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Therapy Institute At Therapy Institute we provide one of the most progressive and effective approaches to mental healt

I’m looking forward to joining host and fellow panelists and at The Irish Sun’s Parenting Unplugged event on Sunday 1...
09/08/2025

I’m looking forward to joining host and fellow panelists and at The Irish Sun’s Parenting Unplugged event on Sunday 14th September, 11am - 1pm at House, Dublin. We’ll explore the joys and challenges of parenthood, balancing work, family, and more. Offering practical tips and honest conversations, we’ll discuss everything from nutrition, health, technology, and social media, and you’ll be able to enjoy a delicious buffet brunch and go home with a goodie bag too. Join us at this intimate event, where your questions are welcome! Get your tickets by copy and pasting this link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-irish-sun-parenting-unplugged-with-kathryn-thomas-tickets-1449433016169
I was also interviewed by The Irish Sun in today’s newspaper. You can access the interview by copy and pasting this link: https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/15665106/childs-irish-psychotherapist-top-parenting-tips/
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➡️A study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre found that Ireland has the highest rate of loneliness of al...
01/08/2025

➡️A study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre found that Ireland has the highest rate of loneliness of all European countries. 

➡️I think when we analyse something like loneliness, we immediately think about teenagers and technology, and we forget about people who might be elderly, living in low-density areas, who have only the tramp of the milkman or postman to keep them company. We must do better by people living in rural Ireland. We must invest in them.

➡️Loneliness is something we all feel from time to time, but there is something happening in Ireland that is causing a profound sense of being alone. 

➡️For such a small country, we are essentially one big community — we should be more connected to each other. The Government must deliver on their Roadmap for Social Inclusion, but also start to invest in our people so they are not lonely.

➡️You can access the full article through my link tree.

We’re back, season 3 of ‘Dinner with the Enemy’ - it’s going to be a great series. Coming soon.
19/07/2025

We’re back, season 3 of ‘Dinner with the Enemy’ - it’s going to be a great series. Coming soon.

➡️Loneliness can have a serious deleterious impact on health, and can cause not only mental health problems but put peop...
17/07/2025

➡️Loneliness can have a serious deleterious impact on health, and can cause not only mental health problems but put people at risk of early death. Some studies suggest that loneliness can be equated to smoking 15 ci******es a day.

➡️It is the easy thing to do — blame technology for this worrying trend of loneliness. But we have to look at ourselves as a society and ask how are we going about the business of engaging teenagers so that they feel connected to their community and peers.

➡️When parents sit down with me and ask “how do we get her off the phone?”, the question I have for them is “if she wasn’t on the phone what would she be doing?” There is often a profound silence as parents ponder the answer to that question.

➡️The wider your child’s activities at a young age, the wider the friendship group and also the less likely it is that they will be at home in their room on their own.

➡️You can access the full article through my link tree.

➡️Over the years I have noticed how any defence of free speech has to go through a far more rigorous investigation than ...
10/07/2025

➡️Over the years I have noticed how any defence of free speech has to go through a far more rigorous investigation than any attack on it. You get labelled very quickly; misogynist, anti-semitic, transphobic, etc without too much analysis of what that label means. And it is because you have uttered an opinion that differs from someone else.

➡️The recent interview with Alan Dershowitz – a New York lawyer – on Newstalk breakfast with Ciara Kelly illuminated just how dangerous labels are and how they are designed to shut down free thinking, intelligent people.

➡️As the interview was concluding Dershowitz asked, ‘let me ask you a question; why is it that Ireland itself, as a country, has become the most anti-Zionist, the most anti-Israel, the most anti-semitic, country in all of Europe?’

➡️Dershowitz went further and said, ‘remember too, Ireland is the only country in Europe, western country, that did not support the British and American war against N**ism’.  He continued on his attack and said, ‘Ireland made a horrible, bigoted, anti-semitic choice in the Second World War that continued from 1939 until the day before Gaza’. We are quite simply being told to shut up or we will be labelled as N**i sympathisers.

➡️Our artists have always spoken against the injustices they see in the world, whether that was the power of the Catholic church, a colonial power, the wealthy merchant class, or Israel’s response to the incomprehensible carnage of October 7 terror attacks. 

