Patrick O’Flaherty
Patrick is a graduate in Counselling & Psychotherapy with Middlesex University in collaboration with PCI College. He is an accredited member of the IACP and follows their code of ethics. As an integrative psychotherapist, he tailors his approach to support the client’s individual needs to aid healing and personal growth, drawing upon a variety of therapeutic interventions from person-centred, humanistic-existential, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), psychodynamic, systems theory, somatic, narrative, ecotherapy, and mindfulness-based perspectives. In addition to Oakwood, Patrick also works in private practice in Limerick City. Patrick works both in-person and online and offers a compassionate and non-judgemental space to work collaboratively with the client on the life issues that can overwhelm us all at times to nurture resilience, self-awareness, a greater sense of agency, empowerment and hope for the future.
Before joining the Oakwood team, Patrick worked with CAPS Counselling and Psychotherapy Service, Let’s Get Talking and PCI Counselling Service. Patrick works with adults experiencing a variety of personal and interpersonal issues, including but not limited to anxiety, stress, depression, panic, bereavement, relationship difficulties, neurodiversity, self-esteem, life transitions, family conflict, work stress/burnout, attachment, trauma, identity exploration and existential/spiritual inquiry.
Patrick has a strong interest in the creative arts and in the healing power of nature. He believes story and self-expression are intrinsic to the psychotherapeutic process because story and narrative are central to how we make sense of our lives. Neuroscience explains how our early relational experiences shape us and are hardwired into the neural architecture of our minds. Consequently, we may become imprisoned in a ‘story’ that no longer serves us. Psychotherapy can help us to explore and reflect upon these formative life experiences in the here-and-now relationship between client and therapist and utilising the neuroplasticity of the brain (the capacity to adapt and generate new neural pathways) we can free ourselves to rewrite these negative ‘stories’ or life scripts and create new narratives, leading to increased compassion for the self and others and the potential for healing and change.
Phone: 087 6193339
Email: patrickoflaherty4@gmail.com
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