Kevin Monaghan
Humanistic Psychotherapist & Supervisor
I help young people and adults that are struggling in life despite trying to do everything right. In working together, we will identify the trapped cycles so that you can make clear and positive changes in your life.
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About me
Originally from Northern Ireland, I grew up in a culture that was harmonious on the surface but full of secrecy, shame and violence. I learned that people desperately wished to unburden some of their suffering, and that I was good at listening for some reason. I sought a purpose to help others relieve their suffering through my Psychology Masters, and then a specialism in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I was young entering this career at 24, and over the last 10 years I have been dedicating my working life to offering the most effective environment for individuals to understand themselves and relieve the suffering through change. I have lived outside of my homeland for almost half of my life, and have recently returned to Scotland following 5 years living in Frankfurt, Germany.
When not working directly, I can be found either reading therapy-related books or engaging in the outdoors somehow, either by hiking, rock-climbing, canoeing or diving.
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Approach
My practice is Intergrative, which means that I can draw upon a number of different psychotherapeutic approaches in order to best support you as you explore and process the issues you bring to sessions.
The foundation of my practice is Person-Centred, in which you are trusted as the expert in your life, and so are the best person to know what decisions are best for you. The therapy centres on the faciliation of a trusting and nurturing therapeutic environment in which you can explore your issues, reflect and receive gentle challenge. Pluralistic therapy is a collaborative process in which we work together to identify therapeutic goals, discuss preferences for therapeutic approaches and review your sense of the therapeutic process regularly.
I believe that therapy is about change, and I strive to ensure that our work is beneficial to you. Towards this aim, I make use of self-report measures that can provide information on the direction of our work, and that I am effective as a practitioner. This is defined as Evidence-based Practice and provides externally validated data that individuals benefit from therapy when working with me.
Experience
2025: Counsellor & Team Lead at University of Strathclyde Wellbeing Service
2019 - 2024: Private Practice with New Roots Counselling in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2017-2019: Full-time Counsellor with MyLifeDynamic service of the Scottish Association of Mental Health
2016-2019: Private Practice in Aberdeen, Scotland
2015-2017: Counsellor providing Play Therapy in schools with the Grampian Regional Equality Council
2014-2017: Associate Counsellor at Cairns Counselling Service, Aberdeen, Scotland
Education
2026 - Present: Undertaking Doctorate programme in Counselling Psychology
2023 Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Supervision at ACT Scotland
2019 Accredited Membership of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Membership No.198517
2013-2016 Posgraduate Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling at University of Aberdeen, Scotland
2009-2013 Masters of Arts in Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Services
Intro Call
Individual Session
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