Aine Connaire Counselling and Psychotherapy

27/02/2026

In person and online appointments available. Get in contact by DM or through our website to see how we could help 🙏🏻

20/02/2026

It’s really normal to feel nervous about the first session. It’s hard to know what to expect when it’s the first one. The first session is about helping you feel at ease while we come to an understanding together about your therapeutic goals. In the first session:

✔ we talk about what brings you here and we identify what you would like to get out of therapy
✔ You set the pace
✔ No pressure to share more than you’re ready for
✔ A safe, confidential space

💬 Reach out if you would like any more information. We would be delighted to chat with you to see if we would be able to help ✨

19/02/2026

You don’t have to be in crisis to come to counselling or psychotherapy.

Therapy can help with:
• Feeling stuck
• Constant overthinking
• Low confidence
• Relationship stress
• Difficulties with school/work and the list goes on…

Support is valid at any stage.

📩 Message me or check out my contact details via my website if you’d like to chat about how therapy may be able to help

17/02/2026

Hello, I’m Áine 👋

I’m a qualified psychotherapist supporting adults and adolescents who are struggling with any issue that are causing them unhappiness in their life. Some of these issues can include anxiety, low mood, depression, low self-esteem and confidence, childhood issues and trauma, anger issues and relationship issues to name a few.

I provide a safe, confidential space where you can talk openly, feel heard, and begin to understand yourself more deeply.

I also offer clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists. I am an accredited supervisor with the IACP.

📍 In-person & online sessions
💻 Online pre-recorded therapeutic journaling course
📩 Message me to arrange an appointment or check out our website to find out more about online courses offered

You’re very welcome here 🌿

15/02/2026

What therapy is really like…

Many people can feel nervous about attending therapy which is completely understandable. If you haven’t attended therapy or counselling before it can be hard to know what to expect. Most people are anxious or nervous especially when attending the first appointment.

Counselling or psychotherapy with me is not lying on a couch while being analysed. It’s a conversation in a safe, confidential space. It’s being heard and understood — without judgement or pressure. It’s learning to understand your thoughts, emotions, and patterns. It’s learning new ways of coping and relating to yourself in warm and compassionate ways. It’s going at your pace — not being pushed to go places that you may not feel ready to get. It’s not about being “fixed” because you are not broken. It’s about getting in touch with you, your feelings, your needs and figuring out together what you want.

If you would like to find out if we may be able to support you, get in touch today and we would be delighted to chat to you about how we may be able to help ✨

In person sessions in Mullingar as well as online sessions available 💫

09/01/2026

If you are want to know more about any of the service we offer send us a DM or give us a call. We would be delighted to have a chat with you to see how we could help ✨

08/01/2026

These are just some of the issues that we help people to work through, however, there are many other areas that we work with also. If there is anything that is causing you unhappiness in your life at the moment that you are struggling to cope with, get in contact today to see how we could help ✨

You are not alone and whatever you are facing today you dont have to manage it by yourself. Counselling and psychotherapy provides a confidential and warm space for you to unpack and work through whatever is going on at your own pace with professional support.

Get in contact today for a chat about how we may be able to help ✨

20/11/2025

Meet Claire, our new trainee counsellor and psychotherapist who will be offering low cost counselling to our clients in our office in Mullingar town centre ✨

There is an emerging need for therapists to provide a holistic approach to matters of well-being. With this in mind Claire as a therapist in training offers counselling and psychotherapy from a person – centred perspective, which is unique due to its holistic, spiritual and creative qualities. Her approach is rooted in the humanistic traditions and her focus is on meeting clients on a physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual and behavioural level.

Self – awareness is seen as vital to personal development and Claire’s intention is to establish a therapeutic relationship with her clients that enables them to go on a journey towards self-discovery and tap into their own inner wisdom and knowing. Using techniques that will enable clients to pay attention to their bodies physical sensations and observe their thought patterns without judgment helps to build self-compassion and allows their inner wisdom to be heard.

As no two clients are the same, she uses different modalities to support them. When using the psychodynamic approach, she is supporting them to bring to their awareness unconscious forces stemming from childhood experiences. In doing so she can help the client to see how their past experiences may affect how they are presenting in the here and now. Using a humanistic approach the client’s increasing awareness is utilised to emphasise their free will to make their own choices to determine their future life experiences.

Examples of issues explored are adverse childhood experiences, anxiety, depression, hopelessness, finding meaning in life and issues arising from loss. Claire also helps clients to develop tools to overcome maladaptive emotional regulation thoughts and behaviours by using emotional regulation techniques.

Get in contact today by DM or through our website to make an appointment with Claire 🌟

03/11/2025

A limited number of lost cost counselling spaces are now becoming available with our trainee counsellors and psychotherapists.

Low cost sessions are €30 per session and last approximately 50 minutes to 1 hour. These sessions are available for individuals over 18. Sessions available in person in our office in Mullingar town centre.

For more information or to see if this service is a good fit for you contact us today via DM, email or phone.

We are really looking forward to speaking to you soon 😊

31/10/2025

Clinical supervision is an essential component of my clinical practice and I believe should be an essential component of all practicing health care clinicians.

Supervision helps me to show up in my work as my most compassionate, resourced and skilled self as a psychotherapist. It helps to keep my passion for this work not just alight but burning bright. It gives me the space, fuel and tools that I need to be the best practitioner that I can. Without supervision I’m not sure if I would still be as effective as I am today as I practitioner. Without regular effective supervision, I’m not sure if I would still be working in this field at all.

Supervision has been a life line for me when I needed it and so since having the amazing opportunity to become a supervisor myself I am passionate about helping other counsellors and psychotherapists on their ever evolving professional journeys.

Currently in Ireland CORU is in the midst of creating the criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists and are outlining the necessities for regulation. At the moment it is stating that supervision will no longer be necessary in order to practice but instead it will be a personal choice of the clinician if they want to engage in their own private supervision. This is at odds with many current training and governing bodies criteria as most outline it as being necessary for ethical and professional practice.

I find it saddening that supervision may become not as prominent or used in the field in years to come but I hope that even if it isn’t included as essential under CORU guidelines that counsellors and psychotherapists will still understand its necessity for their own and their clients well-being.

I am delighted to share that I am currently taking on new supervisees at this time. Get in contact today for more information or to book an appointment ✨

22/07/2025

I was delighted to be able to contribute to this piece in the Irish Times. It is a wonderful piece that talks about the benefits of writing for our health

Tadhg Paul says writing helped him embrace to life again and regain mobility after his spinal cord injury

23/04/2025

I adore being outdoors in nature 🍃🌲 For me, connecting back into nature helps to ground and recharge me in a way that so few other things can.

Research by Bratman et al (2019) revealed that contact with nature is associated with increases in happiness, subjective well-being, positive affect, positive social interactions, and a sense of meaning and purpose in life, as well as decreases in mental distress (Science Advances, Vol. 5, No. 7, 2019).

Connecting with nature IS healing. It’s so simple to do, yet it’s something that we are neglecting to do. In these modern times, we are spending so much more time looking at our screens, spending time online, indoors and in urban areas that don’t contain much nature. This is having a big impact on our physical, mental and emotional health and on society as a whole.

How much time should we be spending outside to get these positive benefits I named above? White et al (2019) conducted a study with over 20,000 adults across the United Kingdom and they found that people who had spent at least two recreational hours in nature during the previous week reported significantly greater health and well-being.

So it only takes 2 hours a week outdoors in nature to gain significant positive benefits to your physical and mental health ✨

If you have been thinking about trying to get outdoors more let this be a little nugget of inspiration 🌈

How can you start to incorporate getting out in nature into your week?