About Donna Curtin

Donna Curtin, MIAHIP, MTAI, an experienced psychotherapist, runs a busy private psychotherapy practice in Limerick, Ireland since 2001.

A graduate of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, School of Medicine, she is a certified MBSR Teacher and an Associate Teacher with the Centre for Mindfulness Ireland CFM Ireland. Donna is a member of the Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland MTAI.  The world renowned eight week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme (MBSR) is offered annually, currently on Zoom.  Mindfulness, Yoga, Walking & Healthy Eating Weekend Retreats with Maggie Crosse, Yoga Teacher annually.  Donna teaches mindfulness and facilitates the Self Care Module for Medical Students at the University of Limerick School of Medicine, Ireland.  She previously worked as a Personal & Career Development Tutor & Mediator with the VEC and Local Employment Service, lectured at the University of Limerick, Ireland in Counselling and Psychotherapy on the Post Graduate Guidance Counselling Degree Programme and facilitated Personal Development Groups on the BA (Hons) Applied Social Studies in Social Care Work at Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland.  Now Donna devotes her time to private psychotherapy practice and teaching and facilitating mindfulness and self-care programmes, workshops & retreats.   “I am passionate about supporting people of all ages in enhancing their well-being and discovering the wisdom within. I discovered and continue to discover the life enhancing quality of practicing mindfulness in my ordinary day to day life.  It is truly transformational, healing and fosters a deep sense of well-being.  I feel so passionate about it that my career is devoted now to sharing it with others so that they too can discover for themselves the transformational, healing and joyful quality of life that can be experienced through these simple yet profound practices.  I couldn’t think of a better way to earn a living!”

A nature lover with a particular interest in birds, Donna has been practicing meditation for twenty years.  Completing her first MBSR (2007) programme with Timothy Sweeney; https://www.heartofmindfulness.ie;  MBSR Instructor Training with Centre for Mindfulness under Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli  https://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/  Retreats; Niamh Bruce  https://www.sanctuary.ie/  at Giaia House, Devon, UK with Brad Ricouer, https://gaiahouse.co.uk/  with Eva Bruha www.kalyanacentre.com  and Jon Kabat-Zinn and Saki Santorelli https://mindfulness.au.dk Anne Twohig https://www.cfmi.ie  Florence De-Meleo Meyer and Carolyn West of CFM, UMASS .  Marjo Oosterhoff https://www.passaddhi.com  Anne Twohig & Beth Mulligan https://www.cfmi.ie  My work is supervised by Anne Twohig https://www.cfmi.ie

Donna is a graduate of the UC San Diego, School of Medicine, Center for Mindfulness https://medschool.ucsd.edu/

Contact donna@mindfulnessjourney.ie for consultations. Check out the Courses & Events page for all the latest mindfulness courses, retreats and events on offer.