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Creative Wellbeing

Weekly Workshop

Starting 28th January, 2025 

Twelve Tuesday afternoons 2-4pm 

Glasthule, South Co. Dublin

Close to Dart Station, bus routes and parking

Engage with fresh faces, flex creative muscles, discover those you didn't know you had. Participate in gentle writing and other art related exercises. Explore wellbeing creatively.

BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES: creativewellbeingsl@gmail.com.

FEE: €185. Payable in two instalments, if agreed in advance

Deposit €50.00 (Non-Returnable). N.B. Places Limited.

More information: https:/susanlindsayauthor.blogspot.com/ 

Facilitator Susan Lindsay is a retired psychotherapist and the author of four books. Her poetry, essays & creative non-fiction have been published in journals & anthologies. She facilitates Conversations inspired by poetry at festivals and in the community. 

It's never too late to discover meaningful creative activity & the benefits of flow

Shadow Side and the Artist’s Escape

MTU Cork School of Music onUnion Quay is hosting a unique exhibition of paintings by artist Marie Bryan from 8^th January 2025 to 4^th February 2025.

Launching on Wednesday, 8^th January at 6pm, Shadow Side and the Artist’s Escape is a collection of twelve acrylic paintings, created during Summer 2024.

In a personal exploration of artistic expression, Marie investigates her reaction, as an artist, to severe trauma. Painting at a time when she was undergoing trauma therapy, she found herself tackling her difficult subjects indirectly, creating metaphorical paintings which seem surreal.

“I respond to adversity with fun, invented antidotes. I exemplify my escapism, on canvas. I note that artistic escapism has always been my coping mechanism. My imaginative, metaphorical paintings illustrate the dream world that I love”.

A native of Cork, Marie Bryan is a student of Fine Art at MTU Crawford College of Art and Design. Her collection of portraits of residents of Cork Simon Community is currently touring the Cork City Libraries. New to art, she left careers in dairy farming and the civil service, following the death of her husband. She is a survivor of severe childhood trauma.

Further information:
marie.mar.bryan@gmail.com
Marie Bryan 085 2285710

I would like to bring to your attention an upcoming Mindfulness 8 week training course commencing on January 15th.This is an online course. It is facilitated by Dr.Sheena Burke, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and supported Dr Teresa Crawford Psychologist in Education, Social work and Health. 

This course is considered the gold standard of mindfulness interventions based on a number of studies. It was developed by Dr Jon Kabbit-Zinn and is informed by neuroscience, psychology and educational methods that emphasise experiential, group and discovery learning. Taking part in this programme gives people the opportunity to develop a personalised mindfulness practice, with the support of a small-group setting over 8 weeks (+1 day). The curriculum has been widely researched and yielded significant health benefits for people, physically and psychologically.

The following link details programme content, dates fees etc.

https://www.discoveringmindfulness.ie/mbsr/

One Year Postgraduate Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy

We are delighted to announce Ireland’s First Postgraduate Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy

Are you a psychotherapist looking to expand your expertise in relationship dynamics? Our Postgraduate Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy offers a comprehensive, integrative approach designed for those eager to work with diverse relationship challenges, from intimate partnerships to non-monogamous relationships, family dynamics, and professional partnerships.

Why Choose This Diploma?

• In-Depth Curriculum: Covering 10 modules, including ethical considerations, communication skills, cultural diversity, sex, infidelity and betrayal, neurodiversity, and working with diverse relationship structures.
• 110 Hours of IACP-approved CPD Certificate
• Meets Professional Standards: Designed to meet the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society’s (NCPS) recommended training standards in the UK.

• Practical Application: Gain hands-on skills through engaging lectures, live demonstrations, video analysis, case discussions, role-play/skill-building exercises, and supervised client hours, designed to equip you for real-world scenarios.
• Blended Learning Format: Combines online and in-person modules to offer flexibility while ensuring deep engagement with peers and lecturers.
• Self-Awareness & Reflexivity Development: Enhance your practice with a focus on self-awareness, managing personal biases, and maintaining therapeutic boundaries.
• Expert Faculty: Led by experienced lecturers with extensive clinical and academic backgrounds in relationship therapy.

