Ian Desmond Philip Carney

I work from where clients are in their lives. I prioritize establishing trust & safety in the session, exploring with the client where they feel the need to work, what they need from therapy, what they need from me, what expectations exist, & where they would like to go. I work with emotions, presence, sensations, somatic experience, beliefs, thoughts & ideas, establishing contact with the client, leaning on but not beholden to Gestalt & person centered values & technique. It changes with couples, where I work on what the relationship needs, where changes can occur, what supports & feeds the connection, establishing more concrete goals, using homework & practice between sessions. I am often complimented on my inquiry style, presence, empathy & understanding. I use my own experience of life also, to infuse my interventions with more depth, when its of use to the client.

I have been working with clients since July 2014.

I am finishing a diploma in Somatic experiencing in September 2025. I have diplomas in Couples therapy, Sexuality, Gestalt therapy, & Humanistic & Person centered Approach, from the I.H.P.G. institute in Mexico City, Mexico. I trained in the Tivoli Institute in Dublin ,Ireland, & did my foundation Psychotherapy course in P.C.I., Dublin, Ireland.