Irish Council for Psychotherapy

12/10/2026

ICP continues to call for robust regulation that protects the public & upholds professional training standards.
We welcome further scrutiny of the proposed CORU standards following the IACP's formal complaint to the European Commission.
IACP - Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD
European Commission

Formal complaint ‘not an action we have taken lightly, says IACP chief executive

09/10/2026

Anxiety Signifiers in Troubling Times
Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland Ltd Congress 2026
Date: Saturday 21/11/2026
Time: 9am – 5:30pm
Venue: Royal Marine Hotel Marine Road Dún Laoghaire Dublin A96 K063
Medium: Hybrid
Cost: From €70.69*
More Info https://tinyurl.com/55edrm2x
Book via Eventbrite https://tinyurl.com/3yc92nmr

07/10/2026

Book Launch with Aurélie Pfauwadel
Date: Saturday 24/10/2026
Time: 2pm
Medium: Online (Zoom)
Cost: Free & Open to All
Book your place: [email protected]
Queries: [email protected]
More Info: https://tinyurl.com/49sub483

Irish Circle Lacanian Orientation
https://iclo-nls.org/book-launch-with-aurelie-pfauwadel/

07/10/2026

Protecting the public means protecting the standards of psychotherapy training. ICP is calling on CORU to engage with the profession & ensure clients & practitioners remain at the heart of regulatory decisions.
Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy - IAHIP
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD
Family Therapy Association of Ireland

Following its annual conference on Saturday 26th September, Limerick psychotherapist Trish Murphy echoed the concerns of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy that the most vulnerable in society could be failed by training regulations which do not involve a focus on the therapeutic relationship.

05/10/2026

The ICP would gladly take up Mr Hughes’s invitation for a joint discussion, & hopes that CORU & the Minister will do the same, writes Jacky Grainger, Chairperson, Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy - IAHIP & Board Director – ICP.
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD
Irish Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

The ICP would gladly take up Mr Hughes's invitation for a joint discussion, and hopes that CORU and the Minister will do the same, writes Jacky Grainger, Chairperson, IAHIP (Irish Association of Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapists), Board Director – ICP (Irish Council for Psychotherapy)

01/10/2026

28/09/2026

New standards, which reduces length of psychotherapy training and removes need for personal therapy, poses potential risk to public, psychotherapists warn.

New standards, which reduces length of psychotherapy training and removes need for personal therapy, poses potential risk to public, psychotherapists warn

22/09/2026

The Maternal Death Enquiry (MDE) reported that su***de was the leading cause of deaths among women in the year after giving birth

18/09/2026

What Standards Should Define The Training Of A Psychotherapist? https://tinyurl.com/yvjbkjhh
Writing in today’s Irish Times, Jacky Grainger (Board Director, ICP) argues for the importance of maintaining core professional standards in psychotherapy training – including sufficient training duration, personal therapy, & continuous clinical supervision.

At a pivotal moment for psychotherapy regulation in Ireland, how can we ensure that public protection remains at the heart of professional standards?

These questions will be explored at ICP Conference 2026: Beyond Compliance – Protecting the Identity & Culture of Psychotherapy in an Era of Professional Regulation. https://tinyurl.com/3v7xv5dv

Join colleagues from across the profession to reflect, connect, & contribute to shaping the future of psychotherapy.



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