Andrei Tcaciuc
Qualifications
- Doctorand in Psychotherapy – Dublin College University
- Master’s degree in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy – University College Dublin
- Master’s degree in Bereavement Studies – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology and Sociology and Postgraduate Diploma in Specific
Modality Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the School of
Psychotherapy at St. Vincent’s University Hospital. - Advanced Suicide Intervention Skills Training (HSE), Therapeutic Crisis
Intervention (HSE), Children First (HSE), and the Real U – Relationships
Explored and Life Uncovered programme. - Fully accredited member of the Association for Psychoanalysis and
Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI) and the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP).
Andrei Tcaciuc
Work Experience
Andrei works with adolescents, adults and couples experiencing a broad range of psychological, emotional and relational difficulties. These include anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, grief and bereavement, self-harm, addiction, eating disorders, stress, relationship difficulties, phobias, loneliness and isolation, difficulties concerning gender or sexual identity, and psychological difficulties arising during periods of significant change or transition. He has a particular clinical interest in helping people who have experienced trauma, loss and bereavement. His work with couples focuses both on the difficulties that emerge within the relationship and on the emotional patterns, expectations, conflicts and ways of relating that each person brings into the couple dynamic.
Underpinning Philosophy
Andrei's work is grounded in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which explores how unconscious processes, earlier experiences and significant relationships may continue to influence present emotions, relationships and behaviour. Rather than approaching symptoms simply as problems to be removed, therapy seeks to understand what they may communicate about a person's psychological and emotional life. Through this process, patterns that have previously operated outside conscious awareness can gradually become more understandable, creating the possibility of meaningful and lasting psychological change. Andrei understands mental health as a dynamic process rather than simply the presence or absence of psychological illness. At different stages of life, psychotherapy may help a person to restore mental health following periods of significant distress, improve mental health through greater psychological and emotional understanding, and maintain mental health by developing a stronger capacity to manage future internal, relational and external challenges. His approach recognises that meaningful psychological change involves more than knowing what is wrong or learning ways of controlling distress. It involves developing a deeper understanding of oneself and greater freedom in how one responds to emotions, relationships and the circumstances of life. Therapy provides a confidential and non-judgemental space in which adolescents, adults and couples can speak openly about experiences, feelings and relationships that may be difficult to understand or express elsewhere. The aim of psychotherapy is not only to alleviate immediate psychological distress, but also to develop greater psychological stability, self-understanding and freedom in how a person responds to emotions, relationships and the challenges of life.
