Welcome To Dungarvan Counselling
Learn more about the following upcoming courses on our training page.- Introduction to Adlerian Counselling
- Advanced Certificate to Adlerian Counselling
- Diploma in Adlerian Counselling
My approach to counselling is friendly, compassionate, supportive, and non judgmental. The process of counselling is confidential and the role of the counsellor is to provide space and time to help. Change is central to counselling; the only guarantee in life is that everything can be different if we choose it to be different.
I have a private practice in Dungarvan, I have helped people from different parts of the country including Waterford, Clonmel, Youghal, Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Wexford. Some clients prefer to travel to counsellor to a place where they are not known. Since qualifying in 2002 I have worked in private practice, in the education system, with people with special needs, and in adult education.
I am primarily an Adlerian counsellor basing my work on the practice of Alfred Adler who believed in developing our courage to deal with difficulties in our lives. I believe in counselling and I know it is a helping hand to take a different path in life. We all need help from time to time. I believe therapy should be solution focused by concentrating on what a person wants and also on methods to help deal with the immediate issues in life.
What is Adlerian counselling? Adlerian counselling is the therapy of Alfred Adler. Who was Alfred Adler? Alfred Adler was Sigmund Freud's protégé and president of the Viennese psychoanalytic society but resigned after he fell out with Sigmund Freud. Adler began his own therapy based on social goals and developing personal meanings. Doctor Adler trained Doctor Beattie (Snr), and Michael received his training from Dr. Lillian Beattie (Dr. Beattie's {Snr} daughter) and Vincent Byrne. I have trained in London, Edinburgh, Waterford, Wexford and Dublin. I am always learning new ways to help and new skills.
As a member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy, the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Eating Disorder Resource Centre of Ireland, and as a registered psychologist with the British Psychological Society Michael Fitzgerald adheres to their ethics, principles and guidelines.