Clinical Focus

Fiona works with people navigating a wide range of issues, including:

• Communication breakdown and emotional disconnection
• Conflict and recurring arguments
• Loss of sexual intimacy or desire
• Infidelity, trust, and relationship ruptures
• Grief, loss, and life transitions
• Anxiety, depression, and dysregulated emotional states
• Childhood trauma and its impact on adult relationships
• Parent-infant bonding and the transition to parenthood
• Perinatal and post-natal trauma
• Identity, belonging, and shame

Fiona also has particular expertise in perinatal mental health, supporting couples through pregnancy and the early stages of parenting. In this work, babies are often present in sessions, enabling families to think together about bonding, early attachment, and how parental emotional states shape a child’s experience of the world.

Therapeutic Style

Fiona works from a psychodynamic perspective, which means exploring the deeper emotional roots of current struggles, including those that may be outside of conscious awareness.

This approach can be especially helpful for people who:

• Feel stuck in recurring patterns or roles within relationships
• Struggle with trust, vulnerability, or intimacy
• Are navigating painful ruptures, such as infidelity or separation
• Are transitioning into or out of parenthood
• Want to better understand themselves and their emotional responses in close relationships

Fiona brings compassion, reliability, and openness to each session. She understands that it takes time to build trust in therapy and creates a space where people can explore even the most difficult experiences without fear of judgement. Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative, offering both emotional support and gentle challenge where needed.

Background & Training

Fiona originally studied English and Sociology at University College Dublin before completing an MSc in Sociology with a focus on Gender and Sexuality at the University of Amsterdam. Her master’s research explored the themes of shame and stigma, an interest that continues to inform her clinical work.

Before training as a psychotherapist, Fiona spent over a decade working internationally for non-profit and human rights organisations, focusing on issues such as child marriage, sexual exploitation, reproductive rights, gender-based violence, and modern slavery. Her work brought her into close contact with people impacted by structural trauma and power inequity, which deepened her understanding of resilience, marginalisation, and systemic change.

In 2017, she trained at Tavistock Relationships, one of the UK’s leading institutions in couple psychotherapy, and has since worked as a visiting clinician, supporting people through complex relational challenges. Fiona also has training in parent infant psychotherapy with experts from the Anna Freud Centre and completed further training in trauma-informed care and perinatal mental health at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.

Fiona joined Evidence-Based Therapy Centre in March 2024, where she offers online therapy.

Professional Memberships

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP)
• Tavistock Relationships Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors (TRAPC)
• Association for Infant Mental Health (AiMH UK)

Appointments

Fiona is available for appointments on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays.

To book a session, please call Evidence-Based Therapy Centre on 091 727777 or you can get in touch via the contact page.