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YellowHammer Therapy

Coastal Grasslands Scene
Enda Horgan MIACP

A compassionate Online Mental Health Practice focused on holistic well-being, offering counseling, psychotherapy, recovery & sober coaching, EMDR therapy, and CBT, DBT, RO-DBT workshops. I prioritize mental wellness, providing a safe space for healing and growth.

My Story

As a therapist, I want to encourage others to reach out and experience the benefits of therapy. Every therapist has their own unique way of working with people.  My therapeutic style is rooted in the belief that people are intrinsically valued and are deserving of fundamental human connection; to be seen, to be heard, and to be understood. These fundamental values hold the framework in how I work with the individual. 

I am a firm believer that people already have answers to their own questions. With your lead and collaboration, I will highlight your strengths, and mirror your innermost thoughts. The ‘magic’ happens when you give yourself the space to be curious about your past and present experiences while being equipped to explore different angles and perspectives to create new insight that encourages you to be your truest, most authentic self. 

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Our Offerings

PayAsYouGo or Book a Plan

Explore the range of services we provide to support mental well-being.

 Psychotherapy & Virtual EMDR

Find out more about our counseling and psychotherapy services, including EMDR, tailored to your individual needs.

Virtual Recovery & Sober Support

Activate community support and get brief intervention support to keep you on the path of recovery and freedom from addiction. 

CBT Mood Management Courses

Join a CBT informed course designed to support individuals struggling with anxiety and/or depression or both anxiety & depression.

DBT & RO-DBT Skills Classes

Experience the benefits of DBT & RO-DBT skills designed to help individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and build a more fulfilling life. DBT is an 8-week skills program and RO-DBT is a 10-week skills program.  

 

What's the difference between DBT and RO-DBT. 

Counseling & Psychotherapy

Virtual EMDR Therapy

Online Individual Therapy

Engage in one-on-one therapy with an integrative psychotherapist. Focus on personal development, stress management, and mental well-being in a confidential setting. Modalities used: CBT, DBT, MI, ACT, Compassion Focused Therapy

Psychotherapy

Virtual EMDR

EMDR is a standard treatment option for individuals diagnosed with PTSD. But any individual who experiences trauma in a way that negatively distresses their life may benefit from EMDR sessions.

CBT Mood Management Courses

CBT is short-term: CBT is designed to be time-limited, often involving a set number of sessions. It focuses on developing specific skills and strategies to address current problems, making it a practical approach. CBT sessions are directed towards clear and lasting solutions. CBT is guided by the scientific study of thoughts, feelings, brain and behaviour.

CBT is present-and-future-focused: While past experiences can be explored to understand their influence on current thinking and behaviors, CBT primarily focuses on the "here and now". It's about identifying and changing negative thought patterns and behaviors that are impacting the individual's present life

CBT is structured: CBT comprises setting an agenda at the top of each session. We work collaboratively at your pace to ove forward. CBT is based on the theory that beliefs, behaviours, emotions and physiology are all interrelated. A CBT session will always include homework. Yes, homework! In CBT we work together.

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Depression

This is a 8 week Mood Management Course of therapy to treat depression. CBT is an effective psychological treatment to overcome depression and to stay well. This course can be extended by booking individual psychotherapy sessions.

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Depression & Anxiety

This is a 10 week Mood Management Course of therapy to treat anxiety and depression. CBT is an effective psychological treatment to overcome depression and manage anxiety. This course can be extended by booking individual psychotherapy sessions.

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Anxiety

This is a 8 week Mood Management Course of therapy to treat anxiety. CBT is an effective psychological treatment to manage anxiety and to stay well. This course can be extended by booking individual psychotherapy sessions.

How to Book a Course

Step 1.

Choose a course and a convenient start date and weekly schedule for you.

Step 2.

Complete, review and submit our Mood Management Booking Form

Step 3.

Yellowhammer Therapy will confirm make all the bookings and send you confirmation.

Remember, we are flexible and if you find you need more time on any therapeutic Mood Management course, let us know.

