I am the mother of a chronic alcoholic. By the time I met Aine, I had spent years living with the disease, trying my best to support the alcoholic who had been in and out of treatment centers, hospital stays and outpatient treatment program's.

By then I had myself attended many support groups, most of the rehab facilities had family supports, I attended open meetings, and even went through a twelve-week program myself, but I still felt enormous anxiety, riddled with guilt and loaded down with self-doubt.

My session's with Aine brought me clarity, lifted the weight of guilt and self-doubt and enabled me to see life differently. Aine, is both professional and friendly, she has the ability to relate, to truly understand and to challenge without blaming. Aine wants to help, and it shows in everything she does, she is really generous with her time giving all she can to her clients. She uses all the resources at her disposal to inform and support. Aine has a wealth of information and her love of what she does keeps her up to date with everything she does. Because of Aine I am now in a support group that actually works for me.

Aine, is both professional and friendly, she has the ability to relate, to truly understand and to challenge without blaming. Aine wants to help, and it shows in everything she does, she is really generous with her time giving all she can to her clients. She uses all the resources at her disposal to inform and support. Aine has a wealth of information and her love of what she does keeps her up to date with everything she does. Because of Aine I am now in a support group that actually works for me.

I can truly say Aine saved my life.

I met Aine during my time in Smarmore as my 1 on 1 therapist. From the first session Aine's amazing approach was what I needed and wanted.

She is honest, fair, direct and I always felt and knew she knows where she's talking about by sharing through her own experience.

We worked on my addiction, self esteem, perfectionism, shame and guilt and my relationships with family, friends and colleges as well on balance in my life in general.

All the promises became reality by working out an honest programme which I felt we made together by giving me trust and faith.

I would recommend Aines one on one sessions for everyone who's not happy with his or her life at the moment.

I highly recommend working with Aine. We had our sessions via Zoom and every time we spoke she created a safe environment to hold space for me and my process. She is kind, honest, and real. She has a no bull shit approach to counselling, which I really like. Not only that, but she helped me find the courage to break with unhealthy patterns and leave an unhealthy relationship. For that, I am always grateful.