About me

Caroline lives in Cork with two demanding sausage dogs, Jolene and Sigrit, who are the most joyful cartoon menaces.

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Caroline’s current work includes being a contributor for RTE Lifestyle, writing a weekly relationship column for Weekend Magazine at the Irish Independent, and being Sexual Violence Manager at a third-level university. She has written her first book, Wrong Women, and is currently working on the next three books clamouring to get out of her brain and on to the page.

She is also neurodivergent and a survivor of sexual and domestic violence. Her life's work has been to build a safer world for all, and to make sure that sexual and domestic violence is stamped out.

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Her Educational Qualifications include:

★ PhD in Sexuality Studies at DCU, looking at the experiences of violence as reported by female porn performers.

★ MA in Sexuality Studies at DCU

★ Higher Diploma in Arts in Psychoanalytic Studies at DBS

★ SAfEE Campaigners Stalking Awareness certificate, St Mary’s College, UK

★ Sexual Consent Promotion Skills and Practice, Active* Consent at University of Galway

★ Postgraduate certificate in Cyber psychology at IADT

★ BA in Social Science at UCD

MEDIA

Features and Appearances

She has been featured in Cosmopolitan, IMAGE, Irish Independent, Hot Press, Irish Examiner, Irish Times, Newsweek, Metro, GQ, her.ie, Irish Country Woman, Irish Mirror, Stellar, Stylist, Bustle, Refinery 29, The Journal, Sunday Business Post, Dublin Inquirer, Vice, Glamour, Irish Tatler, Daily Mail, Irish Sun, U, GCN, and more.

Radio appearances include Newstalk, RTE, Today FM, East Coast FM, Corks 96fm, Beat 102-103, Tipp FM, 98FM, multiple BBC regional stations, and more. TV appearances include Ireland AM, The Tonight Show, Elaine, RTE Primetime, Tonight with Pat Kenny, Claire Byrne Live, as well as multiple podcasts such as The 2 Johnnies.

Featured in:

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Work Experience

She started volunteering at age 16 with older people through ALONE, and continued to work in social care. Since then, she has worked in residential children’s homes, homeless shelters for adults and children, domestic violence refuges, and consent education in third-level. She has also been a sexpert for evoke.ie, Bumble’s Sex and Relationship expert for the UK and Ireland, and worked as an independent sex educator with adults.

Academia

Academically, she has lectured at Dublin City University, University of Galway, International Business School, Open College, Institute of Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, as well as presenting and guest lecturing at conferences in Ireland, Thailand, Germany, and Los Angeles.

Dr Caroline West is an author, relationship columnist, media commentator, podcast host, and a sexual violence response manager at a university

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