Virtual Recovery & Sober Support 

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Virtual Sessions

Experience convenient virtual sessions. Connect with YellowHammer Therapy from the comfort of your home and receive the support you need. Our sessions focus on emotional regulation and relapse prevention.

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Flexible Appointments

YellowHammer Therapy offer flexible appointments to accommodate your schedule. Book sessions at a time that works best for you and prioritize your mental health with YellowHammer Therapy.

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Specialized Care

Receive specialized care tailored to your unique needs. YellowHammer Therapy is dedicated to helping you achieve personal growth and emotional well-being.


YellowHammer Therapy can help you brave recovery's ups and downs with personalized coaching and relapse prevention planning.​ Are you in long-term recovery? Just beginning to explore a sober lifestyle? Find the motivation and build the momentum to keep changing, growing and creating the life you want with YellowHammer Therapy coaching and accountability. Professional help and support is as close as your phone.

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Weekly one-hour (or 30 minute) coaching sessions help you target a specific, self-identified quality-of-life goal like evaluating the impact of your unhealthy behaviour and/or substance use, revitalizing your recovery skills, or navigating a major life transition (loss, career change, relocation). Coaching duration is intentionally brief (a one- or two-month period) to equip you with tools and insights to manage challenges on your own. ​
 
It is recommended that you book 6 hours of time and then book as you wish in 30 or 60 min sessions. Bespoke and in-the-moment support can be made available. Please note block of time can be booked in 30 minute increments. PayAsYouGo options of course are available. Please reach out if you have any questions.

DBT Skills can help you cope*

*scroll down for more information

Do you know your coping style?
Do you struggle with problems of
Over-Control or Under-Control

Please click below for a link to the OC Self-Report Assessing Styles Traits Questionnaire. This will help determine your coping style.

Standard DBT for problems of
Under-Control

DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) skills training is a type of therapy that teaches people specific skills to manage difficult emotions, reduce impulsive behaviors, and improve interpersonal relationships. It's often used to help individuals with emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), but it can be beneficial for a wider range of individuals struggling with emotional regulation and interpersonal challenges. 

DBT skills training focuses on four core areas: 

  • Mindfulness:

    Being present in the moment and observing thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judgment.

  • Distress Tolerance:

    Developing skills to cope with painful emotions and situations without resorting to harmful behaviors.

  • Interpersonal Effectiveness:

    Learning effective communication and social skills to build and maintain healthy relationships.

  • Emotional Regulation:

    Identifying and understanding emotions, learning to manage intense feelings, and developing healthier coping mechanisms.

YellowHammer Therapy offers a 8 -Week Foundational DBT Skills Course

Radically Open DBT for problems of Over-Control

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy developed by Dr. Thomas R. Lynch for disorders of overcontrol. Excessive self-control or overcontrol is a type of personality or coping style that can be identified in early childhood and can lead to social isolation, poor interpersonal functioning, and severe and difficult-to-treat mental health problems, such as anorexia nervosa, autism spectrum disorders, chronic depression, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (not OCD, but more related to perfectionism, orderliness, and control). Individuals characterized by overcontrolled coping tend to be serious about life, set high personal standards, work hard, behave appropriately, and frequently will sacrifice personal needs in order to achieve desired goals or help others; yet inwardly they often feel "clueless" about how to join in with others or establish intimate bonds. Thus, overcontrol works well when it comes to sitting quietly in school or building a rocket; but it creates problems when it comes to social relationships and being content in ones life.​

YellowHammer Therapy offers a 10 -Week Foundational RO-DBT Course

Explain the difference between
DBT and RO-DBT

Standard DBT

Target Population

Developed for undercontrolled clients, such as patients with borderline personality disorder, substance misuse, or bipolar disorder; these would be people whose emotions often are directed outward and appear disruptive to others.

RO-DBT

Developed for overcontrolled clients, such as patients with anorexia nervosa, chronic depression, and obsessive compulsive personality disorder; these would be people whose emotions are often directed inward or don't emerge at all.

Internal (intrapersonal)— emotion regulation, impulse control, and distress tolerance skills.

