Who We Are

The Student Counselling Services is comprised of Counselling, Student Learning Development (SLD) and Student 2 Student (S2S), all supported by a central administrative team.

Trinity Student Counselling Services employs fully qualified counsellors, all of whom have postgraduate degrees in either clinical psychology, counselling psychology or psychotherapy. Additionally, a number of trainees and assistant psychologists work in the SCS.

Team of Directors

Name	Position	Accreditation
Trish Murphy	Director	EAP, FTAI, ICP
Jo Harney	Deputy Director	PSI

Administration Team

Name	Position
Dorothy Coyne	Administrative Manager
Marianne O'Rourke	Administrative Officer
Aga Ferensztajn	Front Office Supervisor
Sheila Nesbitt	Executive Officer
Michaela Gaffney	Executive Officer

Clinical Team

All Clinical Team staff are bound by their professional code of ethics:

If you wish to contact any member of the team, please email us on student-counselling@tcd.ie.

Name	Position	Accreditation
Chuck Rashleigh	Research & Outcomes and Outreach & Prevention Manager	PSI
Mark Robinson	Trainees & Groups Manager	PSI
Alice Kelly	Training, PG and Consent Manager	FTAI, ICP
Lorraine Byrne	Student Counsellor	PSI
Sinead Crowley	Student Counsellor - Outreach	IAHIP, IAPTP, ICP
Laura Fitzpatrick	Student Counsellor	IAHIP
Ciara Joyce	Student Counsellor - Supervision	PSI
Joanna Kesicka	Student Counsellor - PG	FTAI, ICP
Graham King	Student Counsellor	FTAI, ICP
Ruth McMahon	Student Counsellor - Consent & Disclosure	FTAI, ICP
Dee O'Keeffe	Student Counsellor - Addictions	IACP
Tony Rice	Student Counsellor	IAHIP, ICP
Frances Walsh	Student Counsellor	IACP, IAHIP
Michael Kavanagh	Asst. Psychologist	PSI (Graduate Member)
Aisling McMahon	Asst. Psychologist	PSI (Graduate Member)
Leanne Brennan	Asst. Psychologist	PSI (Graduate Member)

Acronym	Full Name of Awarding Body	Website
EAP	European Association for Psychotherapy	www.europsyche.org
FTAI	Family Therapy Association of Ireland	www.familytherapyireland.com
IACP	Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy	www.iacp.ie
IAPTP	Irish Association for Play Therapy and Psychotherapy	www.iaptp.ie
IAHIP	Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy	www.iahip.org
ICP	Irish Council for Psychotherapy	www.psychotherapycouncil.ie
PSI	The Psychological Society of Ireland	www.psychologicalsociety.ie

Student Learning Development

Name	Position
Susan Kirwin	SLD Coordinator
Tamara O'Connor	Learning Support Psychologist
Grace Gaynor	Student Learning Advisor
Caroline Forsyth	Student Learning Advisor
Maeve O'Reagan	Student Learning Advisor

Student 2 Student

Name	Position
Ralph Armstrong-Astley	S2S Coordinator
Shauna O'Connor	S2S Programme Officer
Chloe Staunton	S2S Executive Officer

Strategic Development

Name	Position
Lynnea Connolly	Strategic Development Manager