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Counselling in Dublin City
Individual counselling with experienced, master’s-trained counsellors in Dublin 2.
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Two City Centre Locations
Private counselling at Pembroke Street Upper and Baggot Street Lower
Experienced Counsellors
Every counsellor holds at least one relevant master’s degree and has a minimum of five years’ relevant clinical experience.
Appointments Seven Days a Week
Daytime, evening and weekend appointments are available. Book directly online or ask our reception team to help you find a suitable counsellor.
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When Counselling Might Help
People seek counselling for many different reasons.
You may be struggling with anxiety, low mood, grief, loneliness, relationship difficulties, work stress or a loss of confidence. Something may have happened recently, or you may have reached a point where a longstanding difficulty can no longer be ignored.
Sometimes the reason for seeking counselling is clear. At other times, it can be harder to explain. You may simply feel unlike yourself, unable to move forward, or caught in thoughts and situations that keep returning.
You do not need a diagnosis or a carefully prepared explanation before meeting a counsellor. You can begin with whatever has led you to consider counselling now.
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What Our Counsellors Can Help With
Our Dublin counsellors work with adults experiencing a wide range of emotional, personal and relationship difficulties, including:
- Anxiety, panic and persistent worry
- Depression and low mood
- Stress, exhaustion and burnout
- Grief, bereavement and loss
- Difficult or painful relationships
- Trauma and experiences from the past
- Low self-esteem and self-criticism
- Loneliness and social isolation
- Anger and emotional overwhelm
- Obsessive thoughts and repetitive patterns
- Sexuality, intimacy and identity
- Difficulties arising from work or family life
We have dedicated webpages with more information on anxiety counselling, depression counselling, bereavement counselling, trauma counselling, OCD counselling and work-related stress.
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A Place to Speak Freely
Counselling gives you a regular and confidential place to speak about what has become difficult.
Advice may provide temporary direction, but many difficulties persist even when we already know what we are supposed to do. A person can understand that a relationship is painful, that a fear is unlikely, or that a way of responding is making life harder, and still find themselves returning to the same position.
Our counsellors pay attention to the particular form a difficulty has taken in your life. This includes when it appears, the relationships surrounding it, the words you use for it and the situations that seem to repeat.
The same symptom can have a different place and meaning in different lives. Counselling allows your experience to be approached on its own terms, rather than fitted too quickly into a standard explanation.
You will not be expected to tell your story perfectly. Uncertainty, hesitation and contradiction can all form part of the conversation. The first task is simply to begin speaking.
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Experienced Counsellors in Dublin City Centre
Every counsellor at the Other clinic holds at least one relevant master’s degree and has a minimum of five years’ relevant clinical experience.
Our counsellors are members of recognised professional bodies and work within their respective codes of ethics. They attend regular clinical supervision, undertake continuing professional development and maintain professional indemnity insurance.
Many of our counsellors have a psychoanalytic foundation to their work. This brings particular attention to language, relationships and patterns that continue despite our conscious efforts to change them.
Our team has experience working with a broad range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, bereavement, relationships, sexuality, addiction, low self-esteem and work-related difficulties.
You can read about each counsellor and book directly through our online portal. If you are unsure whom to choose, our reception team can help based on your availability, preferred location and what you would like to address.
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Your First Counselling Session
The first preliminary session gives you an opportunity to speak about what has brought you to counselling and to get a sense of how it feels to speak with that particular counsellor.
You do not need to arrive with fixed goals or a complete account of what has happened.
Your counsellor may ask about your present circumstances, relevant history and what you hope might become different. You can also discuss confidentiality, appointment frequency and the practical arrangements for continuing.
If you both decide to continue, the time and fee for ongoing counselling sessions are agreed directly with your counsellor. The cost of the first preliminary session is €100.
There is no obligation to make a long-term commitment after the first appointment.
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About Us
We are an independent, therapist owned and led counselling & therapy practice based in Dublin 2.
We bring together experienced therapists within a professional and carefully supported clinical setting. Every counsellor holds at least one relevant master’s degree, has a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and belongs to a recognised professional body.
Our approach begins with the individual. We do not assume that two people experiencing difficulties will need the same response. Counselling is shaped around your particular circumstances, history and reasons for seeking help.
You can choose a counsellor directly or ask our reception team to help you find someone based on your needs, availability and preferred location.
Psychoanalytically trained. Dublin based.
Masters level therapists
Five + years relevant ecxperience
Individualised approach to counselling
FAQ
How do I know if I need counselling, or if I’m just going through a difficult period?
Counselling is worth considering when something feels stuck or repeating. The same mood keeps coming back. The same conflict keeps happening. You keep overthinking the same things. Or you can’t really explain what’s wrong, but you know you’re not yourself.
If there’s a part of you that wants to understand what’s going on rather than just “get through it,” that’s enough reason to begin.
What if I’ve tried therapy before and it didn’t help — how can it be different this time?
That’s more common than people realise. Therapy not helping before doesn’t mean you ‘failed at therapy,’ or it won’t work.
Sometimes it was the wrong fit. Sometimes it stayed on the surface. Sometimes you weren’t ready to speak in the way the work required. Sometimes life was too chaotic for it to land.
A different experience often comes from a different kind of focus. And therapy itself orients around a relationship. Each therapeutic relationship is completely different, and that difference matters.
The right fit, and the right moment, can make it possible to say things that couldn’t be said before, and hear things differently.
Is it normal to feel worse before you feel better once you start therapy?
Yes, it can be. Not for everyone, and not all the time, but it’s common.
When you start therapy, you’re often turning towards things you’ve been avoiding, minimising, or holding together through sheer effort.
These affects can seem scary, but what’s often scarier than that is the alternative: letting what’s unspoken continue to live through you without you having a say in it – in mood shifts, anxiety, numbness, anger, compulsions, sleep problems, or the same relationship patterns repeating. When something stays buried, it doesn’t stay harmless. It usually finds another route.
Speaking brings an element of control. In the sense of making what’s happening more conscious, more nameable, and less likely to erupt in its own way. Over time, what had to show itself as a symptom can start to become something you can understand, tolerate, and choose how to respond to.
How do I know if therapy is helping, and what changes should I look for?
The change is often subtle at first. Usually not sudden, but a shift in how you’re relating to yourself and your life.
You might notice you can name what you feel more clearly, or you catch yourself earlier when you’re spiralling. You might start responding differently in certain situations. You might feel some emotions less intensely. Or you might find that patterns become easier to see: what sets you off, what you avoid, what you repeat.
Progress isn’t always obvious either. It often happens quietly, as the intensity fades out slowly. Sometimes it’s so gradual you only notice it in hindsight — you suddenly realise, “I haven’t been doing that in months,” or “I haven’t felt that same dread for a long time.”
So progress isn’t always linear, and it isn’t the same for everyone. But over time, small shifts tend to add up.
What if I don’t know what to talk about in therapy?
It’s completely normal. Most people don’t arrive with a tidy story or a clear starting point. In fact, not knowing what to talk about is often part of the reason someone comes in.
You can start with the simplest truth: what feels wrong, what’s changed, what you keep thinking about, what you’re avoiding, or what keeps repeating. Even “I don’t know what to say, I just know I’m not myself” is something real to begin from.
And sometimes the important material isn’t what you planned to say at all. It’s what comes out when you speak freely, or what you find yourself circling around, or the things you edit out because they feel silly, shameful, or “not important.” Those are often the clues.
So you don’t need the right topic. You just need to show up and be as honest as you can. The talking finds its own way.
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