Primary therapeutic focus

Bio-temperament not directly addressed or focused on in standard dbt.

Role of Bio-Temperament

Mindfulness Practice

Informed by Zen buddhism emphasis on nonjudgmental awareness of “what is” and intuitive knowing. encourages cultivation of Wise-Mind responses that focus on reducing mood-dependent impulsive responding and increasing abilities to delay immediate gratification in order to pursue distal goals.

Therapeutic Stance

Less directive, encourages independence of action and thought.

Radical Acceptance Vs Radical Openness

Prioritizes Radical Openness—that is, actively seeking the things one wants to avoid in order to learn – challenging our perceptions of reality, modeling humility and a willingness to learn

External (interpersonal)— social signaling and social connectedness skills.

Emphasizes how biology influences how we perceive others and how that perception affects our actions.

Informed by Malamati Sufism with an emphasis on self-inquiry, "outingoneself," participating without planning, and the cultivation of healthy self-doubt. encourages Flexible-Mind responses that promote relaxation of rigid, rule-governed control efforts and an increase in context-appropriate emotional expression.

Uses external contingencies, including mild aversives, and takes a direct stance in order to stop dangerous, impulsive behavior.

Prioritizes Radical Acceptance— that is, letting go of fighting reality and turning suffering that cannot be tolerated into pain that can be tolerated.

Approach

Individualized Care

Therapeutic Techniques

Well-being Support

Learn about my personalized approach to mental health care.

Discover the various therapeutic techniques I utilize to support my clients.

Explore the comprehensive support I provide for holistic well-being.

PayAsYouGo or
Book as a Plan

  • Individual Psychotherapy

  • Virtual EMDR Therapy

  • DBT Skills Classes

  • RO-DBT Classes

These services are available as a plan. When you book a plan multiple sessions are added to your account. You then have the option to book subsequent sessions in your plan at you convenience, within a three month period. This affords you the most flexibility.

Mood Management Course Booking Form*

* PayAsYouGo Options available for all Mood Management Courses. Just ask!

Or click the box on the Booking Form

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General FAQs

Q: When I try to book a course it says it's unavailable.
A: Please submit an enquiry so we can open the course for booking.

Q: Do you offer in-person therapy?
A: Not currently, I offer online therapy to provide the most felxible options possible. I am happy to work with anyone who is a resident of Ireland. I use a GDPR compliant (Zoom Pro), encrypted video platform to meet with clients.

Q: What is the payment and policy?
A: My fee for individual therapy is €60 per 60 minute session. EMDR is €70 per 70 minute session. Courses are priced per course. And Recovery Support is charged at €30 per 30 minute session. I have a limited number of sliding scale availabilities and offer reduced fees that are determined by your income and individual financial situation.

Q: What is your cancellation policy?
A: Cancellation without 24 hours notice incurs the full fee for the missed session/class module/course module/sober support session. as your therapist will be in attendance. Payment is made in advance of your first session and subsequently at the time of your ongoing sessions.

Q: What is your refund policy?
A: We offer a free refund within 24 hours of booking. If you are participating on a course/skills module we can refund any unused session minus a €60 administration fee.

Q: Do you offer a free consultation?
A:I offer a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to see if we might be a good fit to work together.

Q: Which form of payment do you accept?
A: Bank Transfer, Credit Card, Paypal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Revolut payments accepted.

Q: Do you take health insurance?
A: I can provide documentation for reimbursable services if your insurance plan provides benefits. Please contact your insurance company prior to the session.

Q: How does confidentiality work?
A: Everything you share with me is held in the strictest confidence except in certain circumstances. These pertain to the issue of risk. If I deem you to be a danger to yourself, another person, or vulnerable adult or child, I would need to involve a third party. Information may be disclosed if you present an imminent physical danger to yourself or others. In the case of danger to others or suspicion of abuse or severe neglect of children (under 18 years of age), dependent adults, or elders (65 and older), therapists are mandated to inform legal authorities so that protective measures can be taken.These measures would not happen without your consent and we would agree an action plan to move forward.
If clients introduce their mental status into legal proceedings, the court could subpoena their records. Additionally, if a client is involved in a legal proceeding (divorce, custody dispute), therapist records could be subpoenaed. If a therapist receives a court order to release information, the therapist MUST comply.
In some cases, the court is satisfied with a summary of the clients’ records.


