Ursula Somerville

Ursula Somerville is a Psychotherapist, Child Psychotherapist and Play Therapist and holds a Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the Tivoli Institute, Dublin. She further has a Post Graduate Diploma in Gestalt Therapy from the Dublin Gestalt Centre and a Diploma in Child Psychotherapy and Play Therapy together with a Certificate in Filial Training (Child/Parent Relationship Training) from The Children's Therapy Centre. She has additional training with a Certificate in Jungian Sand Therapy from the Sand Therapy Institute of Ireland.
Ursula is facilitator of the world’s first Parenting through Sand programme. She has been a Skills Trainer and Assessor and Process Group Facilitator with trainee psychotherapists in The Irish Institute of Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies (IICPS) in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Ursula is a Clinical Supervisor supporting practitioners working in the Health and Mental Health Profession.
Ursula originally worked as a medical P.A. and for 16 years experienced working with patients and their families in a surgical setting where she was the first person patients met on hearing news of life-changing medical conditions.
Ursula works with feelings around; depression, relationship issues, bereavement, recovery from addiction, suicidal thoughts, illness, sexual issues and general stress that can make it difficult to cope with everyday experiences. Ursula will support parents/carers to enhance the relationship they have between themselves and their child/charge (Parenting through Sand).
She works with adults and children and is an accredited member of The Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (MIAHIP), European Association for Psychotherapy, (MEAP) The European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy (MEAIP) and the International (Jungian) Sand Therapy Association (MJSTA).

Ursula is an accredited supervisor with IACP and IAHIP.

The fee per session is €70.

To read an article from The Irish Times about the work of Ursula please  click here

To read article by Ursula on The Wear and Care of the Psychotherapist  click here

To read article by Ursula on Healing Commences with Sandplay click here

To read article by Ursula on Parenting Through Sand click here