Gemma O'Connell Psychotherapy

05/10/2025

29/09/2025

🚨🚨 I urge you to sign the petition to CORU (link in bio) if you are concerned about lower standards in Psychotherapy and Counselling.🚨🚨

‼️The government is regulating Psychotherapy and Counselling in Ireland to keep the public safe.

🛑They have proposed standards which lower the training and practice requirements, ignores evidence and tries to medicalise a profession based on human relationship.

🚫Human suffering can not be diagnosed, pathologised or categorised in our profession.

✋🏼They have ignored the public consultation feedback that was provided.

⚠️This will be unsafe for the public.

25/09/2025

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18/09/2025

I've been a parent for almost 25 years. It's so easy to merge ourselves with our little ones and forget they are individuals who need space to develop and grow separate from us. I repeatedly get it wrong, but I will always be here for my kids no matter how old they get or who they want to be. It's not their job to make me happy, seek my approval, or look after me. It is important I have my own life and encourage them to create theirs.