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# Counselling

This year
2023
Pilot scheme offering free counselling for primary school children to be rolled out in September
The first strand of the scheme will be rolled out in seven counties, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
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May 31st 2023, 1:19 PM
Whistleblowers often 'deeply disturbed and disillusioned' after reporting wrongdoing
Ireland’s first free psychological support service for whistleblowers has been launched.
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May 6th 2023, 8:00 AM
Last year
2022
Opinion: Are you in a controlling or co-dependent relationship? Would you consider therapy?
Therapist Margaret Parkes has advice for anyone concerned they may be living in a toxic relationship.
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Jun 4th 2022, 11:27 AM
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Adopted people seeking records ‘should be provided with counselling supports’, committee hears
Tusla CEO Bernard Gloster has said the provision of counselling should be underpinned by law.
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Jun 15th 2021, 9:05 PM
Problem gambling charity faces threat of closure as government urged to fund services
Sinn Féin’s Thomas Gould has urged the government to provide funding for Extern.
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Jan 15th 2021, 2:19 PM
The mental health system is preparing for a 'tsunami' of cases from young people - staff are worried it can't cope
Long waiting lists and a disjointed system have already caused major issues.
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Aug 16th 2020, 7:15 AM
College might once have offered an escape for vulnerable students - Covid-19 has changed that
With lectures moving largely online, students with a tough home life may find themselves with few good options.
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Aug 9th 2020, 9:00 PM
Irish Cancer Society to fund remote counselling for people who can't have face-to-face sessions due to Covid-19
The service is available to both adults and children who are affected by cancer.
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Mar 22nd 2020, 3:24 PM
Package of health support for former residents of Mother and Baby Homes announced
The report was submitted and discussed in Cabinet yesterday.
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Dec 20th 2019, 2:06 PM
Thousands of calls from abuse survivors missed due to limited helpline hours
74% of callers last year were female.
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Dec 15th 2019, 1:20 PM
HSE awards €800,000 contract to set up post-abortion phone helpline
Registered charity One Family has won the contract to set up the helpline.
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Sep 2nd 2018, 7:00 AM
Gardaí talk about their fears after being assaulted as one in six officers show symptoms of PTSD
A new study found gardaí who have suffered trauma related to their job do not feel they received adequate support from management.
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May 29th 2018, 1:12 PM
'This is a painful time for women': Over 10,000 calls made to CervicalCheck helpline
The number of women affected by the smear test scandal has increased from 208 to 209.
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May 4th 2018, 9:01 PM
Why I became a counsellor: 'Mentally, I’ve gone toe-to-toe with Mike Tyson'
When I was younger, counselling was close to the last thing I would have considered, writes Danny McNeive.
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Apr 2nd 2018, 8:00 PM
Government considering the roll-out of free contraception
Minister Harris said work to consider the costs and other implications is continuing within his department.
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Mar 9th 2018, 1:12 PM
GAA votes to ban sponsorship deals with betting companies
The GAA’s annual congress today heard that sport is “besieged by gambling”.
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Feb 24th 2018, 1:26 PM
What to do when the career you've chosen doesn't give you fulfillment
We usually have more options than we realise, writes Maeve Halpin.
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Oct 1st 2017, 3:30 PM
'A connection to the place they know': There's a new online mental health service for teenagers
Turn2MeYouth offers online peer support and individual counselling to 16-19 year olds.
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Sep 16th 2017, 8:00 AM
Harris 'sickened' at the 'misleading nonsense' spread by rogue crisis pregnancy agencies
The Regulation of Information Act may be strengthened to deal with rogue crisis pregnancy agencies.
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Jul 11th 2017, 2:56 PM
'My sister died from it, then my mam had it, then I got it'
Arc Cancer Support helps people deal with the emotional and physical challenges they face before, during and after treatment.
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May 28th 2017, 10:00 PM
'You get flashbacks of horrific scenes' - Should counselling be mandatory for gardaí?
A 24/7 counselling service was launched for gardaí last year.
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Apr 12th 2017, 7:15 PM
New counselling rooms for homeless people open in Dublin today
A new suite of rooms are being opened today.
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Nov 2nd 2016, 7:38 AM
Labour bill aims to clamp down on rogue crisis pregnancy agencies operating in Ireland
The issue of these clinics operating in Ireland was highlighted in an undercover report last month.
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Oct 19th 2016, 7:00 AM
How rogue crisis pregnancy agencies have been operating outside the law here for more than a decade
The agencies are in the spotlight again after an investigation found an agency in Dublin giving abortion misinformation to women.
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Sep 5th 2016, 5:08 PM
Girls make up vast majority of young people seeking psychiatric help for eating disorders
Some 87% of people under the age of 18 presenting with eating disorders are female.
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Jul 23rd 2016, 10:00 PM
The over-emphasis on medication over therapy is just one problem that needs fixing
Before the 2011 election, Taoiseach Enda Kenny singled out mental health as the key issue he wanted to tackle.
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Jan 21st 2016, 5:00 PM
Six members of the force died by suicide last year and here's what gardaí want to do about it
As it stands gardaí do not receive specialist counselling services which are available to other emergency services.
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Jan 18th 2016, 6:05 AM
Massive increase in new callers to service for childhood abuse victims
The most common overall setting for abuse was in the family with one quarter of these callers saying their fathers abused them.
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Dec 13th 2015, 4:46 PM
There were 25 calls seeking help after a rape every day last year
Over 9,000 contacts were received in 2014.
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Jun 17th 2015, 7:34 AM
Online counselling offers easy-to-reach support for depression and anxiety
Its proponents say it offers advantages over other services – but just how popular is e-therapy in Ireland? We talk to mental health support website Turn2Me.org.
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Jun 14th 2015, 8:40 AM
Tusla defends its decision to withdraw funding from the Rape Crisis Network
It says, “The decision is dictated by the need to achieve the best use of limited available resources.”
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Jun 9th 2015, 1:30 PM
What I've learned through my career as a counsellor
People are different – from each other and from what the books say. A “textbook case” is rare, if not non-existent.
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May 17th 2015, 2:30 PM
'No' campaign slams funding cut for Catholic marriage-counselling service
The organisation, which received €1.9 million from Tusla last year, is to lose €378,000 of that funding in 2015.
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May 13th 2015, 10:00 PM
We have qualified psychologists eager to work – so why are waiting lists so long?
Why are counselling psychologists deemed ineligible to work in certain areas of mental health treatment when they have been trained to do so?
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Apr 19th 2015, 10:50 PM
Two young boys waiting over two years for counselling after sexual assault
Tusla says that things are getting better in the area.
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Mar 20th 2015, 2:55 PM
How to pick the right therapist for you
People are reaching out more for counselling and psychotherapy, write Dil Wickremasinghe and Anne Marie Toole, but it’s important to know how to find the right help.
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Jan 25th 2015, 7:30 PM
Counselling service Connect extending its hours over Christmas
“Christmas can be an emotional time for people and this creates a greater demand for counselling and support services.”
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Dec 22nd 2014, 7:42 AM
More sexual abuse victims are calling this counselling service
A higher proportion of calls came from men.
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Dec 14th 2014, 2:07 PM
Increases in domestic violence against men
A new report from domestic abuse service ‘Amen’ has shown an increase in reported incidents.
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Nov 19th 2014, 12:48 PM
322 sought post-abortion counselling info from Cura in 2013
The figures are contained in Cura’s annual report for 2013.
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Oct 10th 2014, 6:15 AM
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