Berna O’Brien

Berna O’Brien MSc., MBPsS, MIFPP, MICP, is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in Dublin. Berna has a background in psychology, philosophy and general nursing. She is a training psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a clinical supervisor. Berna lectures on the M. Phil. in psychoanalytic studies and the MSc in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Trinity College Dublin. Berna’s areas of special interest are: psychosomatic illness, the ongoing development of the therapist and the training of future therapists in professional psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Berna is a former board member of the Irish Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and former Director of its professional training.