Classifieds

You are invited to take part in a study entitled “Psychotherapy and a Mindfulness Meditation practice - An Interoperative Phenomenological Analysis of the Psychotherapists Experience” as part of my Masters of Psychotherapy at Dublin City University (DCU).

This study intends to explore psychotherapists’ experience of practicing both mindfulness meditation and working psychotherapeutically to see how the two interact. The study is interested in those who have specifically developed their meditation practice through participation in at least one 10 Vipassana Meditation retreat. This is to ensure there is some embodied understanding of the insight meditation technique. The participant must also identify as maintaining a personal mindfulness meditation practice, though this need not mirror identically the Vipassana meditation practice.

Interviews will last 45mins to an hour and will explore the psychotherapists experience of the psychotherapeutic process. With a specific focus on how their experience of mind, body and relationship may have been shaped by their meditation practice. Those interested in participating can also receive the interview questions before committing to ensure they are comfortable exploring the relevant topics. No experience is right or wrong, and rather the study is interested in the unique qualities of each individual account.

You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a qualified and actively practicing psychotherapist and maintain a mindfulness’s meditation practice alongside your work.

Interview scan be held in the Healthy Living Centre in DCU or through the Zoom platform depending on your preference. Your participation in this study will be completely voluntary and will be entitled to withdraw at any stage up until submission.

Please reach out if you would like to participate, or just hear more about this study.

I can be reached on 083 399 1363 or karen.pierce7@mail.dcu.ie.

Steps: A Journey of Growth(A 24 week Personal Development Course)

Do you feel your client may benefit from a personal development course? If the answer is yes, please inform them of this upcoming course please.

Steps: A Journey of Growth is a 24-week Personal Development Course where people come together to share their own stories, listen to, and learn from others, explore possibilities and wonder why they often find themselves back in the same or similar awkward situations. This is an experientially based, humanistic and integrative course.

The course will run in Cork on Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm to 9.30pm, starting on October 4th and ending on March 27th 2024.

No previous experience of personal work is needed for this course.

Check our website: www.stepsajourneyofgrowth.com

Or email: stepsajourneyofgrowth@gmail.com

 Are you interested in Ecotherapy? Are you curious about how you could create a healing path for you and your clients with nature?

Then look no further and take a road less travelled with Joanne Hanahan. Joanne has been practising, researching, delivering talks and workshops in the area of Ecotherapy for almost a decade now. The next offering of her popular Ecotherapy workshops is a 3-day workshop being held in the great outdoors in Co Clare.

This unique workshop will provide theory, practical tips, and time to reflect on your own ecological mindset and relationship with the natural world. It will also provide you with many tools to begin to develop your own Ecotherapy practice including, should you wish, working outdoors with your clients. This promises to be a truly nourishing and growthful experience for you, both personally and professionally.

Based in The Glen in the grounds of the Falls Hotel in Ennistymon and at Joanne’s therapy room and garden in Liscannor in Co Clare, the CPD workshop will run from Friday morning Sept 22nd to Sunday afternoon Sept 24th and will provide 16.5 hours CPD.

Course Structure

Fri. 22nd Sept. at The Glen Ennistymon - 11:00 - 18:00
(Meet at 10:30 with Tea/Coffee & Scones included)

Sat. 23rd Sept. at The Glen Ennistymon - 11:00 - 17:00

Sun. 24th Sept. at my Therapy Garden, Liscannor - 09:30-15:00

Venues

The Glen, Ennistymon, Co. Clare (Next to the Falls Hotel)

My Therapy Room & Garden, Liscannor, Co. Clare

Those who may benefit from this CPD include Psychotherapists, Health, Education, Social Work/Care professionals and a variety of others who hope to increase conscious awareness of nature in their work with others.

