EMPATHY COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
"Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself." - Mohsin Hamid
ABOUT EMPATHY COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
Empathy Counselling & Psychotherapy is located in Portlaoise town in a discrete location off Grattan Street, with on street parking. Rooms are warm, comfortable and spacious.
Empathy was initially set up over 20 years ago as a private practice run by Siobhan Galvin. It has now been developed to include a number of experienced, accredited, pre-accredited psychotherapists as well as two senior student psychotherapists.
Adult Psychotherapy
All our therapists work with Adult clients (18 years and over).
The main approach is humanistic and integrative. In other words you are seen as a whole person who lives and integrates your experiences through your body, feelings, thoughts and unconscious mind. The aim of the therapy is to help you to actively explore your experience and help you to live a more satisfying life, supporting you in taking responsibility for the changes you make to achieve this goal.
Adolescent Psychotherapy
<To be completed>
Couples Therapy
<To be completed>
Low Cost Counselling
We are aware that personal therapy can be costly. To this end we offer low cost counselling to a small number of individuals who are unemployed or in financial difficulty. These sessions are provided by student psychotherapists who are in their final two years of training. The students are assessed as ready to work with clients, are members of an accrediting body (so are bound by the code of ethics) and attend regular supervision.
In order to ensure a good fit, you will have a short convesation with one of our accredited therapists and if appropriate, you will be referred onto one of our counselling students. The cost per session is €30.