Virtual EMDR FAQs

 
Q: What is EMDR therapy?
A: EMDR is an acronym for Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing Therapy. It was designed to alleviate distress associated with traumatic memories. EMDR therapy helps to access traumatic memories and facilitates the processing of these memories to bring them to an adaptive resolution. Successful EMDR treatment is characterised by the relief of distress, the reformulation of negative beliefs and a reduction in physiological arousal.
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Q: What evidence is there to suggest that it works?
A: There have been over thirty studies of EMDR therapy which have had a positive outcome. Under this umbrella of controlled studies over 84% of single event trauma victims reported no post-traumatic stress after three ninety-minute sessions. An HMO study found that 100% of single event trauma victims and 77% of multiple trauma victims were free from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD) after six, fifty-minute sessions. In a similar study reports indicated 77% of combat veterans were free from PTSD in twelve sessions.
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Q: What would a session involve?
A: EMDR treatment would usually begin with several sessions which might involve stabilisation, grounding and psycho-education. The standard EMDR therapy protocol follows eight-phases which includes resourcing, processing and installation. This may vary depending on if you are having treatment for anxiety, PTSD, and Complex-PTSD. Processing is carried out using bilateral stimulation. This is facilitated by eye movements, auditory clicks, and/or tapping.
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Q: Can I be cured in one session?
A: Having EMDR therapy as an adjunct therapy can be completed in one session. However, EMDR therapy is usually used in the wider context of therapy which includes a stabilisation and history taking phase so it is likely you will have a few therapy sessions which may or may not use EMDR specifically. Length of therapy also depends on how much trauma you might be processing and the nature of that trauma. Most clients have more than one trauma to process.
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Q: Why is EMDR treatment so effective?
A: EMDR is quicker than more traditional forms of therapy and does not prolong trauma recall exposure which can sometimes be the case with other therapies. It also incorporates a number of elements from traditional therapeutic approaches. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), experiential and interactional therapies. The EMDR approach integrates strands of imagery, cognition, affect, related memories and somatic sensation.
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Q: What is bilateral stimulation?
A: Bilateral stimulation is stimuli which occur in a rhythmic left to right pattern. For example, visual bilateral stimulation might involve watching a finger or hand moving from left to right. In my practice I use EMDR specific software that displays a dot on your screen together with a sound as you sweep your eyes left to right. https://www.bilateralstimulation.io/
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Q: What are the side effects of EMDR therapy?
A: EMDR usually has a positive effect on a client’s experience of life. There are however some side effects which can manifest as a result of treatment. These might include new, unresolved memories that come into consciousness. Reactions can also occur in treatment which might include a high level of physical sensation and high level of emotions. Processing can also continue after a session ends. This can affect dreams, feelings and memories on a temporary basis.
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Q: How many EMDR sessions will it take?
A: The number of sessions is dependent on the trauma that needs to be processed and whether EMDR is being used in an adjunct way as part of another therapy or as a stand-alone treatment.
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Q: Will I have to re-live the trauma I went through?
A: Processing trauma requires a brief history of your traumas so that the therapist knows what you require help with. This is a brief history where you are not expected to go into detail. Processing will require you to recall and view the traumatic from a safe distance i.e. as if you were viewing the trauma through a window on a passenger train. Remember, I will be with you as you process, and after desensitising and reprocessing with EMDR disturbance levels are usually decreased.
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Q: Will I experience immediate benefits following treatment?
A: Some people experience immediate benefits following EMDR therapy. For others processing takes a bit longer with a positive outcome usually.

Resources: Skills, Courses, Sober Support

I have ample resources, including Worksheets, Homework, Handouts, Videos, Links, Apps, Reading Lists, and Community Resources. A link to a GoogleDrive where all these resources can be downloaded and saved will be shared with you upon booking a service.

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