Agalma

Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Dublin

Confidential, objective and non-confrontational discussion of emotional conflicts in a therapeutic setting may assist resolution in various ways. Below we list some of the problems, issues and disorders which psychodynamic psychotherapy has proven effective in treating.

Individual Therapy:

  • Abuse: emotional, physical, sexual
  • Anxiety
  • Anger Management
  • Bereavement / Pathological Grief Reactions
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Pain
  • Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH)
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia
  • Emotional Problems, e.g. hopelessness
  • Mood Disorders
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Repeating Patterns of Behaviour
  • Panic attacks
  • Phobias
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Redundancy Support
  • Relationship Difficulties
  • Serious Physical Illness: dealing with diagnosis, treatment options, complications arising, etc.
  • Sexual Confusion
  • Sexual Difficulties
  • Substance abuse

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy:

  • anxiety
  • attention and attachment disorders, (ADD) (ADHD)
  • autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
  • bullying
  • conduct and mood disorders (ODD, etc.)
  • depression
  • eating disorders: anorexia and bulimia
  • language and social difficulties
  • obsessions and compulsions (OCD)
  • panic attacks
  • phobias
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • substance abuse
  • selective mutism
  • self-harm (DSH)
  • sexual confusion or acting-out
  • suicidal ideation

Couples / Relationship / Marital Therapy and Family Therapy:

  • Adoption preparedness
  • Blended family reconciliation
  • Fertility issues (IVF, etc.)
  • Historical (ingrained) Conflicts
  • Parent coaching
  • Relationship Breakdown; Separation; Divorce
  • Substance Abuse

Corporate Employee-Assistance Programmes:

Corporate EAPs facilitate short-term therapeutic interventions for employees encountering emotional difficulties that inhibit or constrain their effectiveness. As well as individual therapy, Agalma members are available to provide:

  • Anger Management Seminars
  • Bereavement Seminars
  • Bullying Seminars
  • Critical Incident Briefing
  • Post-Suicide Counselling
  • Redundancy Support

MarieWalshe/Agalma/2010

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