This course always books out quickly, so take the first step now by signing up via the expression of interest link https://forms.office.com/r/zqHvt9if0q

or Contact Joanne by email at joannepsychotherapy@gmail.com

Joanne Hanrahan Bio

Joanne Hanrahan is an IAHIP accredited Psychotherapist and Supervisor in private practice in Co Clare. She is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) so works through a trauma informed lens and very much includes the body and movement in her practice. Joanne is passionate about including place in her approach to therapy, and completed her M.Sc. thesis on the topic of psychotherapy and the natural world. She has delivered numerous workshops, and written about, ecotherapy and finding a healing path with nature.

More details, including feedback on previous workshops, can be found on www.joannehanrahan.ie

THERAPY ROOMS AVAILABLE TO SHARE

Cork City Centre

Interested? Phone Mary on 087 797 0804

Rooms for Rent - The Dun Laoghaire Therapy Centre

Are you looking for beautiful, inviting, comfortable and peaceful rooms to welcome your clients? Would you like to join our Collective? The newly renovated Dún Laoghaire Therapy Centre is now renting therapy space to therapists and wellbeing practitioners in the heart of the town.

We rent on a 4hourly slot basis: 9am-1pm, 1pm-5pm and 5pm-9pm. We do have some flexibility around these times so if you are interested please get in touch with us. We offer temporary sessional hourly rental to therapists who take a slot with us. Our license/lease is flexible with very short notice is required to end contracts. Rates are less than €15 per hour.

We are a fully alarmed centre with the security of a camera intercom/buzzer system, monitored panic buttons in each therapy room, fully fire regulated (alarmed and monitored), waiting room, bathrooms, kitchenette and wi-fi throughout. Our rooms are beautifully furnished and warmly lit and have been purpose designed for therapists and clients in any wellbeing/therapeutic profession. It is a space to work, network and grow your practice.

We offer:

• a safe place to work
• a fully furnished, newly renovated space with comfortable furniture and lighting as well as beautiful planting and artwork on the walls 
• the use of the centre’s postal address for all of your business requirements
• bio and profile picture and event advertisement on our site and across social (no extra charge)
• referrals
• competitive rents (bills and rates included)
• easy-end contracts
• full wi-fi access 
• centrally located with easy access for clients
• fully serviced rooms 
• access all year long 

If you would like to find out more, please contact us today info@dunlaoghairetherapycentre.ie

Dun Laoghaire Therapy Centre, First Floor, 98 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 R282 www.dunlaoghairetherapycentre.ie / info@dunlaoghairetherapycentre.ie

QQI Level 9 Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

This innovative part-time programme in validated by QQI.

Introduction

Our one-year Level 9 QQI Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education is now accepting applications for the September 2023 intake. The aim of this programme is to equip you with an up-to-date, cutting edge training in teaching and learning in a higher education setting. It strives to provide learners with teaching and learning specific knowledge, skills, and competencies so that they can best support students within their own discipline teaching. The Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is an innovative programme with a focus on pedagogical excellence. This programme aims to prepare discipline specific experts to teach in their own subject area in a higher education setting. It is suitable for those who wish to move into a teaching role or for those who currently teach at third level who wish to expand their knowledge, skills and competencies in teaching and learning.

Who Should Apply

This programme is ideal for those who are currently working in Higher Education settings or who wish to work in Higher Education settings.

Entry Requirements

• A recognised undergraduate degree, issued at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
• Those with a level 7 Degree, with substantial professional experience may be considered under our recognition of prior learning and experience policy.
• If English is your second language you are required to submit an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) cert at Level 6, or equivalent.

Minimum Technological Requirements

You will need to have:

• Access to a stable internet connection with a minimum download speed of 1.5Mbps.
• A desktop computer or laptop that can use zoom.
• A webcam and microphone
• A web browser
• Microsoft Word

Overview

The programme is delivered through blended learning. It rotates between online and onsite teaching inputs. Online classes are delivered in our Tallaght Campus, and our online classes are run as tutorials that involve students and their lecturers logging into our online portal Zoom™ simultaneously. Learners have the option of attending on a mix of Wednesday evenings online and a small number of onsite Wednesdays and Saturdays.

