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Elaine Collins is an Irish Psychologist, works with clients, organisations and communities offering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Adults living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and provides Clinical Intervention Training for Health Professionals and Mental Health Therapists.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) in Psychology
- BA (Hons) in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management
- MSc in Work and Organisational Psychology.
Professional Memberships
- Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)
- British Psychological Society (BPS)
- Australian Psychological Society (APS)
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Elaine’s background in psychology and with over 20 years of professional experience in health services and working directly with complex behavioural and mental health challenges in Ireland and Australia, to date, she has helped thousands of Irish and Australian clients improve their quality of life, through her educational programs.
Her programs are designed to provide proactive approaches to solving the modern-day challenges around mental well-being, specifically for Adults with ADHD. Some of these challenges include emotional regulation concerns, executive functioning issues, rejection-sensitive dysphoria (RSD), problems with goal setting, time management, sleep challenges, fitness and focus issues, and parenting challenges as an adult with ADHD. She also mentors and provides supervision to mental heath therapists working in this area, alongside clinical intervention training, where her psychology educational programs allow for therapist professional development.
Her background has allowed her to understand in-depth some of these core challenges for Adults with ADHD, and she is passionate about supporting ADHD Adults to learn some really key strategies to help make life that little bit easier.
Her hope for you, as a particiapnt of her CBT Programs, is that you enjoy the course content as much as she has enjoyed creating it for you, and may it have a positive impact on your life.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD):
- Adult ADHD Emotioanl Regulation
- Adult ADHD Executive Function
- Adult ADHD Rejection Senstitive Dysphoria (RSD)
- Adult ADHD Goal Setting
- Adult ADHD Time Management
- Adult ADHD Better Sleep
- Adult ADHD Parenting
- Adult ADHD Fitness and Focus
- Adult ADHD Understanding Late Diagnosis - Clinical Intervention Training for Health Professionals and Mental Health Therapists
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Narrative Therapy (NT)
- Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
- Interpersonal Therapy (IT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy, and
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Elaine is the Author of The Psychology of Sleep: a simple scientific guide to better sleep (available on kindle), which serves as an introduction to sleep hygiene psychoeducation for clients presenting with insomnia and sleep-related challenges, and for early career psychologists supporting thier own clients.
She has contributed to the field of Psychological Research, and some of her research to date considers topics such as:
Elaine’s BSc (Hons) in Psychology Thesis explored “Optimism and Emotional Intelligence as predictors of Therapists’ Resilience.“
Elaine’s MSc in Work and Orgnsiational Psychology Thesis presented “A Self-Determination Theory Perspective on the Impact of Identity: consequences on Engagement, Psychological Well-Being and Organisational Commitment”
Elaine enjoys educating and developing quality psychology programs for fellow Health Practitioners seeking professional development, and is currently working on her second book “An Introduction to Assessment and Intervention of Anxiety Disorders, for early career psychologists” as a tool for early career psychologists to develop and enhance their clinical skills.