
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
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Anxiety & Panic
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ADHD & Neurodiversity
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Creativity & Meaningful Living
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Creative arts psychotherpy.
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Depression & Loss Of Meaning
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Family Dynamics & Relationship Issues
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Goal setting & Coaching
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Grief & Loss
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Life Changes; job loss, breakup, 'what next?'
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Sexuality & Gender Identity
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Stress Management
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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.
