History of family therapy in Ireland. 2. Profiles of key figures

This paper presents profiles of individuals who have contributed to the development of family therapy in Ireland. An overview of the history of family therapy in Ireland is given in a companion paper. This paper profiles five of the founders of family therapy in the Republic of Ireland (Nollaig Byrne, Imelda McCarthy, Phil Kearney, Ed McHale and Jim Sheehan); two founders of family therapy in Northern Ireland ( Isobel Reilly, Artie O’Neill , and Arlene Healey) and others who have made distinctive contributions to the Irish family therapy movement (Barbara Kohnstamm, Jo Kennedy, Bernadette O’Sullivan and myself).