Child Art Psychotherapists
All therapists in Developing Minds work privately and independently and are members of ACAP the Association of Child Art Psychotherapists. Each Child Art Psychotherapist has intern experience on a multi-disciplinary team in CAMHS, the child and adolescent mental health services and TUSLA the child and family agency or in a school setting.
Andrea Inglis Holahan MSc.
Child Art Psychotherapist
Qualifications include a BA Hons Degree in Humanities, Major Psychology at DCU. MSc in Child Art Psychotherapy with a Post MSc qualification in UCD and the School of Psychotherapy St. Vincents Hospital Dublin.
Active committee member of the Masters and post Masters Child Art Psychotherapy training programme and occasional lecturer on the MSc and Post MSc training programme UCD/School of Psychotherapy St. Vincent's Hospital.
Registered Member M.Ps.S.I the Psychological Society of Ireland. The British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and Association of Child Art Psychotherapists (ACAP).
Judy Irwin MSc.
Child Art Psychotherapist
Post M.Sc Advanced Training in Child Art Psychotherapy, The School of Psychotherapy, St. Vincent’s Hospital. M.Sc. in Child Art Psychotherapy Mater Hospital (UCD), M.Sc. Applied Psychology (TCD), L.LM. International Human Rights Law (NUIG), Bachelor of Arts Psychology & Sociology, BPS Registered Member and ACAP Registered Member.
Patricia Mc Kiernan, MSc.
Child Art Psychotherapist
Master of Science (Hons) Child Art Psychotherapy, UCD. MSc. Advanced Training in Child Art Psychotherapy, The School of Psychotherapy, St Vincents Hospital. Dublin. B.A. Fine Art, Painting (Hons) National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
C.Q.S.W. U.C.D Belfield. Dublin. BA (Mod, Hons) Social Work/Sociology, Trinity College, Dublin. Member of ACAP.
Ellen Herbert MSc.
Child Art Psychotherapist
Master of Science (Hons) Child Art Psychotherapy, UCD. MSc. Advanced Training in Child Art Psychotherapy, The School of Psychotherapy, St Vincent’s Hospital. Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Humanities, St Patricks College, DCU. Trained ISPCC Childline Counsellor, M.Ps.S.I Registered Member, ACAP Registered Member.
Danielle Power MSc Child Art Psychotherapist
Master of Science (Hons) Child Art Psychotherapy, UCD. MSc. Advanced Training in Child Art Psychotherapy, The School of Psychotherapy, St Vincents Hospital.
Children will express themselves much more authentically through a drawing, this expressive technique is the way the child knows the world. The image created is of things that happened in their lives, that is still with them, art is the child's language.
Violet Oaklander