IICP Teaching Staff

 

Marcella Finnerty, Programme Director

M.Sc. MIACP, MIAHIP, ICP, MEART. Postgraduate Diploma Clinical Supervision (Psychology). Marcella has been involved in the area of Adult Education and Guidance and Counselling for over fifteen years and is Programme Director with IICP Education and Training Limited, Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin 24.  She was a Joint Deputy Director of the Masters in Educational Guidance and Counselling programme in Trinity College, Dublin from 2005 to 2010. She lectures on the Developmental Psychology, Counselling Skills and Adult Education and Lifelong Learning modules, in addition to supervising thesis. Marcella is an Advanced Instructor with The William Glasser Institute. Marcella is also chair of the Board of Management of the Village Counselling Service. 

Ciarán Dalton, Senior Programme Leader and Module Tutor

N. Dip. B.D. M.A. M.Sc. MIGC, MBPS, Cert in Integrative Supervision. Ciarán is a guidance counsellor and has worked in the area of Adult Education and Training for more than ten years.  He has also worked with the HSE in patient, staff and family support and guidance in various healthcare facilities. Ciarán is senior programme leader and module tutor with IICP and also lectures part time at Dublin City University on the Master’s and Diploma Programme in Guidance and Counselling.  

Norah Byrne, Programme Registrar and Senior Faculty Member

MIACP and Supervisor, MWGII, Advanced Supervisor and Basic Week Instructor, MNADA, and Dip. (Counselling and Psychotherapy), Cert. Ed and Training, Cert. Social Science, Cert. Addition Studies, Cert. Counselling Supervision. Norah has worked in the area of Adult Education and Counselling for the past fourteen years. She is a programme leader and module tutor on the Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy programme at IICP in Killinarden, Tallaght, Dublin. Norah also has clinical responsibility for the management of The Village Counselling Service, Killinarden Enterprise Park and Main Road, Tallaght. Norah is also Programme Registrar.

Ann Frey, Programme Leader and Module Tutor

M.Sc. (Clinical Supervision), B.Sc. (Counselling and Psychotherapy), Advanced Diploma in Supervision, MIACP and Accredited Supervisor, MWGII and Basic Practicum Supervisor with the William Glasser Institute, Consultant Counsellor to the Anti-Bullying Centre, School of Education, Trinity College, Dublin. Ann has worked in the area of Adult Education and Counselling for more than fifteen years.  She provides workshops to organisations around the country on various themes. Ann is a Programme Leader and Module Tutor with IICP Education and Training.

Padraig O’Morain, Module Tutor

M.A. (Creative Writing), B.Sc. (Hon. Psychology), MIACP and Supervisor, MWGII, Diploma in Counselling, Graduate Member of British Psychological Society. Padraig O\’Morain is a counsellor, supervisor, trainer, writer, poet and journalist who writes and speaks on psychology and on how people can apply its lessons at work and in their personal lives. His columns on mental health issues appear in The Irish Times and the Irish Medical News. He has a master’s degree in creative writing and a degree in psychology, a Diploma in Counselling and has completed the Certification process in Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and Quality Management.

Chris A. Murphy, Module Tutor

M.Sc., MIACP and Supervisor, MIAAAC and Supervisor, MWGII and Adv. Supervisor. Chris Murphy is the director of alcohol services for Crosscare in Ireland. Chris also works in private practice as a counsellor, supervisor, trainer and consultant. Chris is a faculty member of the William Glasser Institute and is a long serving and founding member of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Chris is involved in the accreditation committee with IACP.

Caitriona Kearns, Module Tutor

B.Sc. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dip. Addiction Studies, MIACP, MIAAAC, MWGII. Caitriona is a full time counsellor with the HSE. She has worked in the field of Substance Misuse since 2001 and has professional experience in residential drug treatment and community based drug projects. Her teaching experience includes guest lecturer on the Diploma in Rehabilitation Studies at UCD and foundation programme leader with IICP.

Dr. Eileen Doyle, Module Tutor

NT, BA, MA, MEd, HDE, Dip. in Mediation, PhD, Joint Deputy Director of the MEd in Educational Guidance and Counselling at Trinity College Dublin since its development. Formerly a qualified, accredited counsellor, MBTI trainer, teacher, career coach and mediator, she was a fulltime lecturer at the Education Department, NUIM and extern examiner in a number of universities. Dr. Eileen Doyle has special interest in teaching seminars in the areas of positive psychology and in particular, motivation and happiness.

Dr. Fergus Heffernan, Module Tutor

PhD Psychology, MSc Counselling  Psychology and Family Therapies.  Member Associations of Family Therapists, IOC, IIPT. Fergus has spent much of the past 33 years working with the Irish Defence Forces, the United Nations and NATO based in New York. He has worked with soldiers and their families in Theatre of War locations from Afghanistan, to Iraq, from Central Africa to East Timor, from The Balkans to the Middle East. He is a visiting lecturer and Workshop Director in Trinity College Dublin, Columbia University New York, and Boston University USA.

Dermot O’Neill, Module Tutor

B.A., B.D., L.Ph., Basic Week Instructor and Practicum Supervisor WGII. Dermot works in private practice as a counsellor, supervisor, trainer and facilitator. He teaches at Waterford Institute of Technology and is a senior faculty member with the William Glasser Institute Ireland. Dermot enjoys promoting choice theory philosophy as a way of enhancing daily living and relationships. 

Rose Swaine, Module Tutor

BA Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dip. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Certificate in Integrative Supervision, MIACP. Rose has worked in adult education for the last 10 years. Rose teaches personal development at IICP and in An Cosan in Tallaght. Rose works in private practice as a counsellor and trainer.

Bernie McLoughlin, Module Tutor

Dip. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Reality Therapy Certified, Certificate in Play Therapy, Certificate in Integrative Supervision, MIACP. Bernie has worked in adult education for the last ten years. She also works in private practice as a counsellor and trainer. Bernie has a special interest in the area of adoption and has trained with Barnados.

David O’Regan

Dip. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dip. Life Coaching, Cert. Mindfulness, Certificate in Integrative Supervision, Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, MIACP. David has been involved in Life Coaching and adult education for the last ten years. David works in private practice as a counsellor and trainer. David also has advanced technical experience in the areas of IT and Technological advancement in Counsellor Training.