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Nuala McKenna
Project ManagerNuala has a degree in Social Care from Carlow IT and has worked for over 20 years in a wide variety of roles including Early years, Addiction Services, Homeless Services, Disability Services and Youth Residential Care.
She is a Servant Leader trained practitioner a member of Social Care Ireland and is a strong advocate for ongoing professional development through training and life long learning.
Nuala believes in social justice, human rights and animal welfare. She has a passionate in art and creativity which she uses to support engagement and connection with children, young people, parents, families and groups.
Nuala took up the role of Project Manager of MYP in September 2022.
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Eoin McNulty
Project WorkerEoin Mc Nulty is a Project Worker that supports young people and parents. Eoin’s previous experience is in the area of social care and youth work, mainly working with at risk/ vulnerable youth in Dublin City. Eoin is currently studying Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, and seeing adult clients in this capacity.
Eoin has a vested interest in supporting young people and has a particular interest in using fun and creative therapeutic approaches. With MYP Eoin facilitates a number of these therapeutic intervention programs including: Working Things Out, Theraplay, Real U, Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach, Odyssey- Parenting Your Teen, Mindfulness in Schools .B Program.
Hobbies and interests: In my free time I enjoy outdoor adventure sports like rock climbing and kayaking. I also enjoy Art and Meditation and use these as ways to keep me healthy and happy. I like to share the things I found that are good for me and offer them to the young people I work with.
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Maeve Majewski
Project WorkerMaeve joined the MyP team as a Project Worker in July 2024. Maeve has worked with children and young people in various capacities for over 20 years. She has an Honours degree in Early Childhood Care and Education from South East Technological University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Trauma Informed Practice and Care from University College Cork.
Maeve has worked in, and studied, many areas of child development during her professional career including special interest areas such as Creative Mindfulness for Children and the use of creativity and the arts to support positive mental health outcomes.
Maeve is passionate about children’s rights, nurturing childhood resilience and working to create environments where children and young people feel supported and valued.
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Marie Sheridan
Project WorkerMarie Sheridan is a project worker at MYP. Marie has over 11 years’ experience working therapeutically with children and families in the community.
Marie has a degree in social studies and is currently in the second year of her clinical training in Somatic experiencing which works with unresolved trauma held within the body and is aimed at treating trauma and stressor related disorders such as PTSD, anxiety and many more. Alongside Marie’s clinical training she is studying Somatic attachment therapy. Marie is passionate about body-oriented therapy, specialising in the mind and body connection. Marie is also an Accredited Practitioner Coach with the International Authority for Professional Coaching and Mentors (IAPC&M).
Marie delivers the First Friends mother and baby community group and is trained in PEEP Learning together parent and baby program, PEEP Antenatal parent and baby groups, REAL You, BodyRight, TLC Kidz and the NVR Parenting program.
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Jessica Kelly
Project WorkerJessica holds an Honours Degree in Social Care Practice from TU Dublin and is a member of social care Ireland. She has 10+ years experience working in the area of social care and community services, family support, addiction services and supporting families who experience domestic violence and abuse.
She has completed community addiction studies with Urrus and an advanced certificate in advice and advocacy in addition to the NVR parenting process. Jessica uses her training in aCRA, motivational interviewing, Narrative 4, Meitheal, Theraplay, TLC Kidz and Real U, to effectively support families at MyP.
Jessica is committed to continual development of professional practice and has most recently taken up a new learning opportunity with IICP in (HDip Sc) Integrative Psychotherapeutic Studies.
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Jennie Casey
Project WorkerJennie is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist specialising in play. She works from a Humanistic and Integrative perspective. Jennie integrates years of creative arts practice alongside current research in neurobiology, attachment and trauma-informed approaches. She often uses therapeutic play in her work with children and young people and works closely with parents.
Jennie delivers the Roots of Empathy programme. With a background in forest school leadership, Jennie loves the outdoors and regularly integrates nature-based approaches into her practice.
Jennie is a member of the Irish Association for Play Therapy and Psychotherapy; the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy; and the Irish Forest School Association.
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Clare Shine
Office AdministratorClare is a graduate of UL and Michael Smurfit Business School, UCD. She worked in Financial Services prior to joining the team at My Project. She has extensive experience of business, finance, governance, strategic planning and office management.
Clare is responsible for office administration, reporting and finance.