education
I have a PhD in Counselling Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University, a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of Birmingham, an MSc in Sport Science from Manchester Metropolitan University and a GDip in CBT from Trinity College Dublin. I completed a a BSc Hons Psychology at York University, Canada and a BA in French at The University of Pennsylvania. I am a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland and the British Psychological Society, and a registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council, UK.
experience
I currenly provide psychological support services for Sport Ireland across a range of sports. I have over twenty years experience working in elite sport that has included successfully supporting Olympic and Paralympic athletes. I have also worked in a range of health settings providing psychological support for mental health difficulties including eating disorders. As a university lecturer, I taught modules in ‘sport psychology’ and the ‘psychology of injury’ for over 17 years. My work is guided by science and informed by a range of therapeutic approaches.
Clinical Sport Psychologist
About Dr. Siobháin McArdle
My interest in sport psychology began with my own experience at the University of Pennsylvania as a NCAA Division I middle distance athlete and as a member of the U Penn women’s rowing squad. Over the course of my career I have expanded my knowledge to include sport science, sport psychology and counselling psychology. I bring this range and depth of understanding to my work with you. Sport has many challenges and one of these is the link between body and performance. I have developed a specialism in body image and disordered eating/eating disorders in sport. I bring both my knowledge of the context of sport and disordered eating to athletes struggling in this area.
education
I have a PhD in Counselling Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University, a PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of Birmingham, an MSc in Sport Science from Manchester Metropolitan University and a GDip in CBT from Trinity College Dublin. I completed a a BSc Hons Psychology at York University, Canada and a BA in French at The University of Pennsylvania. I am a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland and the British Psychological Society, and a registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council, UK.
experience
I currenly provide psychological support services for Sport Ireland across a range of sports. I have over twenty years experience working in elite sport that has included successfully supporting Olympic and Paralympic athletes. I have also worked in a range of health settings providing psychological support for mental health difficulties including eating disorders. As a university lecturer, I taught modules in ‘sport psychology’ and the ‘psychology of injury’ for over 17 years. My work is guided by science and informed by a range of therapeutic approaches.
Sport Scientist and Research Scientist
Prizing The Person. Guided By Science.
I integrate evidence based interventions into a foundation that fundamentally puts respect for the person first. I highly value scientific research and believe that you should have access to the current evidence base resulting in a better outcome for you. Drawing on a range of interventions and psychotherapeutic models, I work with you to apply an individualised approach that best fits the unique challenges you face. In Sport. In Life.
Clinical Sport Psychologist
Personal
I ran as a middle distance athlete at the University of Pennsylvania, NCAA, Division 1 and was awarded a Red letter as a member of the athletics team. I also have many good memories from my time as a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s novice women’s crew team. I continue to run today as a masters athlete for Raheny Shamrocks Athletics Club and have won some medals and gongs along the way. I was born in Australia to Irish parents (An Cabhán & Tiobraid Árann) and later grew up in Canada. My home is now in Dublin where I am a mother of two young children and an aunt to a bird and a dog.