Dunne Counselling&Psychotherapy

03/04/2026

Taking a little break, we are back from thurs 9th, have a safe happy and fun Easter 🐣

01/04/2026

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30/03/2026

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The Hidden Brilliance of the Wandering Mind: Why ADHD Fuels Unmatched Creativity

For your entire life, you have probably been told to stop daydreaming. In traditional classrooms and rigid corporate offices, a wandering mind is almost always treated as a behavioral flaw, a lack of discipline, or a frustrating symptom of an attention deficit. But modern neuroscience is finally catching up to what the neurodivergent community has always known: your distractibility is intimately tied to your greatest cognitive strength.

Scientists are increasingly finding that people with ADHD possess significantly higher levels of real-world creativity, and it is entirely due to a highly specific, biological form of mind wandering. Your brain is not broken; it is simply wired for innovation rather than ex*****on.

The Science of the Default Mode Network
To understand this creative advantage, we have to look under the hood at the brain's Default Mode Network (DMN). This is the neurological system responsible for spontaneous thoughts, daydreaming, remembering the past, and imagining the future. In a neurotypical brain, when a person sits down to focus on a specific, structured task—like writing an email or doing math—the DMN smoothly turns off. The brain quiets down and moves in a straight, linear line.

But in an ADHD brain, the DMN refuses to fully power down. It stays actively engaged, running a continuous, noisy background program while you are trying to focus. While this overlapping activity is exactly what makes concentrating on a dry, under-stimulating task feel like physical torture, it is also the exact biological mechanism that builds a creative genius.

The Power of Divergent Thinking
Because your brain is constantly processing multiple, seemingly unrelated streams of background information simultaneously, you are constantly engaging in a state of "divergent thinking." When a neurotypical mind looks for a solution to a problem, it walks down a single, predictable, heavily beaten path.

When an ADHD mind looks for a solution, it unleashes a chaotic web of spontaneous thoughts. Your wandering mind pulls data from a random memory, a tangential hyper-fixation you had three years ago, and a tiny observation you made that morning, colliding them together at lightning speed to form a completely original idea. You do not just "think outside the box"—your neurology does not even register that a box exists. You naturally see the invisible connections and profound parallels that linear thinkers completely miss.

Reclaiming Your Daydreams
This specific type of rapid mind wandering is not a waste of time; it is a high-speed biological incubation chamber for innovation. Yes, it can be incredibly exhausting when you are simply trying to remember where you put your car keys or finish a household chore. But it is also the precise reason you can walk into a crisis and instantly see a brilliant, ten-step solution that no one else in the room considered. You are the natural brainstormers, the artists, the out-of-the-box inventors, and the visionaries.

It is time to stop punishing yourself for having a mind that refuses to walk in a straight line. Your daydreaming is not a deficit. It is the raw, biological fuel for your brilliance.

30/03/2026

Have a good week everyone!

23/03/2026

Back to work tomorrow after a lovely break. Availability from mid April.

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

I cannot believe this craziness, it makes no sense, there should be an increase of therapists in this area, a very sad day for the children of Ireland 😡😤😓

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𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝

Tusla is ending funding for a therapeutic service in Waterford and Wexford that supports children in care, including victims of child sexual abuse, as part of its national restructuring programme.

The service, funded by Tusla for the past eight years, provides play therapy, trauma support, and assistance for children adjusting to foster or residential care placements. Staff also work with schools to deliver trauma informed training to teachers and special needs assistants.

The team consists of three play therapists and two social care leads employed through a service level agreement with St Brigid’s Family and Community Centre, while other members including a manager, nurse and adolescent psychotherapist are employed directly by Tusla. Two of the five externally funded roles have remained vacant since staff departures last year, raising concerns among remaining employees about the future of the service.

Staff and union representatives have criticised the decision, warning that it could leave vulnerable children without essential therapeutic support, particularly those engaged in therapy while reporting past sexual abuse. Workers also fear that services may be outsourced to private providers, despite an existing shortage of such services in the region.

Union Fórsa described the move as “very strange,” noting that Tusla’s reform programme claims to expand access to therapeutic services for children in care.

Tusla said children and families currently receiving support will continue to have access to therapeutic services and that existing clients will complete their planned therapy sessions before the service ends. However, the agency did not specify what services will replace the current programme.

Staff say they have received little information about when the service will officially close, making it difficult to explain the situation to children and families currently receiving support.

08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day, to all the physically strong, emotionally and spiritually strong women I know all over the world. I hope you had an awesome day, you are all legends!!!!

06/03/2026

Have a great weekend and enjoy the Rugby and F1... I know I will!!!!

04/03/2026

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Margaret Lowenfeld reshaped child psychotherapy through play-based methods that remain influential today.

Remembered as a q***r pioneer, her techniques helped children express thoughts and feelings they couldn’t put into words.

Discover her story: https://www.bps.org.uk/blog/margaret-lowenfeld-q***r-pioneer