Sunday, 14/05/2020, Comment: Can't we discuss this without an online mobbing. My attempt to inform people about what exactly happened with JK Rowling’s and her tweets and essay.

Sunday, 26/04/2020. A piece on what the covid-19 crisis is doing to our children's mental health.

Thursday, 28/01/2020, Opinion: Terrible things do happen - and parents must help their children to understand why. A piece in the independent about how parents can speak to their children about the terribly sad deaths of three children in county Dublin.

Saturday, 11/01/2020, Book Review: ‘The Great Pretender: Brain on Fire author tackles 'flawed and arbitrary' nature of psychiatry and diagnostics Psychology: The Great Pretender'

Sunday, 01/12/2019, Opinion: ‘Transgender Children: 'The concept of being born in the wrong body is troubling'. An interview in the Sunday Independent about the book 'Inventing Transgender Children and Young people', edited by @michelemooreEd and @brunskellevans.

Saturday, 16/11/2019, Opinion: ‘A teaching opportunity: what to do when your child is the bully’. A piece in the Irish Independent about how parents can respond if their child is accused of being a bully.

Saturday, 09/11/2019, Opinion: 'Parents mustn't shrug shoulders over their child's online activity' . Writing in this article about how parents can monitor their child’s online activity.

Wednesday, 06/11/2019, Opinion: 'In today's pornified world, teens 'sext' each other before they've even kissed'. Writing about how teens are ‘sexting’ each other before they even kiss.

Tuesday, 05/11/2019, Opinion: 'Those who plan heinous attacks live among us but we don't see their depravity until it's too late'. Writing about how we as a society need to figure out how we can effectively treat child killers.

Sunday, 03/11/2019, Opinion: 'We should all grow up about sex - and the grown-ups too'. Complexities of age of consent can't disguise that this woman was the child's teacher, writes Stella O'Malley. A piece about the 23 year old teacher, who was jailed for having sex with her 16 year old student.

Friday, 06/09/2019, Opinion: ‘'Roy Keane has locked himself into a 'hard-man' persona - but it takes real courage for men to be able to shed a tear'

Saturday, 17/08/2019, Opinion: ‘None of us can keep loved ones safe all the time - but we can all be compassionate if tragedy strikes'. An opinion piece following the tragic death of Nóra Quoirin.

Wednesday, 14/08/2019, Opinion: 'In a world where families can be struck down by an agony beyond belief, be kind to your loved ones'

Saturday, 20/07/2019, Opinion: 'If we are to be civilised, decent people, we need to be willing to stand up to evil'

Monday, 29/04/2019, News & Health: 'It's only when you love a person who has a mental illness that you realise how hard it is' The final piece in our three-part series on mental health: The right professional help and strong family support are necessary, but not a panacea, for people with mental health issues, writes psychotherapist Stella O’Malley

Monday, 22/04/2019: ‘ Why we need to learn to listen’ In this second of a three part series on mental health, Stella talks about how before we can ask people to open up about their mental health problems, we need to practise how to respond.

Monday, 15/04/2019, News & Health: ‘Why it's not always 'good to talk'... First in the Independent’s three-part series on mental health: 'We need a new wave of authentic and appropriate mental health discussions'

Tuesday, 12/03/2019, Comment & Opinion: Grooming of victims by sexual predators is a devastating betrayal of a child's trust'.

Thursday, 17/01/2019: Have we got it wrong about phones? As yet another contradictory study claims that screen time isn't as damaging for children as we first thought, psychologist Stella O'Malley sifts through the facts and asks if sometimes a little bit of bad can actually be good for us

Friday, 20/07/2018: 'Smartphone Orphans: Are Irish parents on their phones too much in front of their children?' Stella tells Independent.ie that Irish parents need to create their own boundaries and even sometimes allow their children to call them out if their smartphone use has become excessive.

Sunday, 24/06/2018: 'Children as young as four are self-harming - we can't turn a blind eye to mental health' When Stella first read about children as young as four presenting with mental health difficulties, such as self-harming behaviour and anxiety, she sighed heavily. Have we really come to this?, Stella wonders.

Thursday, 31/05/2018: ''Lies Leave Victims Shattered' Writing in Irish Independent about the effects of the adoption controversy.

