ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Niamh (pronounced Neeve), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Ciúin Counseling. I help people who feel stuck in their heads — caught in looping thoughts, constant what-ifs, or the pressure to get everything just right. I specialize in anxiety and OCD, but I also work with individuals navigating perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, depression, and the lasting effects of trauma. Whether it shows up as intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, or simply feeling worn down by life, I’m here to help you find relief, reconnect with yourself, and move toward a life that feels steadier and more at ease.
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My background is in Psychology and Maternal & Child Health, and I earned both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of South Florida. Before becoming a therapist, I spent nearly a decade as a certified educator — an experience that deepened my passion for helping people grow through challenge and change.
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Therapy with me is collaborative, compassionate, and practical. I use evidence-based approaches like CBT, IFS, ACT, I-CBT, ERP, and EMDR — whether we're addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, or all of the above. More importantly, I take the time to get to know you — what’s working, what’s not, and what you want life to feel like. I believe you are the expert in your own story, and my role is to walk alongside you as you make sense of your patterns, learn to tolerate uncertainty, and build a life that feels more manageable and meaningful.
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Change can feel uncomfortable — but it can also open the door to something softer, steadier, and more peaceful. If you’re ready to create space for calm, clarity, and healing, I’d be honored to walk with you.
MY QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Work Experience
LICENSES
Licensed Clinical Social Worker SW18693
Florida Educator 1177782
COMPLETED CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS
EMDRIA approved EMDR Therapist, Gottman Level 1 Couples Training, Child & Adolescent Anxiety Specialist Certification, Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Training through Postpartum Support International, How the Body Keeps the Score: Trauma Training, Internal Family Systems Training.
CLINICAL DIRECTOR
January 2020
Ciúin Counseling provides individuals, couples and families with differentiated treatment to reach their personalized goals to engage in a more fulfilling life.
August 2019- May 2020
Academic Director
During my first year of transitioning to seeing private practice clients, I also served as the Academic Director of The Revolutionary Learning Center, a program to support middle and high school students utilizing virtual or home school curriculum. As the Director of the program, I ensured students had a supportive and emotionally safe environment to learn executive functioning skills and practice social skills while also collaborating with parents and other providers to enhance the growth and development of the whole student. Students received instruction in not only academics, but also learned how to create even more fulfilling interpersonal relationships, appropriate pro-social behavior, coping skills, self-esteem building, anger management, as well as mindfulness.
December 2016 - May 2019
Clinical Intern
During my education at The University of South Florida, I had the honor to intern at Rogers Behavioral Health Center of Tampa Bay. At Rogers, I delivered individualized treatment to help clients explore the
relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in various settings such as individual, group, and family sessions. While at Rogers I was trained in providing evidenced based therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure response prevention, dialectical behavior therapy, behavior
activation, and experiential therapy. I worked among some of the best clinicians in Tampa as we serviced client populations that included children, adolescents, and adults in a partial hospitalization or outpatient setting who had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, OCD, anxiety, depression, mood disorder, eating disorders, and substance use disorders.
August 2011 - May 2019
Exceptional Student Educator
After graduating with my Bachelors in Psychology, I entered the work force as an educator to provide high quality academic instruction in a therapeutic settings for students in need of social, emotional, and behavioral support. My role required me to closely collaborate with therapists, psychologists, parents, and colleagues to develop behavioral and academic goals and behavioral and functional assessments to effectively support the needs of students who exhibited behavioral disorders, those identified with emotional disturbance disorders, students diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, and those with intellectual disabilities. It was such a joy for me to work alongside my students and their families to empower abilities rather than focus on the disability. My students and their families are ultimately what lead to my decision to return to school and provide services to the family unit as a whole moving beyond the four walls of my classroom.