Ingrid O'Sullivan

Currently providing Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy to two adult clients in private home-office setting, addressing issues such as:

• Anxiety and depression;
• Past traumas in war surviving;
• Social, romantic and familial relationships;
• Emotional exhaustion, professional dissatisfaction, and loss of motivation;
• Struggles with self-definition, existential concerns, and life transitions;
• Addictions and toxic fetish;
• Overthinking;
• Etc;

Attending group and individual supervision sessions and undergoing personal analysis weekly.

• Provided support to family member struggling with crack addiction;
• Facilitated family interventions, assessed environmental, social and peer influences, and arranged for relocation to healthier setting;
• Organised meetings with family members to coordinate support;
• Encouraged and guided them toward seeking professional treatment and rehabilitation;
• Served as main point of contact for both individual and their family throughout relapses and withdrawn until agreed on going to rehab, where stayed for 2 years under treatment.;
• Skills acquired: listening without judgment, effective communication in sensitive situations, emotional intelligence and resilience.

Currently working Mondays and Tuesdays 2p.m to 5p.m

In past 7 years, worked for 5 different Irish Families providing private childcare for ages from: 1 to 13 years old.

• Understanding what families expected from this role and being on same page regards their children's education, rules of house, tv time, etc.
• Being vigilant to any Health, Safety and Welfare risks in workplace and bring any concerns to attention of parents;
• Daily reports and conversations with parents about highlights of children's day;
• Helping children, alongside parents, to regulate feelings and emotions;
• Keeping firm but gentle voice tone to remind children their chores and obligations;
• Showing through play that tasks like tidying up can be fun;
• Talking, playing and being friends with them.
• Encouraging independence;
• Identifying invisible needs of unspoken child behaviour and addressing them;
• Mastered in dealing with tantrums;
• Looking after their house: locks, keys, alarm.
• Accompanied family on holiday trips to their family farm, providing dedicated childcare and ensuring well-being and engagement of children throughout stay and diplomatically engaging with other family members with high professionalism levels

Supported students in group learning environments, encouraged dialogue, and applied methodology of child to teach second language to small children—experience that aligns with psychoanalytic practice by applying theory into practice, promoting expression, and building trust in interpersonal relationships