Friday, 25/05/2018, Entertainment TV news: 'Hurting the ones most in need? - Parents of teens watching ‘13 Reasons Why’ should grasp this opportunity.' The return of '13 Reasons Why' sparked fresh concerns about suicide on screen, but has the industry learned from its mistakes, Stella asks in this article.

Tuesday, 01/05/2018: 'Shameful deception destroyed mothers' right to tell their children the truth.' An article talking about the smear test scandal that rocked the country in April 2018.

Monday, 02/04/2018: 'In the wake of the Belfast trial, we really must rethink how rape cases are handled'

Thursday, 09/03/2018: 'We must stop the blame game and face evil among us to protect our vulnerable'

Sunday, 18/02/2018, Life: 'Success isn't everything, kids need to learn from failure, too'

Wednesday, 25/01/2018, Life: 'How To Keep Your Child From Online Predators'

Saturday, 30/12/2107, News: 'Easy Access To Hardcore Porn Means Teens Need Help To Navigate Boundaries'

Thursday, 18/10/2017, Opinion: 'Equality can be achieved by a healthy life work balance - for us all'

Wednesday, 17/10/2017. 'Life': 'Licence To Thrill' where I explain that we are actually 'hardwired' to take risks

Monday, 25/09/2017, 'Life':'One girl would actually ‘moo’ every time I passed her in the corridors' - mum-of-one on being bullied' Denise Smith talking to me about how to cope when your child is being targeted.

Saturday, 26/08/2107, Life 'Parenting': 'Eight expert tips for raising bully-proof kids' - Eight ways to give your child the tools to navigate the minefield of growing up

Sunday, 13/07/2017, Life Magazine, Sunday Independent: ‘Boys and Girls’

Wednesday, 18/04/2017, Life: 'Raising Children in age of anxiety' Handling the anxious child – should we indulge their anxieties or ignore their anxieties?

Saturday, 17/12/2016, News: 'Tragic case highlights shameful treatment of carers in our society': discussing the mistreatment of carers in Ireland

Saturday, 03/12/2016, Opinion: 'Now is the time for adults to show they're on the child's side' : exploring how parents should respond to bullying

Saturday, 20/11/2016, Life: 'We might just end up with more Trumps - and fewer Michael Ds' : Why do we focus on performance in childhood?

Monday, 14/11/2016, Opinion: 'We should avoid "medicalising" kids who are perhaps just a bit different' : dealing with children with different needs

Wednesday, 02/11/2016, Opinion: 'Forget pay rises, the unions should be focusing on winning greater job satisfaction for workers'

Thursday, 27/10/2016, Opinion: 'Strike is teaching our children one thing: That's OK to hurt those relying on you if it means better wages'

Saturday, 13/08/2016, Opinion: 'Why letting teens like Malia make mistakes is a good parenting tip' : exploring Malia Obama smoking marijuana and how to deal with a famous Dad

Thursday, 14/07/2016, Life: 'Comment: Have we become this squalid that we sexualise a mother's kiss?' : the response to Victoria Beckham kissing her child

Saturday, 17/04/2016, Weekend: 'We should teach our kids to thrive in the system - not opt out' : About the education system

Saturday, 06/12/2015, Life: 'With Christmas comes the plea for gadgets but should kids have them' : discussing whether we allow our kids more technology

Saturday, 24/10/2015, Life: 'Most parents are actually good enough. Let them keep the final say' : how parents are losing their status and power over their children

Saturday, 26/09/2015, News: ‘It’s our job as parents to look after broken and unsure children’ : bullying and how parents can protect their kids

Friday, 11/09/2015, Opinion: 'Self-harm: How to hear your troubled teen's cry for help' : teenagers and self-harm

Saturday, 22/08/2015, Opinion: 'Teaching empathy can help our children to find success'

Wednesday, 12/08/2015 Opinion: ‘Parents must start leaving their children alone to learn life lessons’ : discussing the pressure of the Leaving Cert results

Saturday, 14/03/2015, News: 'The notion of a family comprising of a mammy, daddy & 2.4 children is a tiny moment in the history of time' - the Philip Larkin poem ‘This be the Verse...’