• Award: The Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education is validated by QQI at Level 9 on the NFQ
• Starting: September 2023.
• Duration: One year programme delivered on a part time basis.
• Application Fee: €75 (non-refundable)
• Annual Fees:€1,950.00

For further information call IICP College on 087 905 5330 or book online at www.iicp.ie

or contact:

Triona Kearns
Vice President & Registrar
086 0499154 or triona@iicp.ie

Dr. Marcella Finnerty
College President
086 2609989 or marcella@iicp.ie

TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS 101

Would you like to know more about who you are, why you behave in certain ways and how you have learned to get on in the world? Transactional Analysis provides insights into all of these areas, and what it means to be Human in a world full of other Humans.

Join experienced Psychotherapist, bestselling author Win and coach Jason Brennan Home for a two day certified and globally recognised TA 101 course. This certified course is open to anyone interested in personal growth and development and learning more about themselves and the relationships they are in. It is also ideally suited to anyone working in the caring profession, leading teams and wanting to improve how they are relating with others.

‘I am a Certified Transactional Analyst having achieved my CTA in 2016. I completed my own TA 101 way back in 2001 and along with having a BA in Psychoanalysis and a Certificate in Theology and Philosophy, TA has become my passion and my go to when working with others. I am thrilled to be back in my home country teaching this wonderful 101 certificate course’ 

Length: 12 hours

CPD: 12 hours

Time: 9am – 6pm (in person) or virtually over six 2-hour evening sessions – 7pm to 9pm

Dates:

In person: Dublin, Malahide Nov Sat 18th & Sunday 19th

Virtual via zoom: Nov Wednesday 15th, 22nd, 29th, Dec 6th, 13th and 20th

Minimum 10 attendees

Additional workshops will be put on based on demand.

Cost: €280

Accreditation: This course is officially recognised by EATA – the European Association for Transactional Analysis, and ITAA – the International Transactional Analysis Association. Upon completion of this course, you will receive the TA 101 certificate, which is the initial basic requirement if you wish to go on and train as a TA practitioner.

To book your place fill out this form Contact

Contact: If you have any questions and want to know more, please reach out to: jason@thinkwell-ireland.com +353 89 612 7812

Working with the Body in Therapy

- Introductory Training Modules 2023

LifeChange Psychotherapy is providing a series of Introductory Integrative Bodywork Training Modules for therapists interested in developing and specialising in bodywork, bioenergetics and body process awareness and tracking for their client-work.

Sept/Nov modules now full. Final places only on October 21st Introductory Training Module:

• Experiential and practice-based modules with practical skills and tools, incl. core theory and framing. Max 8 participants per module.
• Focus on bioenergetics, bodywork and breathwork (Reichian Breathwork, Lowen Bioenergetics)
• Character structure / dynamics based (Reich, Lowen, Johnson, Kessler)
• Includes integration with other humanistic, integrative frameworks such as Relational Gestalt, Person-Centred Therapy and Trauma-based work (Ogden, Rothschild, Van Der Kolk)
• Therapeutic interventions and techniques for deeper integrative work with clients

Training Module Dates 2023:

Sat 23rd September; Sat 21st October; Sat 25th November (Choose 1 date/option)

Time: 9.30am-4.30pm | Cost: €120 per day module | CPD Points: 6

Following participation in any one of these introductory day-modules, you may apply for the next 1^st level course (8 modules / 4 weekends) commencing Jan-May 2024.

For more details & how to apply click here: www.lifechange.ie/training

Email: training@lifechange.ie | Ph: 01 661 2220

About the Facilitator:

Brian Gillen is an experienced Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor, specialising for over ten years in Bodywork and Body-based Psychotherapy as a practitioner and trainer. He is a Core Trainer and Lecturer on the MA Psychotherapy Programme at Dublin Business School. He is also Director and Founder of LifeChange Psychotherapy & Counselling and Body Psychotherapy Ireland. He holds a Masters Degree in Psychotherapy and has trained with the IPP and abroad in various Bodywork, Biodynamic and Bioenergetic approaches to therapy. He is a long-standing member of IAHIP, ICP and inaugural Chair of CORU’s Counselling & Psychotherapy Registration Board.

