Dr. John Sharry is a social worker and family and child psychotherapist with over 20 years experience in mental health and currently works part-time for the Mater Hospital and is a founder and Director of the Parents Plus Charity. He also has a background in science and leads a research group based at TCD looking at the application of technology to promoting mental health.
He is the author of ten books in counselling and mental health including three best selling positive psychology books such as Becoming a Solution Detective, and Counselling Children Adolescents and Families and seven popular self-help books for parents and families, such as Bringing up Responsible Teenagers, Parenting preschoolers and young children, When Parents Separate- helping your children cope, Coping with Depression in Young People and the newly released : Positive Parenting: Bringing up responsible, well-behaved and happy children. His books have been translated into eight languages including Japanese, Chinese and Arabic.
John is also the co-developer of the award winning Parents Plus Programmes (video based parenting courses ) as well as the Working Things Out Programme (a multimedia therapeutic resource for young people overcoming mental health problems) which are used extensively in services and schools throughout Ireland and the UK.
He is a regular contributor to radio and the national media, and is a weekly contributor to the Irish Times writing on the subject of parenting and family life and is the featured parenting expert and life coach on the VHI website
A renowned teacher, trainer and workshop presenter nationally and internationally, John has trained thousands of professionals in the last decade and delivered hundreds of courses and workshops to parents and families. John is well known for his engaging, inspirational yet informative and practical presentation style.
