Thérèse Brady

Thérèse Brady
Born
Thérèse Brady

1930
Died1999
NationalityIrish
Alma materUniversity College Dublin

Thérèse Brady was an Irish psychologist.

Career

Brady initially worked as a secretary for a voluntary organisation providing support for people with tuberculosis. She then attended University College Dublin graduating in 1966. After graduation she worked at the Mater Hospital Child Guidance Clinic. She then helped to develop the Child Guidance Clinic in Ballymun.[1]

She was active in establishing the Psychological Society of Ireland and in 1974 was elected its President.

In 1979, she returned to University College Dublin to establish the training programme in clinical psychology.[2]

In 1985, she became a director of the Bereavement Support service of the Irish Hospice Foundation.

Publications
  • Brady, T, Paradoxes in the Pursuit of Psychological Well-Being, Irish Journal of Psychology, 11, 3, 277-298.

Heritage

The library at the Irish Hospice Foundation is named the Thérèse Brady Library. It focuses on bereavement, palliative care and end-of-life issues.[3]

The School of Psychology at University College Dublin awards the Therésè Brady Medal to the graduating student in the PhD Clinical Psychology programme whose research thesis is judged to show exceptional clinical sensitivity.[4]

References
  1. "Therese Brady". Irish Times. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. "Therese Brady". Irish Times. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. "Library". Irish Hospice Foundation. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. "Research Funding". UCD School of Psychology. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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