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About Me

Hello!

My name is Kevin O'Byrne I am an accredited counsellor & psychotherapist based in Dublin. I place high value on meaning, individuality and the power of relationship. I strive to work in a manner that imbues meaning, dignity and pursuing the life you aspire to live. Hence my ethos; #CuriousNotCritical

 

Clinical Training

I hold a H.Dip (Level8) and Masters in Psychotherapy from Dublin Business School, equipping me to practice in a way that combines the empirical rigour 

of contemporary psychotherapy with intensive intrapersonal and interpersonal 

skills acquisition. 

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As of 2024 I have trained on an IACP-accredited postgrad diploma in adolescent psychotherapy in the Greenane Centre, building on my previous experience working in post-primary education experience. 

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Outside of private practice I work on the psychological counselling team

for City Of Dublin Education Board piloting a scheme for Youthreach. Here 

I provide psychotherapy for adolescent learners with complex and diverse

needs. 

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Additional bits

In addition to rigorous talk therapy qualifications I trained on Edinburgh's

Queen Margaret University MSc Music Therapy; an NHS accredited, psychodynamically-informed training which involved clinical placement at Dublin's National Rehabilitation Hospital. This entailed working as part of a multidisciplinary medical team and further training in the MATADOC assessment protocol in London's Royal Hospital for Neurodisability under Dr Wendy Magee. 

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I hold a professional cert in Art Therapy from Dublin Art Therapy College 

I studied on the BA Jazz performance in Newpark Music Centre before transferring to complete my BA Commercial Modern Musician in TU Dublin's BIMM. ​

 

Professional wellbeing consultancy

I frequently deliver lectures and professional consultation around creativity to mental health professionals such as psychiatrists, higher education psychologists and counselling governing bodies IAHIP & IACP

 

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#CuriousNotCritical

Is the working ethos of my practice, meaning:  

You are fundamentally ok!, and given encouraging conditions, you can grow autonomously to live in a way that is most natural and valuable to you. 

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To be 'Curious Not Critical' means moving beyond labels and diagnoses to understand unhelpful living patterns with empathy to their earlier roots and be affirmative to the many facets that make up a person such as; 

Life goals, personal values, creative practice, neurodiversity, sexuality, gender, spirituality and the many domains that make you YOU!

 

As with lyrics, this leaves space for the human experience: from joy to pain, past to present and future and the natural balance of thoughts and emotions. 

​Common areas of focus 

  • Anxiety & Panic

  • ADHD & Neurodiversity

  • Creativity & Meaningful Living

  • Creative arts psychotherpy.

  • Depression & Loss Of Meaning

  • Family Dynamics & Relationship Issues

  • Goal setting & Coaching

  • Grief & Loss

  • Life Changes; job loss, breakup, 'what next?'

  • Sexuality & Gender Identity

  • Stress Management

  • Student-focused Counselling

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If there is an issue you would like to work with, that is not here, please feel free to check in with me around it so I can assist or provide appropriate referral. 

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