We have reached almost epidemic proportions of teenagers crippled with anxiety, many who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. These young people are struggling to attend school and navigate the social landscape. They exhibit all manner of anxiety symptoms including panic attacks, OCD, rigid eating and exercise patterns, overthinking and dreading the future. Gender diversity has also become a feature of contemporary adolescence for many, and there has been a sharp rise in the number of adolescents whose experience of their gender journey is figural through the teenage years.

Helping professionals struggle with knowing how to effectively support adolescents whose presentation is often entrenched. Many parents are also at a loss and looking to the therapist for answers and strategies.

Join Bronagh Starrs, internationally renowned consultant adolescent psychotherapist, for this workshop for psychotherapists and counsellors. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of these presentations in adolescence, illuminating the mindset of the inhibitive teenager. A trove of effective strategies for both the adolescent and parents will be presented.

• Absolute Hotel, Limerick 12 & 13 October 2023

• Zestlife Dundrum, Dublin 16 & 17 November 2023
  

• Knock, Co. Mayo 02 & 03 October 2023
  
  

WORKSHOP FEE: €340 12 CPD POINTS AVAILABLE

If you would like to book a place on the training programme, please register your interest via email to Bronagh and forward payment via PayPal to confirm your place. You will require the email address bronaghstarrs@gmail.com to complete the transaction. Please get in touch directly if your organisation requires invoicing and an alternative payment method.

About The Presenter: Bronagh Starrs is Programme Director for the M.Sc. Adolescent Psychotherapy in Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre in partnership with University of Northampton and Founder & Director of Blackfort Adolescent Gestalt Institute. She maintains a private practice in Omagh, Northern Ireland, as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, writer and trainer, specialising in working with adolescents, emerging adults and their families. Bronagh is an adolescent development specialist and has considerable experience as a trainer in adolescent development and therapy throughout Ireland. She also teaches and presents internationally on the developmental implication of trauma on the adolescent journey.

Her first publication, Adolescent Psychotherapy - A Radical Relational Approach (Routledge, London) was received international acclaim. Bronagh’s second book Adolescent Configuration Styles, Parenting and Psychotherapy – A Relational Perspective is due for publication in December 2023.

‘THE HERO’S JOURNEY’

Seven-Day Residential Experiential Workshop
with Members of
The Fool’s Dance Gestalt Company – Paul Rebillot Group in Ireland

OCTOBER 28TH – NOVEMBER 3RD 2023

Slí An Chroí, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow

Do you have a sense that there could be more to life than the way that you are living now? Do you experience a yearning for further transformation?

‘The Hero’s Journey’ workshop gives us a chance to listen to that call from our deepest self. The Hero, in Paul Rebillot’s vision, is the potential within every human being to respond to that call, that challenge.

The late Paul Rebillot’s classic ‘Hero’s Journey’ workshop – based on the pattern of the universal ‘monomyth’ described by Joseph Campbell – is an exciting group structure involving a rich combination of Gestalt process and group-work with elements of myth, theatre, ritual, music, image-making and movement.

We discover the Hero within us and – having heard a Call to Adventure – we set off with her or him on a journey of exploration through our inner world.

On the journey, our Heroic Self encounters our inner Demon of Resistance. There is a confrontation between these two aspects of ourselves, an ordeal, a resolution and an integration. Returning to the world of the everyday, we explore how this inner transformation can continue to work in our lives beyond the workshop.

What previous participants said about ‘The Hero’s Journey’:

“A deep, embodied experience that is truly life-changing.”

“Honest, and well-guided journey into the unknown with skilled practitioners.”

“Very, very helpful. I’m not sure that I could have found what I was seeking without this space. Very full, and full of surprises.”

This week-long workshop offers a creative opportunity for personal growth and expansion. We invite you to experience the joy of connection with yourself and others in the beautiful surrounds of Slí an Chroí.

Further details about the workshop process: http://foolsdancegestaltcompany.ie/workshops/the-herosjourney/

To apply for a place: http://foolsdancegestaltcompany.ie/next-workshop/ Places are limited – book early to avoid disappointment.