Ireland has a growing therapy sector, but finding a therapist who does sustained depth work, relational, pattern-focused, not agenda-driven, takes searching. The market is weighted toward CBT and structured short-term approaches. Many American and international English speakers here also want a therapist whose cultural reference points they don't have to explain.
I work with anyone who needs support in English and is living in Ireland. Relationship difficulties, a low you can't quite name, something that's been there for years, something that's just surfaced.
What you're feeling doesn't need to be dramatic to be worth taking seriously.
The work
The work I do is relational and pattern-focused. I don't run through intake checklists or assign exercises between sessions. I pay attention to what happens in the room: what you're saying, what you're not saying, the moments when something shifts or goes flat or speeds up. That's the material we work with.
Most people arrive already knowing the story of their situation. They've told it to themselves a hundred times and always land in the same place. What's missing is a different angle, someone watching in real time who can name what's invisible from inside it. That's what I offer. Not interpretation from a distance, but attention in the room, offered as it happens.
I work with individuals and couples. Individual work is usually about finding the pattern underneath the presenting problem, the thing that keeps recurring in different forms across different circumstances. Couples work is about finding what the argument is really about, which is rarely what it appears to be about. Both come down to the same thing: seeing what you haven't been able to see, and from there, actually being able to do something different.
Being in Ireland
One thing worth noting: I'm American. That brings a different therapeutic tradition than what's typical here - less structured, more interested in what's underneath and how patterns formed. Some people find that distinction matters.
Ireland has a particular quality for English speakers, familiar enough that the gap is surprising when it appears. The cultural overlap is real but so are the differences, and the expectation of easy integration can make the ways it doesn't happen harder to name. It can feel petty to say you haven't quite found your footing in a country where you share the language and the general cultural register.
Dublin in particular has changed fast, expensive, crowded, transient in parts, which creates its own specific texture. The warmth is genuine. The belonging takes longer than the warmth suggests. If any of that is part of what brings you, we can work with it. If it isn't, that's fine.
What people bring to online therapy
The people I work with in English come for a wide range of reasons: anxiety, depression, stress and burnout, anger management, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, loneliness, self-esteem issues, procrastination, sleep problems, attachment patterns, self-sabotage, perfectionism, identity questions, and existential concerns. Online counseling makes this work possible from wherever you are, whether you need an English-speaking therapist, a virtual counselor, or simply someone who can work in your language at a depth that matters.
How it works
Sessions are online via secure video call. I work with individuals and couples (60 minutes). Before your first session, we have a brief 15-minute call to see if this feels like the right fit for you.