Fiona Walsh

As a body therapist, the work I do is trauma sensitive and non-invasive. I feel passionately about our capacity to change and grow, through the connection and integration of the body and mind. Body therapy is an approach which works with each person as a whole being, so we focus not only on your mind and your thinking, but also your body, your feelings and your intuition. In short, all of you, including your conscious and unconscious mind. In turn, this may draw your own attention to the way you are, rather than getting lost in a limited idea of how you think you are or should be. It enables us to access what has been repressed and what wants to be expressed, to gain an understanding of the negative impact of certain life events and develop an awareness of how they may be influencing your body, thoughts, behaviour and choices in life.

There may be painful feelings of anger, shame, fear and grief but equally feelings of love, joy, pleasure, expansion and spontaneity that are buried under numbness, disconnection, tension or ‘body armouring’. By burying all of this we learned to adapt and navigate life with the best strategies available to us, but we may have cut off our true ‘aliveness’ and carry patterns of behaviour that no longer serve us.

Themes I work with include:

Trauma, Bereavement, Separation/Divorce, Suicide Ideation, Self-Harm, Abuse, Sexuality, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Stress Management, LGBTQI+, Anger Management, Expat Life- Overcoming fear of moving abroad, Culture shock, Lonliness, Homesickness.

I serve as a board member of the Irish Association for Body Psychotherapy, contributing to the development and promotion of high standards in the field. In this role, I support the association’s mission to advance body psychotherapy through ethical practice, professional training, and community engagement.

Body Psychotherapist in private practice, Berlin

Psychotherapist, PIETA Suicide Prevention, Ireland

Psychotherapist, Let’s Get Talking counselling service, Ireland

Psychotherapist, Athenry Cancer Care, Ireland

Crisis Counsellor, Rape Crisis Centre, Galway

Co‑ordinator, Galway Youth Service, Ireland

Social Care Worker, Emergency Shelter for Young People at Risk, HSE Ireland

Co‑ordinator, Afterschool Centre for Children, Galway

Family Support Worker, HSE Ireland

Palliative Care Support Worker, Galway Hospice Foundation, Ireland

Counsellor and Education & Prevention Trainer, AIDS Help West, Ireland

Fully accredited member of the European Association of Body Psychotherapists

BA (Hons) Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy,
Tracht Psychotherapy Foundation, Ireland

Certificate in Biodynamic Body Therapy,
London School of Body Psychotherapy,

Diploma in Psychology of Counselling,
National University College, Galway

Certificate in Crisis Counselling
Rape Crisis Centre, Galway

Specialist Certificate in Health Promotion, National University College, Galway

Children First Child Protection training,
Health Service Executive, Ireland

Certificate in Palliative Care,
Galway Hospice Foundation

Somatic Therapy - Polyvagal Theory & the Modern Family

Polyvagal Institute

SOMA Body Psychotherapy Festival