Course Duration: One Year (April 2025 – March 2026)
Participants Limit: Maximum of 20 participants

Eligibility Criteria 

This programme is open to therapists who have successfully completed a core psychotherapy or counselling psychology training course and are accredited with an accrediting body such as IAHIP, IACP, BACP, PSI, or equivalent. A minimum of two years of post-qualification work is a prerequisite.

Information Evening: Join us Thursday, 9th January 2025 at 7PM - 8.30PM via Zoom to meet our faculty, explore the curriculum, and discover how this transformative diploma can elevate your career.

Learn More & Register for the Information Evening: Click here>>> 

View Diploma Prospect us Here: Click here>>>

Take the next step in your professional development and become a leader in relationship psychotherapy.

Introduction to Perinatal Mental Health CPD Training

The Perinatal Mental Health Institute Has a NEW Training!

Introduction to Perinatal Mental Health (7 CDP Credits)
Jan 13^th 9am - 5pm

ONLY €99

Are you interested in knowing more about the impact of the transition to parenthood on our mental health? Perhaps you are seeing more parents showing up in your office? Or would like to provide more knowledgeable care to your perinatal clients? Maybe you are working with mothers, partners and parents in the transition to parenthood and want more information about how to support them. There is such a desperate need for well-trained providers who can support the perinatal period and this full day training is a great way to fill your toolbox! No previous perinatal experience needed.

The Perinatal Mental Health Institute is delighted to offer afull day (9am to 5pm), 7 CPD, online training providing a board scope of understanding of the mental health challenges that can arise through the perinatal period (conception through 1 year postpartum). Following completion of the course learners will be able to demonstrate a clear and confident understanding of:

• The scope of the perinatal period.
• A clear understanding of healthy Matrescence.
• An ability to recognize Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) and their symptomology and be able to differentiate between different PMADs; including Baby Blues, Anxiety, Depression, OCD, Psychosis, Mania, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Adjustment Disorder.
• Suicidality within the perinatal period
• Mental health challenges in partners during the perinatal period.
• Risk and protective factors associated with the development of mental health complications within the perinatal period.
• Awareness of evidence based screening tools and assessments in the perinatal period.
• Prevalence, risk factors, symptoms and common presentations of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• Competency in the application of learned skills through peer consultation and case studies

This course has been internationally recognized for 7 CDP credits through the CPD Standards Office and is an approved training with Postpartum Support International

Course Structure

• The training takes place via Zoom on January 13^th, 2025 from 9am to 5pm with the following schedule:

9am to 10:30am – Introduction and Matrescence

10:30am- 10:45am – Coffee Break

10:45am to 12:30pm – Perinatal Anxiety and Depression

12:30pm-1:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm to 3pm – Perinatal Trauma, Mania and Psychosis

3pm – 3:15pm – Coffee Break

3:15pm to 5pm – Special Considerations, Effective Screening and Case Studies

• This course is limited to 20 participants to promote an intimate learning environment that ensures community building and deep understanding.
• Cost is €99
• Participants receive 7 CPD credits with a certificate at the end of the course

To register for the course: Click here>>> 

Check out other PMHI Trainings here: Click here>>> 

About the Instructor:

Rebecca Reddin is the Founder of The Perinatal Mental Health Institute. As a PSI Chartered Psychologist and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist with Postpartum Support International, she is passionate about the creating in-depth, powerful, and evidence based trainings that explored the complexities of the transition to parenthood; including everything from the expected clunkiness of Matrescence, to the intense impact of PMADs and everything in between. Rebecca has been working with the perinatal population since 2010 in both impatient and private practice settings and has a wealth of knowledge on how to care for this population. Rebecca received similar training in the US and is excited to bring this depth of training here. Rebecca has provided digital and in person trainings for small groups, families, mental health professionals and Fortune 500 companies through her role as a Psychology Specialist and Trainer throughout her career.