➡️We have always spoken what we feel and not what we ought to say. But we are being told to be quiet and know your place. But we won’t be silenced. 

➡️You can access the full article through my link tree.

Congratulations to on winning the signed book giveaway. And thank you to everyone that entered!
08/07/2025

Congratulations to on winning the signed book giveaway. And thank you to everyone that entered!

To celebrate reaching forty thousand followers on Instagram, I will be giving away a signed copy of both of my books! To...
04/07/2025

To celebrate reaching forty thousand followers on Instagram, I will be giving away a signed copy of both of my books!

To enter, you must:
1. Follow on Instagram
2. Like this post
3. Tag three friends in the comments below

Best of luck - I will announce the winner soon!

➡️I’d much rather have the capacity to lose my temper than live like some blissful guru on the foothills of an ancient m...
03/07/2025

➡️I’d much rather have the capacity to lose my temper than live like some blissful guru on the foothills of an ancient monument, never getting angry. Because I know that kind of life won’t help me manage real-world pressures or respond to imminent threats.

➡️One of the first steps in managing your temper is identifying your personal triggers. These can be different for eveybody.

➡️When we experience an episode of explosive anger, it’s important to sit down afterwards, when your cognition has cooled, and analyse what caused it.

➡️The truth of it is, we all get angry. It’s part of being human. But the next time it happens, listen to the message your anger is trying to send you — and ask what you’re really responding to.

➡️You can access the full article through my link tree.

➡️Modern life would drive you nuts, and anger is an important emotion to feel. It primes us to focus on what is troublin...
26/06/2025

➡️Modern life would drive you nuts, and anger is an important emotion to feel. It primes us to focus on what is troubling us, and how to fix it. So, losing your temper isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but if it is constant in your life, well then it can significantly impact on your mental and physical health.

➡️Whatever it is that sparks our anger this activates the amygdala before you’re even aware of it. The amygdala is part of the early human brain, and it is all about threat detection and survival. 

➡️The amygdala then activates the hypothalamus, which signals the pituitary gland to discharge a cacophony of hormones like adrenaline and noradrenaline.

➡️The more we lose our temper, the more we wire the brain to become hyper-reactive to negative stimuli.

➡️You can access the article through my link tree.

Children are so perceptive!
19/06/2025

Children are so perceptive!

➡️I have been working with the Badjao Community in Davao, Philippines, since 2011. It is one of the greatest privileges ...
19/06/2025

➡️I have been working with the Badjao Community in Davao, Philippines, since 2011. It is one of the greatest privileges of my life. They are a small community living in rudimentary huts on a scrap of land above the Pacific.

➡️This year’s trip was particularly meaningful for me because my eldest daughter, Hannah came on the project. 

➡️All of the work we do with the Badjao community would not be possible without the help from sponsors. This year AerCap have joined us on the quest to alleviate the extreme poverty the Badjao community endure on a daily basis. 

➡️You can access the full article through my link tree.

Well another wonderful trip to Davao, Philippines has come to an end. Working with the children of the Badjao community ...
17/06/2025

Well another wonderful trip to Davao, Philippines has come to an end. Working with the children of the Badjao community is one of the greatest experiences of my life. I feel so privileged to be welcomed into the community like family.

I also want to thank for their support with this project. We would not be able to do the work we do without their support.

If you’d like to take part in the project in 2026, please let me know.

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At Therapy Institute we provide one of the most progressive and effective approaches to mental health distress available in Ireland. Ours is an approach driven by scientific research and supported by our high success rate. Therapy Institute strongly believes that therapy should move towards a desired outcome. We view each client’s story as unique and adopt an individualistic therapeutic model to best suit the needs of each client. We understand that all of us, at times in our lives, look to heal and change and we work to effect this change in our client’s life as a starting point of our therapeutic conversation. Our therapist’s all hold a Master’s in Science Medicine Systemic Psychotherapy with UCD and the Mater Hospital as a minimum qualification requirement. This ensures the highest standard of excellence in the Therapy Institute.