Letters to the Editor – Psychotherapy and Regulation

Letters to the Editor, August 15^th: School Counselling Service Shelved Because Government Prefers Cheapest Option (15/08/2026)

Despite working on it, Mairéad Bacon (FTAI) learned that the pilot scheme was being shelved in The Irish Times.

Letters to the Editor, July 8^th: Regulator Must Heed Professional Advice From Therapists (08/07/2026)

Professionals want more stringent standards than the watchdog is willing to impose.

Letters to the Editor, July 7^th: Regulator’s Failings Will See Rape Survivors Denied The Help They Deserve (07/07/2026)

ICP Board Director & IAHIP Chair Jacky Grainger’s piece in the Irish Independent.

Letters to the Editor, July 6^th: CORU and Personal Therapy (06/07/2026)

ICP Board Director & IAHIP Chair Jacky Grainger’s published letter in the Irish Times regarding CORU and personal therapy.

Letters To The Editor, November 28^th: Lowering Standard of Psychotherapy (28 November 2025)

Maryrose Kiernan’s (ICP & APPI & IGAS) Letter to the Editor (Irish Examiner) re: how CORU’s revised standards for Education & Training of psychotherapists risk lowering psychotherapy quality in Ireland.

Letters To The Editor, October 22^nd: Psychotherapy Controversy (22/10/2025)

Tom Warnecke (General Secretary) (European Association for Psychotherapy) Letter to the Editor (Irish Times) re: concerns for proposed CORU regulations & standards for psychotherapy training.

Letters To The Editor, October 18th: CORU Regulations (18/10/2025)

Rúaidhrí O’Connor (CEO) (ICP) Letter to the Editor (Irish Times) re: concerns for proposed CORU regulations & standards for psychotherapy training.

Letters to the Editor, October 16^th: Psychotherapy Controversy (16/10/2025)

Elizabeth Mulvin (IFPP) published letter in the Irish Times expressing concerns for proposed CORU regulations for psychotherapy training.

Letters to the Editor, October 13^th: Psychotherapists Controversy (13/10/2025)

Richard Bury (retired psychotherapist) published letter in the Irish Times expressing concerns for proposed CORU regulations for psychotherapy training.

Letters to the Editor, October 11^th: Psychotherapy Controversy (11/10/2025)

ICP Psychotherapists Noreen Giffney (IFPP) & Janet Healy (IFPP) & Ann Murphy (IFPP) published letter in the Irish Times expressing concerns for proposed CORU regulations for psychotherapy training.

Letters to the Editor, October 11^th: Concerns about New Rules in Psychotherapy (11/10/2025)

Rúaidhrí O’Connor (CEO) Letter to the Editor (Irish Examiner) re: Concerns About New Rules In Psychotherapy.

Letters to the Editor, September 26^th: Psychotherapy and Regulation (26/09/2025)

ICP Board Director & IAHIP Chair Jacky Grainger’s published letter in the Irish Times expressing concerns for proposed CORU regulations for psychotherapy training.