Niamh trained in the Critical Incident Stress Response (CISM) model in 2004 and later retrained (in line with updated research) in Psychological First Aid (PFA). Between the years 2004-2009 Niamh was one of Ireland’s main responders in the...
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The Soulful Psychologist
Niamh regularly writes new articles from her experience as both a psychologist and corporate coach bringing together the science, mental health and emotional intelligence.
Self Care
Niamh has a particular interest in the area of self-care for professionals. She successfully ran a ‘Self-Care for Psychologists’ full day workshop for the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Conference 2018 and has since offered the same...
Positive Leadership
Niamh brings together her 20 years of experience working with individuals and groups, with her passion for Positive Psychology, to create transformational training and coaching for leaders in organizations. Most leaders are appointed because of...
Tips to Mind your Mental Health
We will all go through tough times in our lives, where we struggle and need extra support. Quite a number will suffer from mental illness and have to deal with depression, anxiety, or other diagnoses. How we are affects us in all aspects of life, so we don’t get to leave our problems at home. We spend most of our day at work, so it makes sense for employers to support our mental health. In this article I will look at how we can promote mental wellbeing in the workplace.
My top 10 tips for a better sleep
I work with a lot of groups in companies all around Dublin and Leinster, regularly talking about stress and how to manage it. In my experience, about 99% of people I come across have their sleep affected by stress. Some find it takes ages to get to sleep; others fall asleep fast but keep waking during the night. And some suffer from insomnia on a chronic basis. Whatever your situation, following the advice below will help you to get to sleep quickly and send you off to the land of nod for a refreshing night’s sleep…
Is it ok to feel bad?
Everybody wants to be healthy and happy. In recent years with the explosion of Positive Psychology (the study of what makes people happy) and self-help books on positive thinking and focusing on what you want, its easy to believe that we should never feel bad, or that if we do, we’re doing something wrong.
Reflections on Valuing Ourselves
Women around the world earn significantly less than men, even when doing the exact same jobs. Probably the most valuable work women do is child rearing, which is totally unpaid and underappreciated in our western societies. How can we rectify this situation and make it fair for all?