Ingrid Masterson

I am a retired mental health professional; initially I worked as a mental health nurse, then trained and worked as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in London, later in Dublin. I was briefly involved with Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility in London before returning to Ireland in 1995. I obtained a Master's degree in UCD in 2010 in Sociology of [mental] Health and Illness. Currently I am involved in a Green Party policy group on reform of the mental health service as well as a group on reform of the political system. Uses and abuses of power are relevant to both areas.