
In 2011, I went on to study psychotherapy and graduated from Dublin City University in 2015 with a Master of Science Degree (MSc.) in Integrative Psychotherapy.
Trainings & CPD
Since then I have received certification level 1 & 2 in Comlex Trauma Treatment and am a certified practitioner (CCTP1& 2), Janina Fisher and Evergreen Certification.
I complete 30 hours of continung professional development training every year, and attend monthly supervision.
Some of the trainings I have attended and have special interest include:
Quieting the Anxious Mind with Catherine Pullman. The Body Keeps the Score- Trauma Training with Bessel Van der Kolk. Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges. Attachment Theory with Patricia Crittendon. Transending Trauma- Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems with Dick Swartz and again with Frank Anderson. Self Compassion, An Antidote to Shame with Christopher Germer. An Integrative Approach to Treating Complex PTSD & Dissociative Disorders, with Kathy Steele. Clinical Strategies to Resolve Traumatic Memories & Help Clients Reclaim Their Live, with Peter Levine.
I am a fully accredited, and licensed to practice, by the Irish Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy- membership number M13410
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