If you’ve ever wondered about therapy or have been curious about how it works, this episode is one to listen to. Cara Byrne is a Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapist, with a Master's Degree and Higher Diploma in Psychotherapy. She is also the owner of Hike Psych, Ireland's only hiking psychotherapy practice, combining her love of hiking with her passion for psychotherapy.

 

In this episode we discuss:

 

• Cara’s journey to becoming a psychotherapist

• How Hike Psych came to be

• The differences Cara sees between outdoor therapy and indoor therapy

• What attracts people to experiencing therapy in the outdoors

• Neurodivergence and outdoor psychotherapy

• The perspective and benefits that nature offers

• If laughter and lightness have a place in therapy

• Stigma around therapy in Ireland

• If therapy is only for those with a diagnosed mental illness

• The difference between personal relationships and the therapeutic relationship

• Cara’s advice if you have any doubts about entering therapy

 

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IACP website

 

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