About  Our Counsellors/ Psychotherapists

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Loreto Centre Counselling Service is supervised by Clinical Directors, Jim Murphy and Terry Kelleher.

                     

Jim Murphy (Clinical Director)  

I am an accredited therapist (IAHIP) and have worked in a voluntary capacity in the Loreto Centre Counselling Service since 2007. My career up to 2002 was across a number of areas unrelated to psychotherapy but I had an ongoing interest in psychology/philosophy particularly as related to my involvement in community, environmental and political issues. I had the opportunity to commence initial training in counselling / psychotherapy in 2002 and commenced formal training in 2005 qualifying in 2009. I have since undertaken extensive additional trainings in gestalt therapy, body focussed therapies including Tai chi,  and supervision. I also have training and have worked with active and recovering addiction.

Following work as a volunteer therapist  I was appointed Joint Clinical Director in 2019,  following the retirement of Pat Colgan. I continue to work as a therapist in the Centre. I have found that the themes of community development and the psychological and emotional support of counselling coalesce for me in the services that the Centre provides. I provide self-care sessions to centre staff and therapists.

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Terry Kelleher (Clinical Director)  

I am an accredited therapist: I have been in practice at the Loreto Centre since 2011. During that time I have also delivered a number of continuous professional development presentations to my colleagues and I am delivering adult education courses at the Centre. 

I hold post-graduate qualifications in the Social Sciences and in Social Work as well as professional qualifications in Adult Education and Field Work Practice and Supervision.

Before entering the profession of psychotherapy I had extensive experience working as a qualified social worker in a number of settings.

In September 2019  I was appointed Co-Director of Counselling at the Loreto Centre where I work as a psychotherapist, provide support and guidance to the therapists and deliver GDPR, Child Protection and therapy notes trainings to them. 

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Loreto Centre Counselling Team

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Loreto Centre has 42 therapists who come from a range of disciplines and trained in integrative humanistic psychotherapy providing the counselling service to approximately 300 adults annually.  Our team of therapists are working towards their accreditation and/or are already qualified and accredited. We also have a number of third and fourth year trainee therapists who are working towards completing their qualification. All our therapists are Garda vetted.

We regularly recruit student therapists from the following training colleges: Turning Point Institute, Dublin Business School, Dublin Counselling and Therapy Centre and other colleges.

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Work ethics and compliance

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All our therapists:

• Have annual membership of either of the following accrediting bodies: IACP or IAHIP and follow their respective codes of ethics .

• Adhere to the counselling policy of Loreto Centre, Crumlin.

• Furnish Loreto Centre with up to date appropriate insurance cover.

• Provide the Loreto Centre with the name of their supervisor and attend clinical supervision as required by their Professional Body.

• Attend  continuous Professional Development (CPD) provided by Loreto Centre yearly.