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This supervision conference will offer a range of keynote speeches, masterclass workshops and roundtable discussions, which will be of relevance to counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, social care workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, doctors, teachers and other helping professionals who are providing and receiving clinical supervision

Friday 19th & Saturday 20th May 2023

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Keynote Speeches

Friday 19th May

Dr. Helena Hargaden

Poetry and Metaphor, Literature and Laughter, Right 

and Left Hemispheres of the Brain in Relational Supervision

Saturday 20th May

Professor Elizabeth Holloway

Supervision Passages: Curiosities, Opportunities and Discoveries

Professor Michael Carroll

Making Ethical Decisions in Supervision

Masterclasses

Friday 19th & Saturday 20th (repeated on both days)

Dr. Helena Hargaden

Finding the Words to Say It (from Maria Cardinal)

Professor Elizabeth Holloway

Supervision Essentials for the Systems Approach to Supervision

Professor Michael Carroll

Clinical Reflection – The Heart of Supervision

€100 p/day…€50 p/day student/reduced means…Early Bird €90 p/day (book by 31.3.23)

Mid-morning refreshments & light lunch included

6 hrs of CPD per day…4 PSI CPD points per day (Psychol.Soc.Irl.) Further information is available on our website here

Sexual Violence Counselling Course

Applications now being accepted for our September Course. Due to popular demand, we are running two courses - weekend and midweek

Are you a counsellor or a front-line professional?  We are now accepting applications for our sexual violence training. Closing date for receipt of completed applications for this year’s training is 31st of May 2023.

This year due to demand we are running two courses, one taking place on weekends on the following dates; 16th/17th Sept, 14/15th October, 11/12th November, 2/3rd December, 13/14th January, 2024, 10/11th Feb, 9/10th March, 13/14th April &11/12th May, 2024.  

The second course will be running during week days, we have not set the dates yet but it will be two days midweek once a month over the course of 9 months,  commencing in September and ending in May.  The application form attached asks you to chose your preference for weekend or midweek training and we will do our best to accommodate your first preference. 

Course Content and Brochure – click here

Application Form –  click here

Closing Date - 31st May 2023

For informal enquiries or questions, please email Michelle at michelle.walsh@rapecrisis.ie

I am delighted to tell you that recently I successfully completed a two-year training for experienced gestalt supervisors with Marguerita Spagnuolo Lobb with Jean Robine, Miriam Taylor and Christine Stevens. This took place in the Gestalt Institute of Italy. www.gestaltitaly.com

In my group, first and foremost, I want you to feel well, to feel safe and to feel like interconnecting.

The supervisory process includes:

Clear contracting.

Inclusion and slowing down to support group anxiety.

In the presentation of your clients, attending to the relational dance in the therapeutic relationship;

Attending to how the client makes contact with you; Exploring how you experience of this contact;

Delivery: On line. Fee: 60 euros, payable on the day.

If you feel like it you can chose from meetings held on:

8am Thursday mornings, monthly, for two hours the next one will be on 18th May.
10am Friday morning where the next one will take place on the 19th May.

If you would like to ask me more about this, please call me at 087 755 5680 or email me at jamesfitzgibbon57@gmail.com

Sandspace with Adolescents

The adolescent brings his world to the therapy situation and we, as therapists need to collaboratively, with our adolescent clients, create a framework of meaning which supports the process and purpose of therapy. The guiding principle of this collaborative construction is the client’s meaning-making, which promotes discovery of capability, agency, personal power and connectedness with the interpersonal world. Sandspace is a unique developmental approach to working with adolescents which supports meaning making and self-perception. The sandworld can bring healing and insight, offering a dynamic mode of relating which enriches contact process between aspects of self-experience which are often compartmentalised in the adolescent’s developing awareness. The adolescent’s lifespace and contact boundary development become visible, tangible and three-dimensional in the sand. This dynamic way of working also creates additional richness and depth to therapeutic contact.