For more information about The Perinatal Mental Health Institute:

https://www.perinatalmentalhealthinstitute.com/home

Have questions? Contact Rebecca: Rebecca@perinatalmentalhealthinstitute.com

Dear pre-accredited and accredited fellow professionals,

This is an invitation to contact. Are you interested in joining an experiential supervision group ? These groups are found to be “great support”, “places to connect with and feel a belonging”. giving “valuable perspectives from other group members” and are “carefully contracted spaces”.

Vacancies exist in two groups. The first will be new, with the first meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday 28th January at 7pm, the other at 830am, on Friday 24th January.

Delivery will be on-line, with eleven meetings per year. My fee is 60 euros per person for each two hour session.

In line with common accreditation criteria set by IAHIP and IACP, groups will have a maximum of four members.

Assessment reports and re-accreditation applications will be included.

I, Jim FitzGibbon, will be the facilitator. I’m a gestalt psychotherapist and an accredited supervisor with IAHIP. In 2022, I completed further supervision training for supervisors at the Gestalt Institute at HCC Italy.

I am an associate member of the European Association of Gestalt Therapists. If you are interested please contact me at jamesfitzgibbon57@gmail.com.

Supervision Group: Psychodynamic & Systemic Approach

Dr. Evelyn P. Gilmore

January, 2025 to November, 2025.

Group Supervision

This group provides an opportunity for change agents, organisational consultants, group facilitators and executive coaches tobe supported in their work through a small group supervision process. This supervision group will also be pertinent for managers, training and development professionals, human resource professionals, health care professionals and allied professionals who are supporting and developing others through change. The group supervision provides a space for group participants to reflect on their work with individuals, to reflect on their work with groups and/or to reflect on their internal / external organisational consultancy projects.

The group will be facilitated from a psychodynamic and systemic perspective. When working from a psychodynamic perspective, feelings and thoughts that operate below the surface are sometimes brought to the surface so that they can be better understood and worked through. In addition, coaches and consultants who operate in an organisational system or who work with clients within organisations can gain new insights into the complexity of their environments and the various systemic elements that may be impacting on them and/or their clients.

Supervisor: Dr. Evelyn P. Gilmore B.A., M.Sc., Prof. D., C. Psychol. Ps.S.I., M.I.A.H.I.P.

Evelyn is a consultant work & organisational psychologist, an accredited psychotherapist, a business and executive coach, a coach trainer and a supervisor of coaches and organisational consultants. She has an honours degree in psychology from national university of Ireland, Galway, and a first class honours masters in work and organisational psychology from Dublin City University. She has received a Tavistock Qualification in Consulting from the Tavistock in London, and has completed a Professional Doctorate in Consultation and the Organisation with the Tavistock, accredited by the University of Essex. Evelyn has worked at a senior level with world class organisations, and her current clients include individuals, groups and organisations from both the public, private and voluntary sector. In addition, she has lectured on organisational change to masters students in the department of management in the University of Galway, and has been a visiting lecturer to doctorate students in the Tavistock in London.

Dates and Times

Friday, 17^th January, 2025. 9.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

Friday, 21^st March, 2025. 9.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

Friday, 16^th May, 2025. 9.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

Friday, 19^th September, 2025. 9.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

Friday, 7^th November, 2025. 9.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.

There will be a 20 minutes coffee break mid-morning.

Programme On Zoom and Cost

The group supervision will be held on zoom.The total cost of the Group Supervision for the year is €1,400plus VAT of 23% per person. This amounts to a total of €1,722.00 per person.

The Supervision fee can be paid in two instalments. The first instalment / booking deposit of €861 (€700 plus €161 VAT)will be paid on acceptance of the place in the supervision group. The balance of €861(€700 plus €161 VAT) is payable on or before the 16^th May, 2025.

