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The Irish Council for Psychotherapy represents over 1,000 psychotherapists in Ireland, who practice in a number of different sub-disciplines.

Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP) is the national umbrella body for psychotherapy in Ireland.

04/11/2026

ICP registrant & APPI member Helena Texier speaks to the Irish Examiner about her career & why personal therapy is essential to psychotherapist training.

She raises concerns about CORU's decision not to make personal therapy a regulatory requirement.

Helena Texier, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, The Phoenix Practice, Dublin, and member of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP)

29/10/2026

The Golden Key: Mother Complex, Mother Archetype, Self
By ISJA & IAPA
Date: Thursday 19/11/2026
Time: 7:30pm-9pm
Medium: Online
Cost: From €17.32
Book via Eventbrite https://tinyurl.com/5cvycavu

About the Event
The Irish Society of Jungian Analysts (ISJA) in conjunction with the Irish Analytical Psychology Association (IAPA), presents live on Zoom, The Golden Key: Mother Complex, Mother Archetype, Self with Nan Parry, Jungian Analyst.

Agenda
7:30pm-8:30pm: The Golden Key, presented by Nan Parry
8:30pm-9pm: Q and A and reflection

29/10/2026

ICLO-NLS - Space2be “Not All Autism”
By ICLO Society of the NLS
Date: Saturday 31/10/2026
Time: 10.30am to 4pm
Venue: Carmelite Community Centre Whitefriar Street Aungier Street Dublin 2 D02 T258
Medium: In-Person
Entry & Lunch: €40 / Student €20
Email: [email protected]
More Info via ICLO-NLS https://tinyurl.com/muap55x6
Book via Eventbrite https://tinyurl.com/bdmvpwpu

28/10/2026

https://www.irishsun.com/news/279398707/psychotherapy-regulation-faces-european-complaint

Ireland’s health and social care regulator has defended new rules for counselors and psychotherapists after professional organizations warned that the proposed standards could put patients at risk.

28/10/2026

Trish Murphy (FTAI) echoes ICP's concerns that CORU's proposed fast-track training standards could put vulnerable clients at risk. She warns that the therapeutic relationship & comprehensive professional training are essential, particularly when treating trauma.

A LIMERICK psychotherapist has warned that proposed new regulations, aimed at increasing the number of qualified psychotherapists available to deal with waiting lists, could put vulnerable people at risk. Following its annual conference, Limerick psychotherapist Trish Murphy echoed the concerns of t...

28/10/2026

ICP Board Director & IAHIP Chair Jacky Grainger’s Letter to the Editor (Irish Times) re: how regulation should raise the bar, not lower it. https://tinyurl.com/35rbb3xc

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD
Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy - IAHIP
Family Therapy Association of Ireland
Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
EAP European Association for Psychotherapy
European Commission
IACP - Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland Ltd

26/10/2026

José Castilho (IAPA) & Vice-President of the EAP European Association for Psychotherapy & Tom Warnecke (General Secretary) (EAP) Letter to the Editor (Irish Times) questions CORU's claims about European recognition of Irish psychotherapy qualifications & calls for greater transparency around training standards. https://tinyurl.com/ufywpe4r
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TDIrish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy - IAHIP
Family Therapy Association of Ireland
Association of Child Art Psychotherapists
Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
European CommissionIACP - Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland Ltd

26/10/2026

Regulation must protect the public, not lower professional standards. Speaking to RTÉ's This Week, ICP representatives raised serious concerns about CORU's proposed psychotherapy standards, particularly training, supervision, & personal therapy. https://tinyurl.com/5z84uzsx
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD
Family Therapy Association of Ireland
Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy - IAHIP
Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland Ltd
Association of Child Art Psychotherapists
Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
EAP European Association for Psychotherapy
European Commission
IACP - Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Our reporter Eithne Dodd looks into how in Ireland, anyone can call themselves as 'psychotherapist' and charge people for mental health services and how CORU, the regulator for health and social care professions, is changing this.

25/10/2026

Dispute over new regulations for psychotherapists

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD
Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy - IAHIP
Family Therapy Association of Ireland
Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland Ltd
Association of Child Art Psychotherapists
Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
EAP European Association for Psychotherapy
European Commission
IACP - Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

The CEO of the regulator for health and social care professions has defended new regulations for psychotherapists and counsellors despite criticism.

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