Kate McCarthy

Having initially worked as a teacher Kate trained in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy. Subsequently she did the Sensorimotor Trauma Training as she recognised the need for greater inclusion of the embodied self in her work as a therapist. She worked as a core tutor on a four year psychotherapy training and later supervised third and fourth year students. She completed her Masters in Gestalt Therapy in the Gestalt Institute of Ireland. She works in private practice as a therapist and supervisor and she also works on a voluntary basis with women in Direct Provision. In her work, and supported by the research she undertook for her master’s degree, Kate is especially interested in embodied presence in the relational field. She is informed in her work and life by an awareness of power, privilege and difference.