Reservation Details

The numbers are limited to six participants in the Group.

If you are interested in reserving a place in the supervision group, please contact Evelyn P. Gilmore. Telephone Evelyn on 087 – 7944048. Alternatively, you can contact Evelyn by e-mail on evelyngilmore15@gmail.com

Irish Society of Jungian Analysts

in conjunction with the
Irish Analytical Psychology Association
Presents live on Zoom

Thursday, 5^th December 2024: 19:30–21:00 (Irish time)

Listening to the Call of the Self in the Ecological Crisis:

A Psychecological Approach

Brigitte EggerJungian Analyst

1 - Light pollution: energy wasted in projection blinds us to the starry sky (nasa.gov).
2 - Starry sky of the Milky Way: inspires us to reflect (eso.org).

Listening to the call of the self is nowadays summoned not only by an inner, personal soul need, but by the very outer ecological crisis. Remarkably indeed, the ecological ‘sufficiency’ response required by the outer crisis, mirrors many elements of traditional spiritual practices and even religious vows. The ecological crisis is a psychic crisis for it reveals a deficient worldview, a loss of rootedness in the larger dimension.  Both crises call for the revivifying of our mystical relationship to earth and soul. The symbolic analysis of ecological (and societal) issues, taken as symptoms, reveals in word images the unlived soul life of our time.  These images can help develop a more deeply grounded perspective for this doubly needed turnaround. Light pollution will serve us as example, with the twofold question: where would it be meaningful to bring light into darkness, and where to treasure the creative power of darkness. 

Brigitte Egger is a Jungian training and supervising analyst (ISAP, Zurich), as well as an ecologist (Dr.sc.nat.ETH). Her research explores the psychic and symbolic dimensions of ecological issues. She works at introducing this healing perspective into practical environment protection, thus building up the field of psychecology. She shares this engagement with her husband Luca Vetterli, a committed environmentalist. She further likes to work out the biological roots of psychic phenomena, is interested in creativity at large and in creative ways to communicate depth psychological insights. And, she loves Dante.

Visit Eventbrite for further Information & Booking Details:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/listening-to-the-call-of-the-self-in-the-ecological-crisis-tickets-1076526081489

Registration closes on Wednesday, 4^th December@ 18:00

Admission: €22.42 / Students: €17.07
Booking is via Eventbrite only

This event will be recorded, and the link will be available for 2 weeks for the personal viewing of registered participants only.

General enquiries, please contact Nola at
isja.events@gmail.com

5-day training in how to read and work with the body in psychotherapy:

Day 1: (am) The Body and Attachment; (pm) The Body and Character Structures.

Day 2: The Body and Trauma.

Day 3: (am) Reading the Body; (pm) The Body and Awareness: Focusing.

Day 4: (am) The Body and Expression – Gestalt; (pm) The Body and Shame.

Day 5: The Body as Archetype – Object Relations.

Dates:
Saturdays: (2025) February 8, March 8, April 5, May 10, June 14.

Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm. Cost: 600 euros.

Venue: Avila Carmelite Centre, Bloomfield Avenue, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

For enquiries or bookings, call Thomas Larkin MA, MIAHIP,
on 085 7283697. Or Email: info@thomaslarkin.ie.

Details at www.thomaslarkin.ie

Healing Early Developmental Trauma
Dr. Stephen Terrell with guest interviewer Dr. Tony Bates

This 1-day workshop will introduce participants to the theory and practice of Transforming Touch®.

What is Transforming Touch®?

Transforming Touch® is a regulation focused therapy, that uses safe touch to heal and repair early developmental trauma in children, adolescents & adults. It was devised by Dr. Stephen Terrell and works with a 7-point protocol to build attachment and somatic trust in the body. Over time enhancements & the integration of primitive reflexes are incorporated. The practitioner meets the client exactly where they are with presence, regulation and compassion, allowing them to open to the possibility of healing. It’s a relational, non-pathologising approach that is profoundly healing at a nervous system level. It brings together several disciplines including Attachment Theory, Neuroscience, Child Development Theory, Trauma & Somatics.

