Hello, I'm Bridget Mannion
I’m a qualified and accredited psychotherapist and counsellor offering therapy services in-person in North County Dublin and remotely by video.
A Brief Overview
I hold an Honours Degree in Psychology from the Open University, followed by an intensive four year post-graduate training in Psychotherapy and Counselling with the Tivoli Institute. I also have a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from City Colleges Dublin, Levels 1, 2 & 3 EMDR from EMDR Europe and a Diploma in Trauma Informed Psychotherapy from the Greenane Centre. I’m fully accredited by IACP (The Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy).
My passion in life is to help people through my work as a psychotherapist. I work with adult clients by supporting and guiding them to move away from a challenging, painful experience of themselves or the world and into discovering and embracing their empowered, connected, authentic selves. Beautifully summed up by the poet Aberjhani, “Dare to love yourself as if you’re a rainbow with gold at both ends”. What a privilege that is!
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are
Training & Experience
Why I trained as a Psychotherapist
For many years I worked in the corporate sector. However, I trained and worked as a complementary health therapist outside of business hours. I loved helping people with their physical and emotional health issues. Over time it became clear that my work mainly focused on my clients’ emotional lives, yet whenever they needed counselling, I had to refer them elsewhere. Eventually, I took the plunge and started on the long road to qualifying in psychology and psychotherapy so I could provide these valuable services myself.
I have found psychotherapy to be very helpful to me in my life, and I appreciate having the training, qualifications and experience to pay this gift forward.
Some Background History
I worked with the low-cost psychotherapy service at The Tivoli Institute from 2014 to 2017 and have been in private practice since then. I also work as a counsellor and psychotherapist with Family Carers Ireland, a registered charity supporting Ireland’s family carers.
My therapy practice has full professional indemnity and public liability insurance, and during therapy, I abide by IACP’s Code of Ethics. To better understand how to help clients with their problems, I continually research and study to enhance my skills through workshops, seminars and courses.
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How I Work
It begins with empathy, not judging, being kind, having insight and listening.
I work one-to-one with people over 18 years of age. Every client is unique and so each person will need an approach tailored to their circumstances and preferences. To do that, I’ve trained in several different therapeutic modalities. My core training involved psychodynamic, humanistic and integrative psychotherapy. I have subsequently undertaken extensive training in trauma informed psychotherapy also EMDR (a technique used to treat post-traumatic stress). I understand that working with a client who is living with the long-term impact of trauma is specialised work that needs to be handled carefully, sensitively and respectfully. I have the training and experience to manage this skilfully.
I holistically combine all of these approaches to provide empathic, kind and practical support in your recovery from whatever is troubling you at a comfortable working pace.
As a person and therapist, I’m straightforward, friendly, empathic and kind, and I find that clients feel safe working with me. Building a good therapeutic relationship with each client is essential to working together. It isn’t left to chance, and knowing how to create this kind of relationship is a core skill learned with training and practised over many years.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”