The Psychology Practice was founded by Dr. Rebecca Quin, Principal Clinical Psychologist in 2021. It aims to provide psychological assessment and intervention to school aged children who present with low level emotional and behavioural differences. Parent workshops and school workshops are also available upon request.
Meet Rebecca
Rebecca (BA, MSc, D. Clin Psych, C.Psychol.PSI) is a chartered clinical psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland. She is a Senior Clinical Psychologist with 15 years experience working with children, adolescents and their families within disability, primary care, early intervention and school-age services. Rebecca achieved a 1st class honours degree in Trinity College and was awarded a distinction in her MSc in Foundations of Clinical Psychology. She was then awarded a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Limerick in 2008.
After qualifying, Rebecca worked in London for over a year in the Neuropsychology Department of King’s College Hospital and then spent a further year at the Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, where she was the research lead on the development of a group-based intervention for carer’s of people with Parkinson’s disease.
When she returned to Ireland she worked as a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the Neuropsychology department at Beaumont hospital, and subsequently in St. Patrick’s University Hospital where she worked with both adults and older adults with significant mental health challenges.
In 2012 she took up a senior role with Enable Ireland Wicklow services where her passion for working with children and their families grew. She worked with neurodivergent young people and those with physical disabilities within Enable Ireland for 13 years. She was Principal Clinical Psychologist covering 3 Children’s Disability Network Teams from 2023 – 2025. In January 2025, she took up a Principal Specialist post at Treehouse Practice, Sandycove where she currently works with neurodivergent young people, many of whom have experience trauma.
Rebecca has also completed training in the following:
- Parent’s Plus Facilitator Training (Early Years, Children’s and Adolescent’s programmes completed).
- Diagnostic Interview for the assessment of Social and Communication Disorders.
- Autism Diagnostic Interview
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
- Incredible Years Facilitator Training
- Children First Training
- Decider Skills Training
- Training in Neurodevelopmental Trauma (Treehouse Practice)
- Training in Clinical Supervision (TCD)