Qualifications: | M.I.A.H.I.P., M.I.A.P.T.P. |
Role: | Core Trainer and Academic Registrar @ Children’s Therapy Centre |
(BSc Hons Social Psychology and Sociology, Diploma in Play Therapy and
Psychotherapy; Diploma in Creative Supervision; MA in Creative Psychotherapy.)
Carol is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Specialising in play therapy and a
former Senior Play Therapist in Tusla In Mayo. She is a Core Trainer, Clinical
Supervisor and Academic Registrar at the Children’s Therapy Centre. She has over 20
years’ experience working therapeutically with children and their families and
surrounding network. Carol specialises in the areas of attachment, trauma, and play.
She has significant experience of working with children in care and with children who
have experienced attachment disruptions and developmental/relational/complex trauma.
Carol delivers training widely, facilitates many workshops, has published videos and
blogs online and contributed to numerous podcasts. Carol has published chapter
contributions on the many therapeutic benefits of play and playfulness and the process
of therapy. Carol developed a model called the R.R.I.G.H.T. Play Therapy Techniques to
promote trauma informed and trauma responsive practices within a wide range of
professional roles, parents and carers.