Dear fellow researchers,

Are you a psychiatrist or psychiatry trainee currently working in Ireland?

If so, I invite you to participate in my online survey about the use and characterization of personal therapy by psychiatrists and those training to become psychiatrists in Ireland. The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and can be accessed at the following link:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/psychotherapysurveyireland/

Your responses will remain anonymous and be stored securely. No attempt will be made to link them with your identity. Participation is voluntary and you can complete as much of the questionnaire as you wish. However, once you have submitted it through SmartSurvey it will not be possible to withdraw your data, as it will be added collectively with other responses, and your data will not be identifiable to retrieve (as it is anonymous). Further information is available through the information letter attached to this post.

After completing the questionnaire, you will be given the option to click on a link to participate in a prize draw for a 500 euro Me2You gift card. If you do, you will be redirected to a separate page which is not linked in any way to the responses submitted in the main survey. In order to randomly select a winner we will be asking for participants to provide an email address and consent to be contacted if you are the winner to arrange postage of the gift card. The prize draw will close on May 2nd 2022.

This study has been approved by the Dublin Business School (DBS) Department of Psychotherapy Ethics’ Committee.

Thanking you in advance,

Kind regards,

Dr. Rebekah Aubry (NCHD and MA student at DBS)