During the two days, we will explore theoretical, clinical and practical aspects of Sandspace with adolescents including:

• An introduction to Sandspace
• Initiating Sandspace with adolescent clients
• Gaining practical experience of creating & facilitating Sandspace
• Exploring the healing & transformative potential of Sandspace
• Trauma & Sandspace: silent expression of the unspeakable
• Understanding the richness of symbolic representation for the adolescent

Dates: Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 June 2023
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: ZestLife, Churchtown Dublin 14

Fee: €320
CPD Hours: 12

If you would like to book a place on the training programme, please forward payment via PayPal. You will require the email address bronaghstarrs@gmail.com to complete the transaction. You will then receive a confirmation email with additional information.

About The Presenter:

Bronagh Starrs is Programme Director for the MSc 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) has received international acclaim. Bronagh’s second book is due for publication in 2023.

TRAINING CONFERENCE ABOUT 'Exploring Compulsive Sexual Behaviour ThroughTherapy in Ireland' is aimed at therapists, counsellors, and other professionals. It will deepen your understanding of compulsive sexual behaviour disorder while examining the impact of pornography consumption, perceptions of healthy and unhealthy relationships and more. It will also look at the impact of these issues from a partner’s perspective. This training will enable therapists, counsellors, and other professionals and students in related fields to develop a better understanding of how best to approach topics related to sexual behaviour in their work LOCATION The 2 day conference will be held in the Clayton hotel, Limerick. DATE Friday 26th and Saturday 27th May, 2023. 9-4pm

SCHEDULE  The conference will be held over 2 days, with lunch and refreshments provided on both days. Day 1- (Fri 26th May 2023) Persistent patterns of intense repetitive sexual impulses / urges resulting in repetitive sexual behaviour Day 2- (Sat, 27th May, 2023) Healthy/unhealthy relationships and fantasies along with partner perspectives 09:00 - 09.30: Registration 09.30 - 11:00: Session 1 11:00 - 11:15: Break/Refreshments 11:15 - 13:00: Session 2 13:00 - 14:00: Break (Lunch provided) 14:00 - 16:00: Session 3 BOOKING Tickets cost €200 Early Bird and students rates are available to purchase, along with 1 day only tickets from www.sexualhealthcentre.com or by scanning the QR code below. Certificates and training pack for all attendees.

Combining current trauma research, experiential exercises, skills practice & using a somatic approach, it will explore some of trauma’s neurophysiological aspects, develop familiarity with interventions that address these aspects & aid the practitioner in developing a trauma toolkit.

IACP CPD-Approved Hours: 12

Course Content: The two days will incorporate two trauma models to explore:

• Key components, sources & symptoms of psychological trauma;
• The three stage approach to working with trauma and the therapist’s role in each;
• The importance of regulation and how to use it in therapy;
• Fight/Flight/Freeze/Collapse responses;
• Some dynamics of attachment/developmental trauma;
• Trauma’s brain-body link & relevance of using the body in working with it;
• The importance of the therapeutic relationship using a polyvagal lens

Some stage-specific practical skills and interventions to:

• Help clients learn to regulate
• Bring a client back from a hypo/hyperaroused state using trauma-safe adjustments
• Start to process traumatic memories using the body
• Help clients develop resources, re-orientate to & appreciate their strengths;
• Begin to integrate their experiences and make meaning of their trauma.

Dates & Time: Sat 13th and Sun 14th May 9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue: Online via Zoom™ (places are limited)

Delivery: A mix of presentation, facilitator-led fishbowls and experiential exercises. Breakout rooms will be used for skills practice. Full handouts will be provided

Cost & Booking: €240

Booking: Click here>>

Facilitator: Patricia Allen-Garrett, BSc (Hons) Psychology, M.Sc. Counselling & Psychotherapy

More Information:   
Contact: insight@patriciaallengarrett.ie

www.patriciaallengarrett.ie

BRAINSPOTTING PHASE 1 TRAINING

WITH MONIKA GOS, CPSYCHOLINTERNATIONAL BRAINSPOTTING TRAINER

When: 19th – 21st May 2023

Where: Online (Zoom)

Cost: €510.00

Early bird price €485.00 available till 19th April.

