Mental health: Where to find free or cheap counselling in Ireland

Counselling services for people with mental health problems can have waiting lists of up to six months. If you don’t want to be a slave to medication, Kay Cairns looks at your limited options.

THERE’S a correlation between increased suicide rates and economic downturn, says Geraldine Sheedy, counselling psychologist. It makes sense: more people are out of work, struggling to pay mortgages and bills, and relationships are under strain.