Agata Canning, MA in Psychotherapy, MIACP

Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Approach

Agata’s training is in humanistic and integrative psychotherapy. Her approach is holistic,

collaborative and non-judgemental includes the use of mindfulness and somatic techniques

for healing. Agata aims to help her clients find their own strength, discover a new

appreciation for the intelligence of their emotions and the ability to support themselves or ask

for support when needed. Agata provides a warm compassionate space for clients to work

through their painful feelings and bring about the desired changes in their lives.  She works

creatively with each individual meeting them where they are and helping them engage in the

process of developing self-awareness and well-being. She helps people become curious,

compassionate observers and attentive listeners to their own experience.

Counselling Experience and Areas of Interest

Agata has worked in community counselling services in Dublin, with EAP programmes as

well as in private practice since 2010. She is focused on supporting people to come to a

better, more compassionate understanding of themselves and others. She has studied and

lived internationally and worked with issues of diversity, cultural integration, relocation,

loneliness and belonging. Agata’s areas of expertise lie also in working with anxiety and

panic, social anxiety, overwhelm, unresolved childhood experiences, feelings of

displacement and relationship difficulties. Agata has an interest in combining Western

psychotherapy and mindfulness. She has been studying Hakomi – a mindfulness-based

body-oriented psychotherapy since 2018. Outside her professional life she loves hiking,

yoga and reading. 

Clinical Supervision Model

My approach to supervision is humanistic and integrative – an integration of Gestalt

Relational Model and the Seven-Eyed Supervision Model (Hawkins and Shohet, 2012). My

practice of supervision is also informed by my strong interest in Hakomi and mindfulness. It

is a process- oriented approach which focuses on increasing awareness and on the

relationships between client, therapist, and supervisor. My intention is to build a relationship

with you that will support you in your work with your clients and enable you to reflect, learn

and grow as a therapist.

Agata’s fee is €80 per session for individual clients and €75 for supervision