Saturday, 14/02/2015, Weekend Review ‘Life’: ‘Is a slap on the wrist and a quick hug afterwards more violent than a 6ft man roaring in a two-year-olds face?’

Saturday, 06/ 07/2015, Weekend Review: ''We need to take the controls back from the electronic babysitter and ensure that we have full responsibility for whatever appears on screens in our own households'

- Latest Articles -

19/07/2023, Irish Times; ‘Helicopter free range concierge what kind of-parent are you’

19/01/2022, Independent News; How to explain the inexplicable to your children in the wake of Ashling Murphy’s murder’

09/09/2021, Evening Standard; Books; ‘The Transgender Issue by Shon Faye review: Clear and concise analysis of the issues facing trans people’

15/07/2021, Independent, Entertainment: Review: Don’t be a stranger to small talk when you’re out and about

12/07/2021, Evening Standard; Books; ‘Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality by Helen Joyce review: A tour de force’

25/06/2021, Evening Standard; Books; ‘Testosterone: The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us’

04/05/2021, Quillette.com; ‘Gaslighting the Concerned Parents of Trans Children—A Psychotherapist’s View’

27/04/2021, Culture; The Standard.co.uk; ‘ Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism by Kathleen Stock review’, Book Review

21/03/2021, Entertainment; ‘Don’t confuse being nice with being good: Jordan Peterson returns with more rules for living’, Book Review

- Advice & Comment-

28/04/2021, Life; ‘Lockdown made us more controlling as parents. Is it time to back off a bit?

31/03/2021, Opinion; ‘The controlling parent is having a good Covid’ Speaking to Sheila Wayman

28/12/2020, ‘It’s Twixmas – the time of year where we are at our brokest, most bloated, most hungover and most exhausted. But help is at hand ...

Wednesday, 08/04/2020, 'Six ways in staying sane in a pandemic’

Thursday, 27/02/2020, News: ‘What should you tell your kids about coronavirus?’ Talking to Yvonne Hogan about what advice to give parents on telling their kids about coronavirus.

Tuesday, 25/02/2020, Family: ‘Nanny state: Should you be tracking your children?’ Talking to Yvonne Hogan in this article about the growing numbers of parents using apps to keep track of their children.

Tuesday, 13/08/2019, Life: ‘Back-to-school hacks for busy parents’ - With a new school term just around the corner, Arlene Harris gets some experts’ advice including me on how to prepare for it.

Saturday, 20/07/2019, News: 'He would be completely dehydrated' - mum tells of how transgender son avoided food and water to avoid using school bathroom’ Talking to Aoife Walsh as part of this article.

Wednesday, 01/05/2019, Life & Parenting: 'Mammy, did you hear what I said?' - Do parents need to put the phone away?’ Kathy Donaghy interviewed Stella for this interesting piece in the Irish Independent today on parents and screens.

Wednesday, 10/04/2019, Life & Family: ‘Say Yes To The Communion Dress: It's the 'bridal boutique' experience for children... but is it all just innocent fun?’ Featured in this article talking about shops offering a bridal boutique experience to kids choosing outfits for the big day - complete with photo-friendly podiums. But is it all just innocent fun?

Thursday, 21/03/2019, Entertainment & Television: Do reality TV stars need support in fame game? Sheena McGinley asked what practical advice she would give someone who was considering seeking instant "fame and fortune" via a reality TV show.

Friday, 10/08/2018: Vanity flair! - ‘We live in a society where expectation is escalating and escalating’. Featured in an article by Rose Mary Roche where she looks at the pressure on men to beef up and buff up, and asks what lies behind it.

Friday, 13/04/2018, Life: The best way to talk to young children about the abortion referendum, according to an Irish psychotherapist. An article covering Stella’s chat with radio presenter Dr Ciara Kelly, Lunchtime on Newstalk.

Sunday, 31/03/2018: Why we have to face up to the monster of anxiety. She is reluctant to call it an 'epidemic,' but psychotherapist Stella O'Malley is very clear that we need to deal with the disorder of our age: anxiety, writes Emily Hourican

Irish Examiner

Wednesday, 01/04/2020, - Parenting during Coronavirus: How to get the balance right at home

quoted in Helen O’Callaghan’s article on Parenting during Covid-19 crisis: How to get the balance right at home.

