Dr. Aoife Brinkley is a Clinical Psychologist with twenty years’ specialist experience in the field of Paediatric Psychology. She completed her doctoral training in Clinical Psychology in UCD in 2003. Since then she has worked with children and their families in both community and hospital settings. She currently works as Principal Psychologist in Children’s Health Ireland at Connolly.

Prior to this, she worked for many years in Temple St Hospital. She has worked across a range of specialist areas and has developed expertise in providing psychological assessment and intervention to children with chronic health conditions and their families. An interest in risk and resilience has been at the core of her research and clinical work. Aoife is passionate about sharing psychological perspectives and insights with parents, as part of a holistic approach to supporting the resilience of children and young people.