Booking Summary

Joe's fee is €90 per session

Counselling and Psychotherapy Approach

Joe is a psychodynamic psychotherapist. Psychodynamic therapy is grounded in the belief that unconscious patterns and early relational experiences shape the way we relate to ourselves and others in the present. Joe offers a therapeutic space that is thoughtful, containing, and reflective—where clients are invited to explore the deeper layers of their emotional world at a pace that feels safe and manageable. As a relational psychodynamic therapist, Joe places the therapeutic relationship at the heart of the work, viewing it as a powerful medium through which insight, healing, and change can occur. He pays close attention to recurring themes, unspoken dynamics, and the ways in which past experiences may be unconsciously re-enacted in the present. This allows for greater self-understanding, emotional integration, and the loosening of long-standing patterns that may no longer serve the client. Joe’s practice is informed by contemporary psychodynamic thinking, attachment theory, and an understanding of trauma and its impact on the psyche. Joe is also trained as a humanistic, integrative therapist, meaning he is not wedded to one particular modality. Rather, he employs whatever approach he feels may be helpful to the client sitting in front of him. He works with sensitivity, clarity, and depth, and holds an ongoing commitment to reflective practice and professional development.

Counselling Experience and Areas of Interest

In addition to his 3 years with Mind and Body Works, Joe has worked as a facilitator for mental health peer support groups in St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin; a parish counsellor in Santa Cruz, Bolivia; and a peer counsellor in Trinity College Dublin. Joe has worked in Ireland and internationally with adults, young adults, and adolescents -  individually and in group settings. He has worked in private practice, schools, universities, and outpatient settings. Joe has also spent 15 years working as a public policy professional, where his work has focused on housing policy, and the impact of the built environment on mental health. His career has spanned consultancy, government, and academia. Joe has experience working with a range of personal difficulties including: anxiety; depression; panic attacks; phobias; bullying; low self-esteem; sexual, emotional and physical abuse; bereavement & loss; relationship difficulties; sexuality, intimacy, and sex issues; eating disorders; workplace difficulties; anger management; stress management and burnout; personal development; life crises; loneliness; homesickness; family problems; alienation; lack of meaning; environmental stressors; identity & self-issues; family conflict. Joe has a particular interest in working with the experience of being a parent as it presents clinically. Specifically parenting’s impact on self-conception; relationships; and as a window into unprocessed early relational experiences. In addition, Joe has extensive experience of working with the impact of achievement and image culture on clients’ self-esteem, identity, and life satisfaction. This often manifests in burnout and workplace issues, feelings of alienation, relationship difficulties, and heavy phone and social media use.

Psychotherapy Training and Accreditation

Joe holds a Master’s degree in Psychotherapy and a Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Dublin Business School; a Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Psychoanalytic Studies from the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, London. Joe is also an accredited member of IAHIP (Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy).