Author: Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy is an Irish author, psychoanalyst and broadcaster. He has published two bestselling memoirs, At Five in the Afternoon and The House of Pure Being, and two collections of poetry, The Republic of Love and A Chaplet of Roses. Michael worked for RTÉ as a newscaster and producer/director, receiving the Prix Jeunesse International in Munich, a national Jacob’s Award and an international UNESCO award. Michael, who is well-known from his psychoanalytic residency on the RTÉ afternoon television Today Show and his analysis of dreams on the RTÉ 2FM evening radio Chris and Ciara Show, has a practice at Sandyford in Dublin. Michael has a Master’s degree from the Centre Européen Universitaire de Nancy in France. He was awarded the post-graduate Advanced Diploma in Clinical Psychotherapy from St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin and he received his M. Phil. in Psychoanalytic Studies from Trinity College Dublin. Michael is a registered-practitioner member of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland.