Madeleine is a Family Psychotherapist and Senior Psychiatric Social worker specialising in parenting & child and adolescent mental health and well-being. She has over two decades of working with children, parents and families. Parent education and support with responding to challenging behaviour, living with autism, parenting when separated/divorced and child-to-parent-violence and abuse are areas of special interest for Madeleine. In addition to qualifications in Social Work , Family Therapy & Early Childhood Care and Education, she has trained in evidence based parent education programmes and provides training, lecturing and consultation in her areas of expertise. Madeleine is an experienced practice teacher for post graduate students of Social Work in UCD and TCD.