CPD: 24 hours

Would you like to help your clients identify, process and release the neurophysiological sources of emotional and physical pain, dissociation and other challenging symptoms? Brainspotting draws on the latest developments in neuroscience and uses the relevant eye positions to access memory systems and release trauma. Brainspotting can be easily integrated into your clinical practice and enhance the effectiveness of any method already used.

Join Phase 1 training in May and bring deep healing and lasting change to your clients.

Be invited to our free webinar Introduction to Brainspotting on Friday, 28th April at 18:00 BST

For more information visit us at www.brainspottingireland.com or contact us at info@brainspottingireland.com

RESEARCH – Burnout in counsellors and psychotherapists from the perspective of psychotherapy supervisors in Ireland.

As on 02/10/22 are you a practicing accredited supervisor in psychotherapy in Ireland with at least three years providing supervision?

You are invited to participate in a research study, undertaken as part of an MSc in Psychotherapy, Dublin City University.

The purpose of the study is to explore the experiences of practicing psychotherapist supervisors surrounding the area of burnout in their supervisee therapists in Ireland. If you have an interest in this area or have experience of this with supervisees you may wish to participate in this study. This study will be an exploratory, in-depth study of the experiences of supervisors dealing with burnout in supervisee therapists and trainee therapists. Participants will be required to partake in a semi-structured interview lasting approximately one hour on the subject of burnout. You will be asked to meet with the researcher for a one hour face to face interview. However the option to use zoom for interviews if this is more suitable is available. DCU protocol will be followed with regard to the use of zoom.

If you are interested in taking part in this study, or have any questions about what is involved, please contact me.

Neil Brady.

neil.brady32@mail.dcu.ie

Mobile: 085 210 7409

Online Registration: https://sacredartofliving.org/irish-programs/

If you would like to talk to one of our Irish team members, please contact: 

Patricia Hallahan (Dublin) nealtru@gmail.com / 087 661 5729

Una McKeever (Galway) unamckeever21@gmail.com / 087 250 5015

ACCORD Certificate in Counselling Level 8 (ROI) Level 6 (UK) (Couple and Relationship) 1 Year (part-time) Programme

The Certificate in Counselling is validated by St. Patrick's College at the
Pontifical University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.

Course Content

Successful applicants will follow a 16-day Certificate programme which will provide: the clinical skills essential to couples work; in-depth knowledge relating to the handling of Infidelity, Trauma, Addiction, Neurodiversity, Physical & Mental Illness & Disability, Sex and Intimacy, Step-Family Dynamics, Diversity, Parenting Issues, the Impacts of Family of Origin, and Domestic Abuse in the couple context; self-awareness exercises specific to the needs of the couple and relationship counsellor.

Course fees are paid and placement is provided by Accord CLG

Selection Day Selections will take place over Zoom on Saturday, June 17th 2023.

Course Dates Training will take place in person in Maynooth, Co. Kildare.

Days Dates

Days	Dates
1 & 2	September 9th & 10th 2023
3 & 4	October 21st & 22nd 2023
5 & 6	November 11th & 12th 2023
7 & 8	December 9th & 10th 2023
9 & 10	January 20th & 21st 2024
11 & 12	February 24th & 25th 2024
13 & 14	March 23rd & 24th 2024
	Easter Sunday 01/04/2024
15 & 16	April 27th & 28th 2024

Application Criteria

• Level 5 (UK)/Level 7 (ROI) qualification in Counselling/Psychotherapy?
• Substantial experience of working in the Person-Centred style?
• 100 client counselling hours post-graduation?
• A current supervised caseload?

Application Forms are available on the Accord website or by using this link>>

Final date for receipt of applications 19/05/2023