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Andrew Twomey
Andrew Twomey
Certificate & Blended Learning Programme Leader
BA & MA in Integrative Counselling (CIT, 2010-2019)
Andrew is an IACP accredited Psychotherapist/Counsellor in private practice in Cork and online, since 2010. He holds a BA degree and MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy from CIT (Now MTU) and has post qualification training in IFS and EMDR modalities. He has been with PCI for a number of years now with his role encompassing the Certificate Programme Leader, Faculty Lecturer, & Academic Team Leader for Cork.
Certificate & Blended Learning Programme Leader
Dr Paul Hayes
Dr Paul Hayes
MSc Addiction Counselling & Psychotherapy Programme Leader
Doctorate Counselling Psychology, MA Addiction Studies, BA Psychology.
Dr Paul Hayes is a Senior Counselling Psychologist, a chartered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland, and works with the Health Service Executive in adult mental health. He first undertook psychology undergraduate studies more than 25 years ago in University College Dublin.
Paul developed an interest in evidence-based person-centred models of treatment after completing a Master’s in Addiction Studies in 2004 and worked for several years in a residential addiction treatment setting specifically designed with this ethos at its core. He gained an Addiction Counsellors of Ireland (ACI) accreditation and became a Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) before pursuing the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at Trinity College Dublin in 2009.
Paul’s work brought him to a variety of well-known residential addiction treatment settings, where he worked for 10 years. He has also worked in primary care psychology, inpatient mental health settings, early intervention teams, CAMHS, and psycho-oncology before taking up his current role implementing the Talking Therapies Model of Care with the HSE. Although primarily regarding himself as a practitioner, Paul enjoys the diversity that a career in counselling allows, including assessment, managing, supervising, research, and training early career counsellors and psychotherapists. Dr Hayes was delighted to join PCI College in 2017, where his role has included lecturing and research supervision. He is current Programme Leader for the MSc. in Addiction Counselling and Psychotherapy.
MSc Addiction Counselling & Psychotherapy Programme Leader
Katrina Dennehy
Katrina Dennehy
MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme Leader
Qualification(s): Degree Sociology- Level 8;
Degree Counselling and Psychotherapy in Youth Studies- Level 7
Master CBT- level 9;
Post graduate diploma Clinical Supervision- level 9
Currently PhD Candidate- level 10
I have worked as a CBT in private practice in Cork for 11 years. I run a clinic with 8 therapists, “Smaointe CBT Mental Healthcare”, in Carrigaline, where I see clients presenting with a wide variety of complaints. These include such things as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD etc. Working with adults and adolescents, I have vast experience with employing CBT models to help clients achieve their goals. I also work as a Clinical Supervisor to all mental health professionals, an academic supervisor and a lecturer. Last year I completed my training in EMDR, acquiring a deeper understanding and skill set for working with more complex trauma. My passion truly is for continued learning in the field of behavioural psychology and neuroscience. I aim to continue learning and, where I can, impart that to others.
MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme Leader
Margaret O’Connor
Margaret O’Connor
BSc (Hons) Programme Leader
Bsoc Sc (Social Science) UCC 2003,
Bsc Counselling & Psychotherapy PCI 2013,
MA in Gender, Culture & Society UL 2017
Margaret lectures first, second and third years on a range of topics including Humanistic theories, Cognitive Behavioural Therapies, and Counselling skills, as well as supervising thesis projects. As Programme Leader for the BSc, she oversees all elements of the course. Margaret has degrees in Social Science Counselling & Psychotherapy and a Master’s in Gender Studies. She has her own counselling practice and has extensive experience working in community development. Margaret also leads PCI Podcast “Therapists Talk Therapy”
BSc (Hons) Programme Leader
Ray Tonge
Ray Tonge
Diploma in Supervision for the Helping Professions Programme Leader
BSC PCI College, Postgrad in integrative bodywork -The Integrative psychotherapy practice.
Ray has a BSc. in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Middlesex University. Postgraduate diploma in integrative bodywork and bioenergetics. Spent a number of years working with individuals and groups in the field of Addiction. He works as a Humanistic Integrative therapist and supervisor in private practice since 2007. He also lectures in both Certificate and BSc courses at PCI College. Ray is the Programme Leader for the Diploma in Supervision for the Helping Professions, overseeing all aspects of the programme.
Diploma in Supervision for the Helping Professions Programme Leader
Sorca McGrath
Sorca McGrath
MSc Child & Adolescent Counselling & Psychotherapy Programme Leader
MA, MIAPTP (Supervisor) MIPD (UK) MEAIP (EU)
Sorca is a psychotherapist, play therapist and clinical supervisor accredited by The Irish Association for Play Therapy and Psychotherapy (IAPTP), holds certification with The European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy (EAIP) and is a member of The Institute of Disability Psychotherapy (IPD). She is a board member of IAPTP the Irish Association of Psychotherapy and Play Therapy’s National Executive Committee and currently serves as Vice Chairperson.
Sorca is also a member of Disability Psychotherapy Ireland (DPI) and has presented her work nationally and internationally, focusing on the use of creative psychotherapy approaches with neurodiverse people.
Sorca specialises in attachment and trauma work and has extensive experience working with people, young and old, living in care. She has created the Every Body Moves™ range of therapeutic programmes for people with learning differences who share spaces, based on an embodied approach to relationship and emotional regulation.
Sorca has a special interest in working with organisations that provide residential care in Ireland, developing ways of sharing psychotherapeutic language, neurobiology and therapeutic thinking from the top down.
MSc Child & Adolescent Counselling & Psychotherapy Programme Leader