
Welcome
My name is Cecilia Desmond.
I'm a counsellor and psychotherapist and I work with adults in Macroom, West Cork and Online.
At the heart of my work is a belief that everything you need to heal and grow already exists within you.
A grounded connection approach
My path into this work began with a deep curiosity about people, relationships, and what it means to feel truly understood.
Like many who are drawn to psychotherapy, my interest was shaped by life experience, personal reflection, and a growing awareness of how central connection is to growth, healing, and change.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in fast-paced and demanding professional environments. In many ways, these experiences deepened my interest in people, relationships, stress, identity, and the ways we adapt to the environments around us.
Over time, I became increasingly drawn toward work that offered greater depth, authenticity, and meaningful connection, which ultimately led me to pursue psychotherapy.
Before and alongside my formal psychotherapy training, my perspective was also shaped by embodiment practices centred around movement, self-awareness, meditation, and inner curiosity.
Through these experiences, I developed a deep appreciation for the interconnectedness of the mind, body, emotions, and nervous system, and for the importance of approaching therapeutic work in a way that honours the whole person.
They also deepened my understanding of the ways we carry, and sometimes contain, stress, emotion, and relational experience within ourselves, while strengthening my belief in our capacity for awareness, resilience, and transformation.
My therapeutic approach is relational and grounded in compassion, curiosity, and respect for each person’s unique experience of life.
I aim to offer a space where you can feel safe enough to slow down, explore what may be happening beneath the surface, and reconnect with yourself more fully.
Education Detail
MTU Bachelor of Arts Psychotherapy & Counselling
MTU Higher Certificate Psychotherapy & Counselling
Institute of Coaching Studies Certificate Professional Coaching Skills
MTU Certificate Psychotherapy & Counselling
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Professional Diploma Sales Development
UCL Master of Science Environment, Science & Society
UCC Bachelor of Arts Joint Hons Geography & English
CPD
Living with AuDHD (16 hr)
IACP - ADHD in the Therapy Room
IACP - ADHD research club
Jeannie di Bon, The Integral Movement Method for Hypermobility
Creativity in the Therapy Room
CAMS Framework training, treat suicide risk
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training - Women's Yoga & Ayurveda
Certificate, Social Talent Black Belt