

Psychology graduate with a clinical nursing qualification, a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and ongoing MA training in Addiction Studies (QQI Level 9). Professional background spanning acute hospital nursing, independent community home-care practice in Dublin, youth disability support, secondary education teaching, and supervised addiction service placement, unified by a consistent focus on behavioural regulation, crisis recognition, and structured responses across healthcare and youth settings. Earlier professional work as a recording artist and stage performer developed controlled presence under pressure, emotional attunement, and real-time modulation of group dynamics. Currently working as a Support Worker in SANAS supporting neurodivergent children and adolescents using low-arousal and proactive regulation strategies. Professional direction: adolescent behavioural health and addiction-informed services, residential addiction services, women in addiction services, trauma informed approach using MI and CBT.
Budapest | 2010 – 2020
Master of Arts in Addiction Studies
Dublin Business School | 2025–2027 (Part-Time)
Postgraduate training providing an interdisciplinary exploration of substance and behavioural addictions across sociological, psychological, cultural, psychoanalytic, and biomedical frameworks. The programme integrates theory, research, and clinical exposure to develop analytical, policy, and practice competence in addiction services.
Core Areas of Study
Advanced study of addiction through dialogical, psychoanalytic, and recovery-oriented frameworks integrating theory, policy, and clinical practice. Specialist training in addiction psychopharmacology and the neurobiological mechanisms of substance use, withdrawal, overdose, and opioid substitution treatment pathways, alongside cultural and gender-informed perspectives (including Women and Addiction). The programme combines academic study with supervised clinical exposure within addiction service settings and includes structured exploration of narrative and storytelling approaches in addiction and recovery work.
• Volunteer contributor at Radio Maria Ireland (Catholic community radio)
• Ongoing personal study of psychology, human behaviour, and compassion-based understanding
• Interest in Motivational Interviewing (MI) and other evidence-based conversational approaches to supporting change
• Irish traditional music (tin whistle and flute)
• Mindfulness, yoga, and mind–body balance practices
• Reading non-fiction on addiction, trauma, and human development (including authors such as Gabor Maté)