Dr Ray O’NEILL is an 

Assistant Professor in Psychotherapy in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health. He also is a registered practitioner as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with both APPI and the ICP.

I welcome applications from prospective PhD students in psychotherapy or mental health studies topics particularly those pertaining to 

1) EDI engagements in Mental Health in Ireland

2) The experiences and impacts of Transgenerational Trauma

3) Psychosexuality, Relationships and GSRD practices

I have so far enjoyed co-supervising the following DPsych dissertation: The ‘Virtual’ Child: Unconscious Functions of Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM). A Psychoanalytic Narrative Inquiry. (2023) https://doras.dcu.ie/27919

I am currently co-supervising another two DPsych 

doctoral research projects on: “An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experiences of second-level teachers who have completed counselling skills training and are embedding counselling skills within their teaching roles in Ireland.”; and “Mining For Clarity – an Exploration into Women in Ireland’s Experiences of Perimenopause.”; and co-supervising two PhD dissertations on “‘Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones’:  An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Of The Lived Experiences Of Childhood Homophobic Bullying In Ireland Amongst Adult Gay Men”, and “How Can Filmmaking Respond to 21st century Western Discourses of Identitiy/ies of the Pregnant Body?”