Workshop Description – What is covered?

This workshop will give learners an overview of how Transforming Touch® is delivered and

the power of therapeutic touch in healing early trauma.

The program for the day will include the following:

Lectures & practical teaching

A Conversation between Dr. Stephen Terrell, Psychologist and Psychotherapist & Dr. Tony Bates, Clinical Psychologist & mindfulness practitioner. Come and hear Dr. Terrell’s own story and how the modality developed over time. Be present for what promises to be an interesting exchange between two stalwarts of mental health healing & innovation.

A live demonstration of Transforming Touch®. Witness for yourself the depth & power of this approach, as Dr. Terrell applies the principles of Transforming Touch® in a live demo. 

A panel discussion between a variety of Irish professionals who are already integrating this ground-breaking modality into their work.

Q&A - During the day, there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions with a focus on interactive & participative learning, drawing on everyone’s experience.

This workshop also serves as an introduction to the Transforming Touch® Practitioner Training beginning in 2025 at the Avila Carmelite Centre, Dublin.

September 25-28 2025 - Module 1
January 22-25 2026 - Module 2
April 30 - May 3 2026 - Module 3

Who is Dr. Stephen Terrell?

Dr. Terrell is a leading expert in the field of Developmental Trauma and Adoption and is recognised worldwide for his work in this area. He is based near Austin Texas in the US and regularly visits Ireland to provide training in Transforming Touch® & to support practitioners who are already using the work. He is co-author of the book ‘Nurturing Resilience’ with Kathy L. Kain. In this book, they draw on fifty years of their combined clinical and teaching experience to provide a clear road map for understanding & working with the complexities of early trauma and its related symptoms. Dr. Terrell advocates moving from a symptom-led framework & diagnostics to acknowledging every client’s presentation as normal, based on what they have experienced.

Who is Dr. Tony Bates?

Dr. Bates is a renowned clinical psychologist. Formerly the head of the Department of Psychology at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, he established the MSc in Cognitive Psychotherapy at Trinity College Dublin and founded Jigsaw, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health. He was made honorary Professor of Psychology in UCD in September 2018 as a tribute to his contribution to the field. He trained as a mindfulness teacher in University of North Wales, Bangor in 2001 and has been active since in disseminating Mindfulness in Ireland. He regularly appears on the Brendan O’Connor Show on RTÉ Radio 1 and is a published author. In his recently published book  ‘Breaking the Heart Open’, he describes how his childhood trauma impacted his life & informed the direction of his work and his philosophy as a psychologist.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is open to all healing professionals that would like to know more about Transforming Touch® & how to work with early developmental trauma. This includes but is not limited to:

• Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Social Workers, Art or Music Therapists
• Psychiatrists, Medical Doctors, Registered Nurses, Chiropractors, Allied Health Professionals, Occupational Therapists.
• Body Workers, Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists, Cranial Sacral Therapists
• Somatic therapists – having attended Somatic Experiencing Training, Sensory Motor Training, Hakomi Training, or a Somatic Training Program, Touch Skills for Therapists, or Somatic Resilience and Regulation

Purchase tickets from Ticket Tailor

Course Details

DURATION: 1 Day    DATE: January 8th 2025

TIMETABLE: Wednesday 10am to 4.30 pm 

Registration open from 9.30am

VENUE: Avila Carmelite Centre, Bloomfield Avenue, Donnybrook Dublin 4

FEES 

Full Price: €150 including lunch.

Early Bird Price: €125 for tickets purchased before November 8th 2024.

For more information please contact:

Yvonne Cunningham 
Educational Psychologist, Integrative Psychotherapist, SEP, TTP 
yvonnecunn@icloud.com / 089 2509415.

Róisín Sweeney, 
Speech & Language Therapist, SEP, TTP 
roisinmaoil@hotmail.com / 087 9160919