Low Costs Options
Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre
41 Gardiner Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 C788
Offer low-cost option (donation of €20 or less, negotiable) and full-fee private
Website: https://www.dctc.ie/counselling-psychotherapy/
Email: info@dctc.ie
Phone: 01-8788236, call Monday to Friday 9am – 2pm
[no limit on sessions; low-cost therapists are senior trainees; no screening/assessment process; some availability at present.]
Whitefriar Street Counselling Services
Carmelite Community Centre, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, D02 T258
Offer low-cost counselling (€20)
Email: communitycentrecounselling@gmail.com
Phone: 087-4025845
[no limit on sessions; therapists are qualified and trainees; screening/assessments process in place; not suitable for clients with psychosexual issues, complex trauma or psychiatric illness; no current waiting list.]
Mind & Body Works
Dublin 2, Dublin 4 & Dublin 14
Offer low-cost option (€30) and full-fee private
Website: https://mindandbodyworks.com/service/low-cost-counselling/
Email: clinicaldirector@mindandbodyworks.com
[€20 low-cost fee for TCD students; no limit on sessions; low-cost therapists are senior trainees; screening/assessment process in place; some availability at present.]
The Therapy Centre
Dublin 1 & Dublin 2
Offer low-cost option (€25), and full-fee private
Website: https://thetherapycentre.ie/low-cost-counselling/
Email: info@thetherapycentre.ie
[no limit on weekly sessions; low-cost therapists are trainees; screening/assessment process by phone in place; not suitable for clients who are at high risk or in active addiction: alternative options may be offered; some availability at present.]
Elmwood Centre
32 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, D02 EH24
Offer low-cost option (€25-45), fully qualified pre-accredited therapists (€60), and fully qualified accredited therapists.
Website: https://elmwoodcentre.com/low-cost-counselling/
Email: info@elmwoodcentre.com
Phone: 01-6676928
[no limit on sessions; low-cost therapists are senior trainees; screening/assessment process in place; may not be suitable for clients who are at high risk, with active addiction or eating disorder, with unmanaged or serious psychiatric diagnoses. Clients with these presentations may be suitable for fully qualified pre-accredited therapists and fully qualified accredited therapists. Usually very good availability.]
Black Therapists Ireland
Currently available online only
Open to clients of all ethnicities and backgrounds
Offer low-cost option (€30), and full-fee private
Website: https://www.blacktherapistsireland.ie/student-counselling-service.html
Email: support@blacktherapistsireland.ie
[no limit on weekly sessions; low-cost therapists are senior trainees, and fully qualified; screening/assessment process in place; not suitable for clients suffering from psychosis; good availability at present.]
Lyric Therapy
28 South William Street, D02 DX47
Offer low-cost option (€30), fully qualified pre-accredited therapists (€40-60), and fully
qualified accredited therapists.
Website: https://www.lyrictherapy.co/
Email: kevin@lyrictherapy.co
Phone: +353 85 756 9572
[no limit on sessions; low-cost therapists are senior trainees; screening/assessment by consultation with qualified/accredited therapist; may not be suitable for clients who are at high risk, with active addiction or eating disorder, with or serious psychiatric diagnoses. Usually very good availability.]
Bath Avenue Counselling Centre
First Floor, 13 Bath Avenue, Dublin 4, D04 K386
Offer low-cost (€30) sessions or full-fee private
Website: https://bacc.ie/
Email: info@bacc.ie
Phone: 01-6788864, call Monday to Friday 9:30am – 1:30pm
[no limit on sessions; low-cost therapists are senior trainees; screening/assessment process in place; clients must be age 18 or over; not suitable for clients with addiction unless in recovery for 2+ years; clients at high risk may be required to have medical support in place.]
MyMind
Dublin 1, Dublin 6 & Dublin 8 (and others outside Dublin)
Website: www.mymind.org
Email: hq@mymind.org
[low-costs sessions are €30 once approved, for up to 12 sessions; must be full-time resident of Ireland, aged 18+, and able to prove full-time student status or other qualifying financial criteria.]
Insight Matters Counselling
106 Capel Street, Dublin 1, D01 WY40
Offer low-cost option (€35) and full-fee private
Website: https://www.insightmatters.ie/mind-matters/book-an-appointment/
Email: info@insightmatters.ie
Phone: 01-8910703 or 085-2031487
[no limit on sessions; low-cost therapists are trainees; screening/assessment process in place; not suitable for clients in active addiction; some availability at present.]
Clanwilliam Institute
Old Church Road, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, A94 E4Y0
Offer ‘free or low-cost counselling’
Website: https://www.clanwilliam.ie/
Email: office@clanwilliam.ie
Phone: 01-2055010
[offer low-cost service for individuals, couples or families, with approx. 6-month waitlist; donation of €0-50; therapists are qualified and trainees; 6-8 sessions, may be extended.]
Donnybrook Centre, Plus Blackrock
Dublin 4, and Blackrock Co. Dublin
Offer low-cost option (€30) and full-fee private
Website: www.donnybrooktherapy.com
Email: info@donnybrooktherapy.com
Phone: 01-2838735
[no limit on sessions (contracted with therapist); initial consultation/brief assessment process in place; not suitable for clients in active addiction or with recent/current psychotic episode; good availability at present.]
The Other Clinic
33 Baggot Street Lower, D02RW59, and 7 Pembroke Street Upper, D02T681
Offer low-cost option (€40) with trainee therapists
Website: https://theotherclinic.ie
Email: hello@theotherclinic.ie
Phone: 01-6856264
[no limit on sessions; screening in place; not suitable for people at high risk of harm; some availability at present.]
Free online counselling
turn2me
Up to 6 free counselling sessions for adults online via text chat or video chat. Clients must be living in Ireland.
Online peer support groups also available.
There is a further option of paying €50 per session for unlimited sessions of more in-depth work.
Website: www.turn2me.ie to set up an account.
Specialist Services
FAST (Finglas Addiction Support Team)
Wellmount Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
Website: https://fastltd.ie/cocaine-support/
Email: reception@fastltd.ie
Phone: 01-8110595
FAST offers a free support service for individuals who wish to address and manage their relationship with cocaine. Open to any student who lives, works or studies in North Dublin.
Minding Creative Minds
ROI: 1800 814 244; NI/UK: 0800 0903677; International: 00353 1 518 0277
Website: https://mindingcreativeminds.ie/
Offers free wellbeing and support services to those in the creative sector in Ireland, including up to 12 counselling sessions, financial assistance, and legal assistance.
Also available to any student who is a creative or student on a creative or music, film / theatre course.
Other places to find qualified, private psychotherapists, psychologists, and counsellors