My name is Damien O Connor and I work as a Humanistic and Integrative Counselling Psychotherapist (Person-Centred). Who I am is a real person who will meet you where you are without judgement or assumptions.

I was interested in training as a counsellor following a twenty week introduction to counselling course in 1997. I was advised to get some life experience and as you might imagine this rejection didn’t feel great. As it turned out this was great advice because I have experienced every area of life having worked in many roles from carer, taxi driver, hospital porter to advanced paramedic with the ambulance service for almost two decades. Armed with this incredible life experience I finally graduated with an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy which taught me how little I know because you are the only expert in the room.

My own healing journey has been incredible and I feel privileged to take that journey with others when they are finally ready to take the first step.