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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Low cost Psychotherapy in Ireland

    Due to the large number of counselling and psychotherapy courses in Ireland, particularly in Dublin, lots of low cost counselling services are available. Research shows that suicidal teens in particular have a low awareness of available resources, and despite ongoing mental health campaigns, low cost counselling in Ireland has low visibility. As I’m currently training… Read more

  • Admitting Your Mistakes. Book Review: Psychodynamic Techniques

    Admitting Your Mistakes. Book Review: Psychodynamic Techniques

    Review: ‘Psychodynamic Techniques’ by Karen Maroda The Books Objective ‘Psychodynamic Techniques’ (Maroda, 2010) is an attempt to offer a set of ‘culture bound’, historically situated clinical techniques, increasing the ability of psychotherapists to emotionally engage with their clients. Maroda suggests that it is within the affective space of the ‘real relationship’ (Gelso, 2010), that change… Read more

  • Some Thoughts on Recording Radio On Location

    Some Thoughts on Recording Radio On Location

    Over the past few months I’ve been working on my latest radio project. This show has been a very different challenge from previous series, since we made the (slightly mad) decision to record on location. With the able help of sound engineer and independent producer Colm Coyne I recorded all six episodes outside the studio (with the… Read more

  • Goodbye cruel Dreamhost

    That’s it. Done. I’m done, finished, finito! I’ve completed the arduous task of moving my site(s) from self hosting with dreamhost to a variety of wordpress.com installs. It’s something I never would have considered when I kicked off my first website at http://dbspin.com, way back in September 2001. Running your own website, complete with javascript,… Read more

  • The Invisible Tourguide – Episode 6 – Dublin’s Tower of Dublin

    This week Byron explores that dark heart of crime and punishment, touring one of the Irish capital’s best loved historic buildings, Dublin’s Tower of Dublin. Download: Episode 6 – Dublin’s Tower of Dublin Read more

  • Diary of a Dublin Sex Man Live

    Diary of a Dublin Sex Man Live

    First performance in a while, at the launch of the Bluebottle Collective in Dublin [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od6R5JwY9ws] Read more