Aileen Garrihy is a Cognitive Analytic Psychotherapist and Occupational Therapist with over 20 years experience in mental health. Her areas of expertise are eating disorders and anxiety disorders. As a relational psychotherapist, and influenced by recent studies on the impact of trauma on body and mind, she has undertaken yoga teacher training to integrate nervous system regulation into her work. Her focus is on the interplay between internalised (learnt) ways of being in the world, and the impact this has had in the past, (and continues to have in the present), on the nervous system. Supporting clients to understand their experiences of relational trauma and how they currently manage the impact, eg eating disorder, she works to support clients to regulate their nervous systems in more compassionate ways.

She was director of training for the Irish Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy from 2012 – 2021.

Services include Psychotherapy assessment and intervention for adults (18years+) for a broad range of mental health and relational difficulties., with particular expertise with anxiety disorders and eating disorders.