Straight Talking Mental Health
Allan Clarke MSc MIACP
The man who puts the rap in psychotherapist. Allan has a BSc (H) degree in counselling and psychotherapy and a Master of Science (MSc) in Child and Adolescent psychotherapy. His degree thesis was on Mindfulness & Buddhism and then pissed off of listening to parents giving out about video games and kids being addicted to Fortnite, he did his masters research dissertation on Internet Gaming Disorder (video game addiction).
Not that you would know it from listening to the podcast and despite the amount of shite he talks on said podcast, he does seem to know his job quite well. Other people seem to think so as well because they frequently pay him to deliver workshops on mindfulness & meditation, mindfulness for parents, anger management, stress & anxiety, creating characters with psychological depth for actors, and they ask him to give talks to men’s groups around men’s mental health – an area he is very passionate about.
Allan’s special skills include annoying Aisling, being riled by social media “influencers” dishing out mental health advice that they know fuck all about and he has a special interest in throat punching people who say “man up”. His areas of interest in work are related to neuroscience and trauma. He is also Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist.
To know a bit more (professionally) about Allan, check out www.kildarepsychotherapy.com