On The Marian Finiucane Show RTE RADIO ONE How to talk to your children and how to get them to talk to you when the subject matter might not be all that easy. We’re delighted to announce that our very own Rosaleen McElvaney graced the airwaves of RTE radio on…

Awkward Conversations

The Baby, the Doctor and the Psychoanalyst
Psychoanalysis in the world of the premature new-born. This promises to be a truly compelling event. It’s open to anyone who is interested in the life of the hospitalised new-born and will be especially of interest to anyone who is part of the community surrounding him, the family and all…

Sexual Abuse: guidance for helpers
Sexual Abuse: guidance for helpers. New publication from Rosaleen McElvaney’s. Just arrived in the office. Hot off the Press! Congratulations to you Rosaleen from all of your colleagues here at Prospect Psychotherapy Practice! It deserves to be a great success. It’s a welcome addition to the literature on the subject…

Depression always has a history.
Depression always has a history. For a brief piece on depression from a therapists point of view you could have a look at this.

Bereavement and psychotherapy: Where speaking salves the loss
One of our therapists has written an easy to read short paragraph on the benefit of psychotherapy in working through the pain following the loss of a loved one. It could be a useful point of departure in directing someone towards help when the more usual routes of family ties…

Scared of your life? Or, the ordinariness of anxiety!
How anxious we are feeling. When we were only ‘young ones’ it was quite common to hear someone say ‘I was scared of my life’. It didn’t mean one was terrified. But only that the person speaking had had a sudden rush of anxiety and could feel what we’d nowadays…

Hi Anxiety?
I was just reading through a recent Guardian newspaper piece in relation to anxiety. The paper took a novel approach. Instead of the hordes of experts that we are more used to reading on all matters ‘mental health’ related, the editors opted here to let people who suffer from bouts…

Blogging about Counselling and Psychotherapy
Hello All. It’s a little later in the year than we had planned … but here goes for the first post to the Prospect Psychotherapy Practice blog. We added this section to our newly launched website so as to be able to bring matters relating to our work to your…