Caroline Martin: 'Cancer stopped me in my tracks - I was a servant of the status quo'

Meet our new advice columnist, psychologist Caroline Martin, who has worked in the public sector and now runs a private practice. When counselling clients, she leans into her life experience, from miscarriage to cancer 

Psychologist Caroline Martin: ‘Parenting is certainly the toughest job. Seeing my children in emotional distress for whatever reason is really hard.’ Picture: Moya Nolan

Caroline Martin has had cancer, endured miscarriages and seen life from the perspective of her severely disabled sister. Yet, for all that, she considers herself abundantly fortunate. A happy person by nature, she’s a psychologist and a mother of three, two teens and a 10-year-old.

Currently in private practice, she was chief psychologist at City of Dublin Education & Training Board for 16 years and has an MSc in counselling psychology from Salem State University, Massachusetts. Caroline is the new advice columnist for Feelgood.