Clinical Focus & Experience

Brendan has worked in a variety of clinical and community settings over the past decade, with experience supporting individuals experiencing a wide range of mental health difficulties including:

• Depression and Low Mood
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Phobias and Social Anxiety
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Health related distress such as chronic pain and IBS

He has worked with clients in both individual and group settings, including delivering group programmes in assertiveness, chronic pain management, perfectionism, and mindfulness-based therapies such as MBSR and MBCT. In recent years, Brendan has also incorporated EMDR into his work to support clients processing traumatic experiences.

Brendan is especially interested in helping people who feel "stuck" or self-critical to find new ways of relating to themselves, with more understanding, more compassion, and a greater sense of agency.

Background & Qualifications

Brendan began his academic journey in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin, where he developed an early curiosity about the ways people make meaning from their experiences. After working in education, he completed a Masters in Foundations of Clinical Psychology at Bangor University in Wales.

His postgraduate research, under renowned psychologist Prof. Richard Bentall, explored how life-changing spiritual or voice-hearing experiences, often viewed through a pathologising lens can actually be integrated and even valued when understood in a broader psychological and personal context.

Following hands-on work in acquired brain injury services, Brendan went on to train formally in CBT, completing:

• Postgraduate Diploma in CBT – University College London
• Advanced CBT Training – University of Surrey

He has since completed additional workshops and CPD training in:

• Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
• Mindfulness-Based Approaches
• Narrative Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

He is also a qualified EMDR Therapist, adding to his trauma-focused work.

Therapeutic Approach

Brendan creates a warm, open and non-judgemental space where clients are encouraged to bring their full selves into the room. He sees therapy as a collaborative process guided by the client’s own insight, values, and goals, and supported by his clinical training and experience.

His approach draws from a range of evidence-based models including:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Practices
• Narrative Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Brendan places emphasis on understanding how personal history and life circumstances shape the way people think, feel and behave and how change is always possible, no matter what has come before. He helps clients connect with the present moment, identify patterns that no longer serve them, and move forward with greater clarity, freedom and self-compassion.

Professional Memberships

• Accredited Member – British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)

Appointments & Availability

Brendan offers appointments at EBTC on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (including evenings) and Fridays.

If you would like to book a session with Brendan, or to be matched with a therapist through our assessment clinic, please call Evidence-Based Therapy Centre on 091-727777 or get in touch via the contact page.