Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

“More than one marriage has been rendered unhappy because the wife failed to understand the way her husband looks at things,” writes Fr Thomas Tobin i(...)

My father wanted to be a carpenter, but coming from a family that had money and status he felt he couldn’t say so. He had already disappointed his fa(...)

My evening walks take me past a series of pubs with clusters of people standing outside having cigarettes. Many of them look like they’ve been pickled(...)

“Are you playing footsie with me?” she asked. I had gotten on the train at Newry expecting a quiet trip to Dublin. There weren’t many passengers so (...)

With the debate on the Eighth Amendment in top gear, I was thinking about the difficulties we have in hearing both sides of an argument and the man wh(...)

Imagine being stressed all or most of the time at work. And imagine the toll that might take on your health, your enjoyment of life and your general w(...)

We, the group, reject you. Because we are the only group that matters, consider yourself rejected by the world. This, I think, is one of the big lies(...)

It doesn’t have to be alright to be alright. The phrase came winging out of my memory one day as I walked to the supermarket. I had been surprised t(...)

On those occasions when I had to spend extended periods of time at my parents’ home I couldn’t wait to return to Dublin and regain my freedom, such as(...)

For most teenagers, the big school exams of the year are months away. But that doesn’t prevent the stomach-clenching sensation that accompanies the re(...)