Professional Profile

Úna Le Meur is an accredited psychotherapist with over a decade of experience spanning private practice, residential addiction treatment, and statutory public health services. She is an Accredited Member of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP M15061) and currently holds positions within the HSE's Counselling in Primary Care service and in her own private practice in Carlow and online. Her clinical work is integrative, drawing on trauma-focused CBT, emotion-focused therapy, polyvagal-informed somatic awareness, and a deep grounding in attachment theory to support clients presenting with complex trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction recovery, grief, and relational distress.

Current Roles

Counselling Psychotherapist — HSE Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC), CHO 5 (September 2025 – Present)

Úna provides short-term, focused one-to-one counselling within the HSE's Counselling in Primary Care service, part of Adult Mental Health Services and the National Counselling Service. The CIPC service offers free, time-limited counselling to adults referred from primary care, working with clients presenting with anxiety, depression, life transitions, bereavement, and other moderate mental health concerns. The role involves clinical assessment, structured short-term therapeutic intervention, and coordination with primary care teams and wider HSE mental health services.

Founder & Psychotherapist — Mentalese Counselling and Psychotherapy (Carlow & Online, March 2024 – Present)

Alongside her HSE role, Úna maintains an active private practice under the Mentalese name, working face-to-face at her practice in Carlow and online via secure video with clients across Ireland and beyond. Her private work focuses on anxiety, complex trauma, grief, addiction recovery, and relational distress, offered through both ongoing weekly therapy and structured short-term programmes including the Anxiety Reset, the Menopause Reset, and the Midlife Reset.

Recent Clinical Leadership

Clinical Operations Manager — Aiseiri Addiction Treatment Centre, Tipperary (March 2024 – September 2025)

At one of Ireland's longest-established residential addiction treatment services, Úna led clinical operations in a high-pressure inpatient setting. She conducted daily clinical assessments for new residents, supervised and supported the therapeutic team through clinical governance and training, oversaw the trauma-informed delivery of care and policy implementation, analysed clinical data, reported to senior leadership, and chaired team meetings focused on communication, ethical practice, and resident wellbeing.

Earlier Professional Experience

Before her clinical leadership role at Aiseiri, Úna spent three years as a psychotherapist at Centric Mental Health, Dublin (2021–2024), delivering trauma-focused integrative therapy to adults and young people in both clinical and corporate settings. As part of Centric's Clinical Governance Team she managed clinical risk and contributed to therapist development, and she delivered Mental Health First Responder and Awareness training for organisational clients across a range of sectors.

Earlier in her career, Úna built a private counselling practice in Carlow (2017–2021), offering individual and group work, including online and in-person recovery groups for people affected by addiction. From 2015 to 2017 she worked in the UK as a Mental Health Support Worker at Xenzone, developing and delivering mental health education in schools and colleges for young people aged 6 to 18, and as a counsellor at Petersfield Counselling Service in Hampshire, working with adults presenting with histories of abuse and trauma. Earlier counselling roles include Mind UK (2013–2015), HMP Send women's prison (2012–2013), and the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre helpline (2011–2012).

Therapeutic Approach

Úna's clinical work is grounded in an integrative, trauma-informed framework. From psychodynamic and attachment-informed traditions she brings a curiosity about how earlier experiences and relationships shape the patterns clients find themselves caught in. From trauma-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy she draws practical, structured tools for working with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and avoidance. From emotion-focused therapy (Greenberg) she brings a careful, structured way of working with felt experience — helping clients move from intellectualised understanding into felt change. Underpinning all of this is a person-centred relational foundation and a deep appreciation of the body's role in healing, informed by polyvagal theory, somatic awareness, and mindfulness practice.

Her work bridges depth and structure. She is equally comfortable holding open-ended exploratory therapy and delivering time-limited, goal-focused programmes, tailoring the pace and intensity of the work to the needs of each client.

Areas of Clinical Focus

  • Anxiety in its many forms (social, health, generalised)

  • Complex trauma and PTSD

  • Depression and burnout

  • Addiction and recovery

  • Bereavement, grief, and loss

  • Relational distress and life transitions

  • Identity, self-worth, and the long shadow of difficult childhoods

Qualifications and Training

  • Master of Science in Psychotherapy and Counselling — University of Roehampton, London (2015)

  • Bachelor of Science (Hons), Economics and Psychological Studies — Open University, UK (2011)

  • Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Distinction) — City Colleges, Dublin (2018)

  • Certificate in Higher Education, Life Coaching Skills — CMIT, Dublin (2020)

  • NVQ Levels 2 & 3 in Counselling — Farnborough College, Surrey (2010–2012)

Recent Continuing Professional Development

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (Greenberg), Level One — Individual (Trinity College Dublin, 32 hours, May 2026)

  • Polyvagal Theory in Practice (2023–2024)

  • Somatic Skills for Trauma Recovery (2023–2024)

  • Trauma-Informed Care (2023–2024)

Speaking and Group Facilitation

Úna is an experienced public speaker and group facilitator. She has delivered psychoeducational workshops, organisational wellbeing programmes, and Mental Health First Responder training across corporate, clinical, and educational settings. Through Mentalese she continues to offer half-day workshops for teams on workplace anxiety, resilience under pressure, and supporting colleagues in distress.

Professional Affiliations

Accredited Member, Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP M15061)

Languages

English (fluent), French (conversational).

Contact

For enquiries or to arrange a consultation, please email hello@mentalese.ie or call 089 412 9167. References available on request.

Home

Interior of a therapy or counseling office with a beige armchair, small wooden table with a vase and plant, and a large arched window showing an ocean view, with a wall sign reading 'Mentalese Counseling & Psychotherapy' and words 'Support,' 'Understand,' 'Thrive,' and the name 'Üna Le Meur MSc M.I.A.C.P'.