Programme Leaders

BA & MA in Integrative Counselling (CIT, 2010-2019)

Andrew is an IACP accredited Psychotherapist/Counsellor in private practice in Cork and online, since 2010. He holds a BA degree and MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy from CIT (Now MTU) and has post qualification training in IFS and EMDR modalities. He has been with PCI for a number of years now with his role encompassing the Certificate Programme Leader, Faculty Lecturer, & Academic Team Leader for Cork.

Doctorate Counselling Psychology, MA Addiction Studies, BA Psychology.

Dr Paul Hayes is a Senior Counselling Psychologist, a chartered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland, and works with the Health Service Executive in adult mental health. He first undertook psychology undergraduate studies more than 25 years ago in University College Dublin.

Paul developed an interest in evidence-based person-centred models of treatment after completing a Master’s in Addiction Studies in 2004 and worked for several years in a residential addiction treatment setting specifically designed with this ethos at its core. He gained an Addiction Counsellors of Ireland (ACI) accreditation and became a Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) before pursuing the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology at Trinity College Dublin in 2009.

Paul’s work brought him to a variety of well-known residential addiction treatment settings, where he worked for 10 years. He has also worked in primary care psychology, inpatient mental health settings, early intervention teams, CAMHS, and psycho-oncology before taking up his current role implementing the Talking Therapies Model of Care with the HSE. Although primarily regarding himself as a practitioner, Paul enjoys the diversity that a career in counselling allows, including assessment, managing, supervising, research, and training early career counsellors and psychotherapists. Dr Hayes was delighted to join PCI College in 2017, where his role has included lecturing and research supervision. He is current Programme Leader for the MSc. in Addiction Counselling and Psychotherapy.

BA, MA, MIAPTP, MIACP

Gayle is an integrative psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, play therapist, writer, and conference speaker. Gayle has maintained a therapy practice since 2004. She has extensive experience in community and clinical settings. Gayle has an interest in the area of complex trauma, is a consultant to residential and specialist therapeutic services, and is a member of Disability Psychotherapy Ireland’s Steering Group.

As Programme Leader of the BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Gayle draws on extensive experience in higher education and has postgraduate qualifications in teaching and learning. These enrich her leadership of the programme and support her commitment to student-centred, experiential, and trauma-informed education, with a strong focus on reflective practice, ethics and clinical application.

 

BSc (Hons) Psychiatric Nursing, H.Dip in Psychotherapy Studies, MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children and Adolescents, MSc in Advanced Leadership (Nursing). Postgrad Dip in Loss and Bereavement Counselling. MBABCP. Mary Clare has over 20 years postgraduate experience in the area of mental health. She has worked in a variety of mental health care settings, working with both adolescents and adults in a variety of mental health settings. Mary Clare holds a Honours Degree in Psychiatric Nursing, Higher Diploma in Psychotherapy Studies, M.Sc. in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children and Adolescents and is fully accredited as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with BABCP. She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced CBT Training and Supervision from Oxford University. Also holds a MSc in Advanced Leadership (Nursing) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Loss and Bereavement Counselling. For the past 14 years Mary Clare has been employed in a variety of leadership roles and also holds qualifications in project management and lean management.

MA, MIAPTP (Supervisor) MIPD (UK) MEAIP (EU)

Sorca is a psychotherapist, play therapist and clinical supervisor accredited by The Irish Association for Play Therapy and Psychotherapy (IAPTP), holds certification with The European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy (EAIP) and is a member of The Institute of Disability Psychotherapy (IPD). She is a board member of IAPTP the Irish Association of Psychotherapy and Play Therapy’s National Executive Committee and currently serves as Vice Chairperson.

Sorca is also a member of Disability Psychotherapy Ireland (DPI) and has presented her work nationally and internationally, focusing on the use of creative psychotherapy approaches with neurodiverse people.

Sorca specialises in attachment and trauma work and has extensive experience working with people, young and old, living in care. She has created the Every Body Moves™ range of therapeutic programmes for people with learning differences who share spaces, based on an embodied approach to relationship and emotional regulation.

Sorca has a special interest in working with organisations that provide residential care in Ireland, developing ways of sharing psychotherapeutic language, neurobiology and therapeutic thinking from the top down.