Friday, 06/02/2020, ‘The special bond between grandparent and grandchild created through childminding' - Quoted in Arlene Harris' article on grandparents minding grandchildren.

Saturday, 01/06/2019, ‘Testing times: Stress management during the exams - for students and parents’ - Experts tell Arlene Harris how parents can best respond if their child’s exams don’t go according to plan.

- Other Publications-

October 2019, herfamily.ie: ‘Psychotherapist Stella O'Malley on how you can spot signs of bullying in kids’

Wednesday, 02/10/2019, Irish Mirror: ‘One of Ireland’s top child psychotherapists says emphasis on grades in school is 'demoralising' teenagers’

Wednesday, 14/08/2019, Belfast Telegraph: After the death of Nora Quoirin, the world can only look on at tragedies such as this in disbelief and horror

Saturday, 06/07/2019. Irish Mirror: ‘Siobhan O'Connor: 'Quest for Instagram perfection is robbing our children of their youth'. I tell how kids as young as eight or nine are lured into putting funny pictures of themselves on phones with bunny ears and stars, the beginning of a selfie addiction.

Saturday, 29/06/2019, My interview with RSVPLive about ‘revealing the dangers of entertaining your children too much’

Sunday, 23/-6/2019, ‘Larissa Nolan comment: Ana Kriegel murder trial shows we must finally cut kids' access to porn in Ireland’ I have seen a vast increase in the number of boys coming to her “disturbing by themselves” and seeking help.

Tuesday, 17/04/2018, My interview with RSVPLive about Ireland abortion referendum 2018: How should you talk to your child about it? featured in the Irish Mirror

Tuesday, 03/04/2018, My article The conversations parents need to have with their children after the Belfast rape case featured in the Belfast Telegraph

Saturday, 23/12/2017, Longford Leader, featured in a piece on Positive Health Week at Longford town's Meán Scoil Mhuire'

Friday, 22/12/2017, Limerick Post, featured in a piece on 'Beyond the neon runes'

-Sunday Independent-

Sunday, 01/04/2018: 'Golden opportunity from the sordid details of a horrible night' - It doesn't matter what side of the argument you find yourself, some good should be made of the awful Belfast rape case. Download here

Sunday, 24/12/2017: 'Beat the blues by learning to live with what life has given you' - Writing about how the sooner we lose the notion of the perfect Christmas, the sooner we can relax and enjoy it.

Sunday, 03/12/2017: 'Psychological abuse at home leaves deepest kind of scars' - Writing about how the The Domestic Violence Bill is right to take into account the trauma of psychological abuse.

Sunday, 08/10/2017: ' 'Yesterday a girl (12) described how a boy in her class sent her an explicit pic' - About parents need to monitor children's online behaviour and accept their emerging sexuality.

Sunday, 27/08/2017, Life 'Parenting': 'What you can do if your child is being bullied' - As we face into a new school year, here Stella’s explains the cliques of childhood groups, why children bully, why they get bullied, and what you can do if your child is a bully, or is bullied

Sunday, 13/08/2017, Life: 'Boys & Girls' - Here, Stella is writing in the Sunday Independent.ie Life magazine about gender confusion

Sunday, 31/07/2016, Opinion: 'Why teaching your kids 'stranger danger' will not keep them safe' : About teaching our children about Stranger Danger

Sunday, 30/03/2014, Lifestyle: 'The tethered generation' : About how our children are tethered to their screens and need to leave the mothership

Sunday, 16/03/2014, Lifstyle: 'The commodified childhood' : About how big business is making millions by creating fear, tension and insecurity in parents

-Irish Times-

31/08/2021: Talking with Sheila Wayman on ‘Why it’s best not to say ‘don’t be shy’ to your quiet child’

Monday, 03/05/2021: ‘Ombudsman fields over 400 grievances about school bullying’ An article on speaking at the Oireachtas Education Committee on the rise in serious bullying

Saturday, 08/12/2018: How to survive Christmas with a difficult family. Stella giving some advice as to how to cope with a difficult family at Christmas

Saturday, 21/07/2018: 'Where do children play? Annoyed resident's letter sparks debate' Do you always know where your children are? And – perhaps more importantly – should you? A debate which ran online over a letter uploaded to Twitter, which had been sent by an “annoyed resident” of Ailesbury Lawn in Dundrum, South Dublin, highlighted the divergence in people’s attitudes towards children playing outside.

