Working from an integrative model means that Gráinne has a large toolbox filled with different approaches for each client. The most important part of the toolbox is listening to the client, and understanding the factors that result in thinking, feeling or behaving a particular way, exploring different solutions to problems, and bringing awareness to the here and now. Gráinne brings both personal experience and professional knowledge to provide her clients with a unique therapy, while kindly allowing clients to gently accept themselves.
Gráinne’s background in nursing and social care for twenty-six years has supported her enthusiasm for lifelong learning and sharing this knowledge have resulted in publications in Ireland and America, including the mental health of Healthcare Staff. Gráinne’s personal experience and research on the impact of Menstruation and Perimenopause increased awareness about the effects of both of these issues on our mental health. Gráinne facilitates workshops and webinars on Perimenopause and advocates for Women’s Issues.
Gráinne works with her clients gently, focusing on emotional difficulties in an uncertain life. Her compassionate approach offers her clients a safe, supportive and non-judgmental space to focus on their thoughts and feelings, giving them the time to recover and regain confidence and self-knowledge. Gráinne believes counselling and psychotherapy are robust solutions that can positively transform lives.
Gráinne works with adults individually with the following issues/presentations:
Anxiety
Self-Esteem
Trauma
Harsh Inner Critic
Vicarious Trauma
Perimenopause
Qualifications:
Diploma in Combined, Social & Behavioural Sciences B.I.F.H.E. in Conjunction with the University of Ulster
Diploma in Nursing (Adult) R.G.U.
Degree in Nursing University of Dundee
Degree in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy IICP
Financial StressGrief and LossChronic illness or disability Low Self esteemMental Health IssuesStress and CopingSelf-Identity and Self-EsteemTrauma and AbuseAcademic Pressure Existential and Spiritual ConcernsCrisis InterventionChildhood TraumaPhysical, sexual, or emotional abuseDomestic violenceSexual AssaultWitnessing traumatic eventsAnxietyWork Related StressCoping with life transitions (e.g., relocation, career changes)Identity exploration (e.g, sexual orientation, gender identity) Body image issuesImposter syndromeCultural or racial identity conflictsSuicidal ideation or self-harm Emotional breakdowns Immediate trauma responseSudden Loss or Bereavement Meaninglessness or existential crisesSpirituality explorationLoss of faith or spiritual crisisMoral or ethical dilemmas
Qualifications & Experience
Qualification
I worked for many years within healthcare, working in various roles and settings, including Nursing Home, Residential Care and Acute Medical before training as a Staff Nurse and working in Acute Care of the Elderly, Stroke Rehabilitation as well as Cardiology Day Procedure and Coronary Care Unit.
Experience
8+ years in Psychotherapy
I have been working as an integrative counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice over the last eight years. During that time I have worked with clients who experience anxiety and low self-esteem as well as a range of different life difficulties.
Approach
Gráinne Clancy is an accredited counsellor with a particular focus on working with your emotional difficulties in a life filled with uncertainty. These may have resulted from your professional experience or roles you have in your personal life as a carer. With a nursing background, Gráinne's compassionate approach offers her clients a safe, supportive and non-judgmental space to focus on their thoughts and feelings. Grainne gives clients the time needed to recover and regain confidence and self-knowledge. Gráinne believes counselling is a powerful solution that can positively transform lives. Grainne explains how she has a large toolbox filled with different approaches which she uses for each client. The most important part of the toolbox is listening to you. This toolbox contains varying therapy types, including listening to you about the solutions you use in times of difficulty. The factors that result in thinking, feeling or behaving a particular way. Bringing awareness to the here and now, gently accepting you. By bringing my personal experience and my professional knowledge together to provide you with a unique therapy, you can live a life of gently accepting you.
