From Shame to Honour

An experiential personal development workshop

Shame resides in the core of our being and because of its hidden nature often gets overlooked within therapeutic processes. It is at the heart of most trauma, addiction and behavioural dysfunctions and requires deeper therapeutic examination in order to uncover and heal it.

For this examination this workshop will explore in depth the many facets that perpetuate shame. The work employs Gestalt techniques. Gestalt is primarily a creative, emotional process incorporating body processes, art, music, ritual and expression.

Dates: 25th & 26th May 2024

Venue: De La Salle Retreat Centre, Elderfield, Castletown, Co. Laois, R32 N6D8

Cost: €300

Accommodation extra, available on request

For further details contact:

Barbara O’ Connell, 086 387 1477
barbararoconnell@gmail.com

Alan Hackett, 087 747 4421
alanhackett@gmail.com

Facilitators

Both facilitators are experienced practitioners, trained experientially within a humanistic and integrative framework. Our understanding of humanistic and integrative practice is that it emphasises the selfregulating nature of individuals and the responsibility that they hold for themselves and reinforces the ability of individuals to go beyond themselves to release their true nature and potential. Its focus is holistic in that it cherishes individuals as whole entities and focuses on all elements of an individual-body, feelings, intellect, psyche and spirit as well as marrying a variety of techniques and approaches to healing. The emphasis is on experience where relationship is seen as meaningful contact between individuals.

Alan Hackett. MA, BA, MIAHIP. Alan is an experienced, accredited psychotherapist working with adults with a diverse range of presenting issues. He also specialises in working with adolescents and young people. He has experience of facilitating growth promoting groups which include families affected by addiction and also young people in aftercare recovery. He is an experienced advanced process group facilitator and facilitator of experiential personal development workshops. He has a keen interest in all things attachment related, and in particular relational and developmental trauma. He has a variety of pertinent trainings undertaken in this area and continues to add to his knowledge base. Alan is currently also a Clinical Supervisor in training.

Barbara O’ Connell. MA, BA, MIAHIP, ECP. Barbara is an experienced, accredited psychotherapist who works with a variety of presenting issues with both individuals and couples. She is also an accredited supervisor working with individuals and groups. Barbara has extensive experience in working with groups of all levels and abilities. She has facilitated personal development groups with individuals who have physical and sensory disabilities, therapeutic women’s groups with a cohort who have advanced mental health issues as well as 8 years of experience in working within a psychotherapy training context and in cofacilitating advanced therapeutic process groups. She has particular interest in the areas of attachment, neuroscience and trauma and has a variety of relevant trainings in these areas. She has vast experience of producing and co-facilitating experiential personal development workshops with a variety of themes and provides training to psychotherapists in areas primarily related to attachment, trauma and neuroscience.

Some workshop themes include: Core Beliefs; The Hidden Self; Me, Myself and Mother; Father where art thou; From Shame to Honour; Compassion; The Family; The Spontaneous Child.