• An exploration of helping professional’s lived experience working with child sexual abuse in a specialist service 

  O'Connor, Stephanie (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Background:. Minimal research has been carried out investigating Helping Professionals (HPs) experiences of working with children and families that have experienced Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Furthermore, there is a ...
• Building resilience, building the future: evaluating a school-based resilience building programme for second year students 

  Quinn, Paul (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Background: Worldwide, suicide among adolescents is considered a significant public health concern. One key suicide prevention strategy has been the increased implementation of school-based programmes aiming to reduce risk ...
• Changing the client lens: giving voice and meaning to mental health clinicians’ experience of trauma informed relational care training 

  Hurley, Paula (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Existing research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) confirms that ACEs are endemic in the lives of many of the people who attend and use mental health services. Although the trauma caused by ACEs is ...
• Parents’ subjective experience of an attachment-focused group-based intervention: an exploratory study 

  Creighton, Katie (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Research has highlighted the increasing need for prevention and early intervention approaches for children who experience adversity. There is growing support for attachment-focussed interventions targeting ...
• Examine the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic short term cognitive behaviour therapy group for secondary school age children referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) 

  Sexton, Kathleen Anne (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Primary aim of research: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing a brief Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Group intervention for young people experiencing common mental health conditions. ...
• The experiences of stress, support, and self-care in mothers of children with ASD – an exploratory study 

  Connolly, Joanna (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: The existing literature confirms time and again that parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience higher levels of stress than other parents. The current study aimed to explore the ...
• Psychologists’ perspectives on the process of collaboration using the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS): an interpretative phenomenological analysis. 

  Fogarty, Bríd (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Whilst evidence grows for the effectiveness of suicide-specific interventions such as the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS), much less is known about the clinicians’ experience of the ...
• Intimate relationships and sexuality for adults with an intellectual disability: exploring the views of adult intellectual disability service providers and their staff members 

  Deffew, Andrew (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Research suggests that people with an intellectual disability (PWID) have historically been suppressed in their expression of relationships and sexuality. Adult ID service structures, staff member’s attitudes ...
• An exploration of parents’ experience of accessing respite care for their child with autism spectrum disorder 

  McGrath, Aisling (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Research has found that respite care has a positive impact on the well-being of caregivers of children with disabilities and is associated with lower levels of stress, reduced levels of depression and anxiety, ...
• Integrating attachment-based and neurobiological approaches with cognitive behaviour therapy: a mixed methods exploration of a novel intervention for childhood anxiety 

  O'Dea, Amy (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: The current study aimed to explore the feasibility of a novel integrative intervention for childhood anxiety, known as the Opposite of Worry (OOW) intervention. This approach incorporates attachment-based and ...

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