Classifieds

Research Title

“An exploration into counsellors’ experiences of student suicidality in the higher education institutes of Ireland.”

Researcher Introduction

Joe Donohue is an accredited member of the IAHIP and has worked for a number of years with students in higher education and previously in a crisis counselling service with clients at risk of suicide and self-harm. Joe is interested in researching counsellors working in the higher education sector with experiences of student suicidality.

The Research

In light of recent Irish national reports and studies, such as My World Survey II (2020) and the USI National Report on Mental Health (2019), which indicated the prevalence of suicidality among students and an ever-increasing demand for counselling in higher education institutions, this study seeks to understand the experiences of working with suicidal students from the perspective of counsellors at the front line of higher education institutions in Ireland.

Participants that are being sought

This study seeks participants who are fully accredited psychotherapists with over three years of experience counselling students in Irish higher education institutions and who have experienced suicidality (suicidal ideation or intent) among their student clients.

The method of data collection and time commitment required from participants

If you are interested in participating in this study, a plain language statement with further details about the research will be emailed to potential participants. Data collection will be collected via an online interview on ZOOM or in person if you prefer. The interview will last 45 minutes to 60 minutes.

The deadline for participation

The research study will be conducted between February and May 2023.

Contact details of research

If you are interested in participating in this research, please contact Joe using the below

Email: joseph.donohue5@mail.dcu.ie or Mobile Phone: 086 067 1557

My Name is Cassandra McCaffrey and I am a 4th year student currently studying at DBS School of Arts, Dublin, doing a BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I am in the process of writing a thesis on:

An Exploration of the use of Compassion Focused Therapy as a treatment approach for Eating Disorders

As a clinician working in the area of eating disorders and with experience of compassion focussed therapy, I am looking for your insight and willingness to participate in a short interview lasting no more than 45-60mins. The interview will be recorded and transcribed. You can request a copy of this interview, once transcribed (This process can be completed face to face or over the phone, whatever suits you best).

Please note that your personal information will be pseudo-anonymised and no one will be able to trace the information back to you.

You can also freely withdraw from this research at anytime. All information provided will be stored securely under the Data Protection Act. Please sign below if you give consent for the interview to occur and we can arrange a time and date that suits you.

Thank you very much for your time. I really appreciate it.

Cassandra McCaffrey 087 396 6567 / cassandramccaffrey@hotmail.com

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Gerry Meehan and I am researching senior therapists’ experience of working with complex trauma, as part of my Doctorate in Psychotherapy at DCU.

I am looking for participants who:

●have 5 or more years of working with complex trauma

●have complex traumatic presentations as part of their typical caseload ●are accredited psychotherapists

●would be willing to share their experiences of working with complex trauma in an interview lasting 45 60 minutes appro x. Your experience is important to me and in particular, I want to hear about the following:

●your firsthand understandings as senior clinicians of the positive and/or negative aspects of working with complex trauma

●your insights into what has been hel area pful and unhelpful in working within this specialised

●if and how working with complex trauma has influenced you personally and professionally

If you’re willing to take part in a 45 – 60 minute interview either in person or by Zoom, I would be delighted to hear from you.

For further information please contact Gerry Meehan, Doctorate in Psychotherapy candidate

Email: gerard.meehan3@mail.dcu.ie or Tel: 085-1417173

My warmest thanks for your support

Gerry Meehan

YogaSOMATICS

A journey into the Sensitive Body for somatic and energetic healing

Living Room Yoga is delighted to continue this online journey of YogaSOMATICS. We offer a holistic approach to wellness and a place of calm and comfort in an endlessly busy world, inviting you on a journey of exploration, expression and expansion through connection to the authentic self and the innate magic within us all.

YogaSOMATICS is a contemporary perspective of yoga that is immediate, fluid and experiential. It bridges traditional yoga, modern somatics, meditative techniques and inquiry towards conciousness. YogaSOMATICS encourages sensing and deep listening to make inner contact with oneself and the energetic body.

