S. 01 Ep. 11
Mary O'Doherty - Drama Therapist
Mary O'Doherty worked for many years as a company director with TikityBoo, Childrens Theatre Co. and as drama facilitator and drama teacher. It was her work with the Irish Red Cross in 1992 with child refugees from Sarajevo that inspired her to train as a dramatherapist. After completing her MA in Dramatherapy at NUI Maynooth (2009), she worked with children with the Dyspraxia Association and as a child therapist with Doras Buí. She has been working for the HSE in an acute mental health service since 2010. She lectures with the Hdip in Psychotherapy Studies at UCD school of medicine.
Mary would like to see mental health being talked about in schools. Her mission is to facilitate children to learn resilience skills to enable them to communicate difficult feelings, to manage stress and to know when to seek support.
