Michael O'Brien Email and Phone Number

If you find yourself struggling at this time, Michael can offer you the support that you need to get through the difficulties that you are facing. His counselling and psychotherapy service offers you a safe space to meet with a professional counsellor allowing you to explore and understand your emotional experience. As the counsellor he creates a listening space where you can unburden yourself and work through your difficulties with support.He also specializes in working with adolescents, helping them to navigate the developmental process they are going through supporting them to understand their thoughts and feelings as they grow towards adulthood. Michael recognizes how difficult it can be for parents watching their adolescent child struggling and very often parents find themselves unable to reach them as they isolate themselves in their difficulties. As a result Michael facilities the therapy in a way that is inclusive of the parents inviting them to take up a supportive role. This invitation sometimes involved directing the family towards the establishment of a new way of relating to each other with deeper connections. The work is strictly confidential and carried out in accordance with the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.MichaeI has been working as a psychotherapist in Ireland for over fifteen years now. He has acquired extensive experience and expertise as a result. His reputation and capacity are well known in the private, public and third sector communities. More recently he established the services of Pieta House in Waterford where he worked in the role of Clinical Manager leading a team of psychotherapists and clinical support staff since 2016.