Dr Jemma McGourty

Jemma has a degree in psychology and a doctorate in psychology from Queen’s University, Belfast. Jemma is a Chartered Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society and a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Jemma has worked in the Cognition, Development, and Education Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation in QUB conducting research to further our understanding of child development. Jemma is a lecturer of psychology in Dundalk Institute of Technology and the Open University. She is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and has completed extensive training with the Academy of Psychological and Holistic Therapies Ireland to enable her to offer CBT and play therapy to children and adolescents.

Jemma is passionate about working therapeutically with people experiencing mental health difficulties to promote mental well-being. Jemma has seen how, with the right support and equipped with knowledge people can be empowered to make incredible changes in their lives. She has witnessed her own clients move past difficult times and sees it as the greatest privilege to walk with people on that journey to a happy healthier way of living.

Edel Quinn

Edel has worked with children and families for over 10 years and specialises in Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Edel holds a degree in Psychology and an MSc in Autism from Queen’s University, Belfast. She is also a qualified Cognitive Behaviour Therapist registered with the British Association for Counselling Psychotherapy.

Edel has worked in the National Health Service Northern Ireland (NHS), developing and providing anxiety and behaviour intervention programmes for children, young people and

their families. She is a specialist Trainer/Advisor for Middletown Centre for Autism and an associate lecturer on the Post Graduate Autism Certificate with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

Edel is a certified TEACCH Trainer with Division TEACCH North Carolina, USA . She has developed and delivered anxiety trainings and anxiety research projects to parents and professionals across Ireland. She has delivered at the Autism and Mental Health Conference, NAS and the Autism World Congress.