Trainer Profiles

Ray McKiernan

Ray McKiernan is lead trainer, researcher and director of the Stress Management Institute of Ireland. He is a certified Stress & Wellness consultant with the internationally renowned Hans Selye Foundation in Canada and has completed his clinical training in Mind-Body Medicine in the Harvard Medical School in Boston. Ray provides Stress Management training to the health care, pharmaceutical, financial, engineering and software industries and has worked with many of the largest organisations in the state. As lead trainer to the Defence Forces, he delivered specialist instructor training programmes to their Personnel Support Services. Ray provides training to the Law Society of Ireland, the Migraine Society and is a specialist skills trainer to counselling and psychotherapy students in DBS School of Arts. He speaks at many conferences and was an invited speaker on 'Stress and the Medical Model' at the European Health Conference hosted by the Actuarial Profession in Dublin in May 2008. Ray specialises in presenting complex scientific material in a clear, understandable and effective manner using a training style that is encouraging and supportive.

Susan Eustace

Susan is clinical director of the Stress Management Institute of Ireland. She holds a BA in pure psychology from UCD and graduated with a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology from Trinity College Dublin. Susan is a lecturer on the Masters in Counselling Psychology at TCD. She also lectures in psychology and psychotherapy at Hibernia College and DBS School of Arts. Susan has lectured on Behavioural Science and Human Development in the School of Medicine, TCD and is an experienced facilitator on workshop topics such as Coping Skills, Working with Patients with Cancer, Resilience and Self Care Skills. She holds responsibility for the academic and psychological aspects of the training programmes at the Institute. Susan has a private practice in the Centre for Professional Therapy, Dublin 2

Ann Cox

Ann is a director of the Stress Management Institute of Ireland, and is a senior trainer on their professional training programmes. She qualified as a social worker and subsequently completed a Masters in Psychotherapy with St. Vincent's University Hospital and UCD. While working as a psychotherapist, Ann did further training in Stress Management and Trauma Therapy. Ann is a lecturer, skills trainer and professional suitability evaluator on the BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy in DBS School of Arts. As a member of the Departmental team, she has overall responsibility for the development of the Stress Management programmes. Ann has a wide experience of training groups in the education, healthcare and corporate sectors. In addition to her private psychotherapeutic practice, she provides one-to-one Stress Management and EAP consultations.