Qualifications:  B.A. (Hons) Psychology (University College Dublin), Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Tivoli Institute Dublin), Diploma in Supervision (Dublin Gestalt Centre), Professional Membership of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (Zurich, Switzerland).

Professional Memberships: Member of the Irish Association for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (MIAHIP). Registrant of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP). Member of the British and Irish Sandplay Society (BISS). Member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST). Supervising member of the Irish Association for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (SIAHIP).

I have been in practice as a counsellor and psychotherapist for over thirty years. In addition I am an internationally registered Jungian Sandplay Therapist. I currently work with adults and  adolescents from the age of 11 years upwards. You can find out more about my practice in Drogheda, Co. Louth, on the practice website www.focuspsychotherapy.ie

Supervision: I hold a membership in supervision practice with the IAHIP. I offer professional supervision through a Jungian and psychodynamic lens, within the broader humanistic and integrative approach.  

Professional Commitment: I have been a member of the editorial board of ‘Inside Out‘ the Irish Journal for Humanistic and Integrative psychotherapy. I have served on the Board of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy as Treasurer and later Honourary Secretary. I am currently a member of the editorial board of the ‘International Journal for Sandplay Therapy‘.

Publications:  Dooley, M. (2015). Does Psychotherapy = Counselling? Some defining differences. Inside Out, 75, 14-23. (Republished in Eisteach, 16, (4), 16-21.).  Dooley, M. (2018). Conversation. Inside Out, 84, 3-13.