About Me
Welcome from Steven O' Riordan
Helping People Remember Their Wholeness
I am an integrative psychotherapist, with over 16 years spent working within social care and community settings. That grounding continues to shape my practice today: it's taught me to stay genuinely curious about each person I sit with, and to recognise the resilience, complexity and humanity that lives in every one of us.
I don't claim to have the answers - far from it! What I offer instead is presence, curiosity, humility and warmth. My approach is collaborative and non-judgemental, while allowing space for gentle challenge and reflection when it may be helpful. Together, we can slow things down, make sense of what’s happening, and become more aware of what’s going on beneath the surface - sometimes opening the possibility of seeing things differently.
I’m interested in more than just what we think; I’m also drawn to what we feel and sense, what we carry in our bodies, how our histories continue to shape us, and how our relationships and the wider world influence how we experience life. I've learned to draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, adapting my work to what the client needs and what they want to explore.
Alongside my professional work, I have a longstanding interest and practice in spirituality, nature, ceremony, indigenous wisdom traditions and plant medicine. These interests have deepened my way of working and strengthened my sense that we are so much more than our struggles, our pasts, or the ways we have learned to cope and protect ourselves. Thank goodness for that.
At the heart of my work sits a belief: beneath the layers we build to cope and protect ourselves, something whole remains - something waiting to be remembered, rediscovered, and welcomed more fully back into our lives.
Areas of Interest and Experience
How Can I Help?
I have experience working with a wide range of concerns, including (but not limited to):
- Men & masculinity
- LGBTQ+/GSRD
- Trauma & difficult life experiences
- Psychedelic experiences & integration
- Anxiety, stress & burnout
- Relationships, attachment & boundaries
- Life transitions, identity & meaning
I also work with grief, depression, self-esteem, family dynamics and many other concerns that can arise at different points in life.
Therapy is not about fitting you into a particular approach. Instead, we work collaboratively to understand what you are experiencing and find ways of working that feel meaningful, supportive and appropriate for you. I aim to create a space where there is room to explore not only what you are struggling with, but also what may be asking to emerge, change or be better understood.
Approaches to Therapy
Therapy That Meets You
Our one-to-one sessions are tailored to your unique needs and aspirations. Together, we create a space where you can explore your experiences openly, at your pace.
I’m here to support you as you navigate challenges, build resilience, and nurture a greater sense of clarity in your life.
Online Counselling
I provide online therapy across Ireland and Europe, providing a secure and confidential space to speak openly from wherever you are.
While online therapy is different from meeting in person, it can still offer a meaningful space for connection, reflection and therapeutic work, with the added flexibility of meeting from your own space.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a practical and supportive approach that helps you work through the challenges you may be facing. In our sessions, we’ll explore the ways your thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and behaviours interact, and we’ll work together on strategies that bring meaningful change to your everyday life, which can help you feel more empowered with goals that matter most to you.
Mindfulness-Based Approach
Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
Mindfulness-based approaches cultivate present-moment awareness and acceptance, supporting individuals to notice thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without judgment.
By developing this capacity for mindful attention, people can respond to difficult emotions with greater clarity and ease. This practice strengthens emotional regulation, slows thinking and supports well-being.
It involves being receptive to current experiences, thoughts, and sensations without trying to control or suppress them.
Body Psychotherapy
Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
We often try to understand our difficulties through thinking alone, yet the body holds its own wisdom. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is a body-focused approach that brings gentle awareness to the connection between body, emotions, thoughts and behaviour.
By noticing physical sensations, impulses, patterns of tension and nervous-system responses, we can begin to understand ourselves in a more embodied way.
Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
Gender, Sexuality, Relationship Diversity (GSRD)
I offer an affirming space for clients whose identities or relationships fall within the spectrum of Gender, Sexuality, and Relationship Diversity (GSRD). I recognise that everyone’s experience of identity, relationships, belonging and self-expression is unique.
For LGBTQ+ clients, therapy can offer a supportive space to explore identity, relationships, belonging, and the challenges and possibilities that come with living true to you.
You are welcome here, exactly as you are.
Attachment-Based
Attachment-based therapy explores how early relationships shape emotional and psychological development. Rooted in attachment theory, it emphasises the importance of a secure, trusting relationship between client and therapist as a foundation for healing.
By creating a safe relational space in the present, attachment-based therapy can help repair earlier attachment wounds and foster more resilient ways of relating to oneself and others.
Trauma Focused Therapy
Trauma-focused therapy supports individuals in healing from the emotional and psychological impact of difficult or overwhelming life experiences.
It offers a space to process traumatic memories, including symptoms related to PTSD, while learning to regulate emotions and build personal coping resources. This approach helps people move toward greater resilience, stability, and empowerment in their lives.
Existential Therapy
Existential Therapy
Counselling for existential concerns supports individuals in exploring deeper questions about meaning, purpose, identity, and what it means to live a fulfilling life. Whether someone is reflecting on their values, life direction, or sense of purpose, this approach offers a compassionate and supportive space to explore these themes.
Together, we look at how these insights can be integrated into daily life, helping to create a greater sense of authenticity, meaning, and choice.
Accredited Psychotherapist
I am an accredited member of the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP), and I work in line with their Code of Ethics to ensure safe and professional practice.
Laya Healthcare Approved Psychotherapist
I am an approved Psychotherapist with Laya Healthcare. Counselling sessions may be covered for Laya members, depending on their specific health insurance plan and benefit limits.