Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Dr Burke is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. She has authored six books. For more information, please go to www.jolantaburke.com
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