Talk Therapy Dublin

About Laura

Laura Lovejoy holds a Master’s Degree in Psychotherapy and a Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from Dublin Business School. She is an accredited member of the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapists.

Prior to training as a psychotherapist, Laura completed a PhD in English literature at University College Dublin, focusing on Irish writer James Joyce. Laura also worked for five years as a researcher with an advocacy organisation, where she carried out research on the mental health experiences and needs of students in Further Education and Training in Ireland.

Her interest in how people’s inner lives are portrayed in literature, and her education research, led to a deepening interest in helping people to understand their psychological suffering. For Laura, the purpose of psychotherapy is to help you identify the causes of your suffering, so you can live a more meaningful, fulfilling life and feel a greater sense of connection to yourself, your work, and other people.

Laura’s other interests include writing and recording music. She has played the guitar for two decades and views music as an important form of self-expression, self-care, and a way to relax.

Clinical Experience

Laura has a wide range of experience working with adults of all ages and cultural backgrounds. In addition to private practice, Laura is a counsellor with the Trinity College Dublin Student Counselling Service and has also worked with UCD students. Through this work, she is highly attuned to the issues faced by students and young people, as well as those from international backgrounds.

Laura has experience working with anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship issues. She has a particular interest in questions about meaning and purpose in life, specifically satisfaction around work and career choice, and with burnout recovery. She is also interested in psychosexual issues, including difficulties around sexual intimacy, low self-esteem, poor body image, and porn addiction.  She is open to working with women and men/all gender identities.

Approach to Therapy

Laura takes a psychodynamic and client-centred approach to counselling. Psychodynamic therapy explores how relationships from your past and your family of origin can impact your life in the present, and how being aware of these influences can give you more choice in how you react to life in the present. Laura views the relationship between therapist and client as collaborative, and takes the client’s lead on the pace and focus of the therapy.  She is always open to working in different ways to suit the individual needs of each client.