Saturday, 16/06/2018. Stella spoke to Jen O Connell for this article in Irish Times 'Creepy, Actually: Romcoms mistake harassment for romance'

Tuesday, 19/12/2017, Life & Style: Writing about how ‘Christmas is gender driven. It's women believing the fun is in their hands’ where 'Women can get very stressed over Christmas . . . feeling a murderous rage’

Friday, 03/11/2017, Sharing her thoughts in an interesting piece on 'Flyers on flirting? The tricky issue of sexual consent on campus'

Saturday, 7/10/2017, Life & Style: Sharing her thoughts in Jennifer O'Connell's article 'Spy kids: the next generation of nursery surveillance devices is here' about the psychological toll on parents of nursery surveillance

Saturday, 12/08/2017, Life-Style & People: 'How to stop your child being bullied – or being a bully'

Tuesday, 07/04/2015, Books: 'Why are we over-parenting, and what damage is it doing our children?'

-Irish Examiner-

Friday, 22/10/2021, Creche crisis: The pros and cons of asking grandparents to become childminders. Talking to Sharon Ni Chonchur, about ‘ Creche crisis: The pros and cons of asking grandparents to become childminders’

Thursday, 30/07/2020, ‘Teenage kicks: How to keep your teens entertained on holidays ‘

Thursday, 2/11/2019, ‘Treatment delays for young people who have experienced sexual assault detrimental to recovery’. Reacting to a report from Cari, the organisation that provides support for children affected by child sexual abuse, that revealed they have a waiting list of 83 children and require more resources to provide treatment.

Friday, 09/08/2019, 86% drop in children cycling to school - In Denmark, there is a law that bans parents from driving children to school if they live less than five miles from the school, Stella thinks something similar could work here, but there are risks.

Friday, 17/08/2018, 'Well-known parents share their back to school tips?' I spoke to the Irish Examiner about the dreaded back to school thing.. Though I think i'd rather holidays lasting forever.

Saturday, 04/08/2018, 'Are Women Really Hardwired to love Thrillers?' Rowena Walsh examines a genre we can't get enough of and Stella threw her thoughts into the debate in the Irish Examiner.

Saturday, 30/06/2018, 'When mum really does know best'. Stella spoke in this article with Rowena Walsh along with other parenting experts in the Irish Examiner about managing our own children over the summer break.

Friday, 01/06/2018, 'Baby in the middle: When a new arrival turns your relationship upside down'. Stella is mentioned in the Irish Examiner talking about how babies impact relationships

Saturday, 30/06/2018, 'Therapists were relieved when the WHO listed gaming addiction as a mental health condition'. Now we can finally call this issue as we see it, Stella writes in this piece.

Sunday, 27/08/2017, Cyberbullying: 'Girls' lives can be ripped apart by angry boys who can't have them’

-Journal.ie-

, 09/11/2020, Wellness: ‘Young people have suffered so much this year - they need our support’

Saturday, 14/02/2020, Coronavirus: ‘We're all in this together': How to look after your wellbeing and those around you during the coronavirus outbreak’ Speaking to TheJournal.ie on how to look after your well being and that of others during the covid-19 crisis.

Tuesday, 26/02/2020, Opinion: ‘'The children I meet are often shattered by their social media use'.

Sunday, 13/08/2017, Magazine: 'Bully-Proof Kids'

-Sunday Business Post-

Saturday, 01/09/2017, Irish County Living: 'Bully-Proof'

- Book Reviews-

04/05/2021, Quillette.com; ‘Gaslighting the Concerned Parents of Trans Children—A Psychotherapist’s View’

27/04/2021, Culture; The Standard.co.uk; ‘ Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism by Kathleen Stock review’, Book Review

21/03/2021, Entertainment; ‘Don’t confuse being nice with being good: Jordan Peterson returns with more rules for living’, Book Review