Client Reviews & Testimonials
What clients have said about their experience of counselling and psychotherapy with Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling.
Choosing a therapist can be difficult, particularly when you have never attended therapy before. These comments offer some insight into how previous clients have experienced the work.
Testimonials are presented without identifying personal information beyond the details clients originally chose to share.
“He helped me to understand my issues in a completely positive and different way.”
The client described therapy as helping him understand longstanding issues from a different perspective and acknowledged the wider effect that change had on the people around him.
Male clientDifferent people. Different reasons for coming to therapy.
There is no single version of a successful therapeutic experience. Clients describe different changes, insights and ways in which therapy became useful to them.
Finding a way back to yourself
“Allan gives you yourself back, only better, well-prepared and at your best ever imaginable.”Female client
Rediscovering happiness
“I forgot what it was like to be happy.”Male client
Regaining control
“He helped me take back control after 30 years of being stuck.”Male client
Feeling like yourself again
“I looked forward to our sessions, and slowly started feeling like myself again.”Female client
A different relationship with emotion
“The insight I gained has exceeded all expectations.”Female client
Moving again
“I went from not leaving the house to cycling 30 miles and joining a gym.”Male client
Clarity during difficult situations
“The clarity I gained helped me think more clearly and navigate difficult situations.”Female client
Seeing things differently
“He helped me see things from a completely different perspective.”Male client
What people tend to mention.
The circumstances are different, but several themes appear repeatedly in how clients describe their experience.
A Different Perspective
Understanding familiar problems in a way that had not occurred before.
Being Able to Talk
Feeling sufficiently comfortable to discuss things that had previously been difficult to put into words.
Practical Change
Applying what emerged in therapy to relationships, behaviour and everyday life.
Understanding Yourself
Developing a clearer understanding of emotions, patterns and the reasons behind them.
Feedback beyond this website.
Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling has also received independently verified client reviews through WhatClinic.
At the time of this website redesign, the practice was listed with a 5.0 rating from 39 verified reviews.
Independent review platforms provide another way for people considering therapy to read feedback that has not simply been collected and published by the practice itself.
View WhatClinicThe important question is whether therapy works for you.
Reviews can help when choosing a therapist, but somebody else’s experience cannot tell you exactly what your own therapy will be like.
The first appointment gives you an opportunity to talk about what has brought you to therapy, ask questions about the process and get a sense of whether the therapeutic relationship feels suitable.
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In-person appointments are available in Kildare Town, with online appointments also available where appropriate.