The practice was founded by Ateeka whose work has been inspired by Continuum Movement founder, the late Emily Conrad, Gestalt psychotherapist Ruella Frank, Danish spiritual teachers, Jes Bertelsen and Madhurima Rigtrup and is currently a student of Helen Gamborg, author of the “Invisible Aspects of Healing”, inspired by Bob Moor’s teachings about the subtle body, energy medicine and healing.

YogaSOMATICS offers spaces of containment and exploration through aware movements, breathing, relaxation, mindfulness, meditation and contact bodywork. It is a return to connect to one’s own bio energy, through slow and subtle movement in a first-person relational experience. It may appeal to those who are new to yoga or as a self-care body practice.

Block 3: Sound

Using sounds made from the body and breath as a healing frequency. Including music as a nervous system reset, subtle movement, unwinding, guided meditation, grounding practices and Savasana with energetic awareness. Yoga Nidra, an effortless guided meditation and body scan to indulge in this sensation of deep relaxation and escape for your mind, body and soul.

Dates:

Tuesdays 14th, 21st, 28th Feb & 7th, 14th March 2023

Time: 7-8pm UK and Ireland / 8-9pm Spain via Zoom

OR

Thursdays 16th, 23rd Feb & 2nd, 9th & 16th March 2023

Time: 8.00-9.00am UK and Ireland / 9.00-10.00am Spain via Zoom

Investment: €55 for 5 weeks

Block 4: Stillness

Exploring Savasana and the practice of motionless. Opening to being instead of doing and accessing dynamic stillness. We will journey from movement into stillness in an open space from which we can more deeply investigate and meet what moves inside of us. Meditative mindfulness practices and inner exercises will guide us towards an inner silence. Yoga Nidra to integrate and find deep rest.

Dates:

Tuesdays 28th March & 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th April 2023

Time: 7-8pm UK and Ireland / 8-9pm Spain via Zoom

OR

Thursdays 30th March & 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th April 2023

Time: 8.00-9.00am UK and Ireland / 9.00-10.00am Spain via Zoom

Investment: €55 for 5 weeks

BOOK YOUR PLACE: www.LivingRoomYoga.ie

Zoom link and practicalities will be sent the day before our first class for each block. Zoom recordings are available for a 7-day playback. Reduced fee as Deirdre is currently in training for the 260H YogaSOMATICSprogramme.

SUITABILITY: These classes are open to all levels. If you have any injuries/illnesses that may affect you practicing or if you are pregnant, please let me know before booking, and contact me directly in advance to discuss at livingroomyoga1@gmail.com. 

There is no prerequisite required to attend previous classes.

BIO: Deirdre Madden is a qualified humanistic and integrative psychotherapist and yoga teacher. She began her yoga training in Vinyasa Flow, Yin and Yoga Nidra and is currently studying for the 260H YogaSOMATICSprogramme. She has a particular interest in dance, music and creativity with a background in fashion.

This Spring, Brendan and Eileen O’Brien of Family Constellations Ireland are delighted to offer

We are also accepting expressions of interest for our Core Concepts of Family Constellations course, to begin in Autumn 2023.

All our workshops/groups/training fulfill conditions for CPD with IACP and IAHIP and may be accepted by other professional certifying bodies.

Full details here: www.FamilyConstellationsIreland.com

Facilitation Training in Family Constellations

Learn the history, theory and practice of Family Constellations Work in a safe and supportive environment.

80 hour Training in Constellation Facilitation Skills for practitioners, therapists and other helping professionals. Friday-Sunday, one weekend per month (Total 12 days).

Training Suitable For:

Currently accepting expressions of interest for Level One and Level Two in Cork and Dublin. Beginning Autumn 2023.

More information: www.FamilyConstellationsIreland.com/continuing-professional-development

Family Constellations Workshops

Two-day workshops where participants support one another to explore issues or concerns that are having an impact on their family life. Great healing can occur when hidden dynamics in the family system are revealed.

Dublin: February 25-26 and May 13-14

Cork: March 25-26 and April 15-16

www.FamilyConstellationsIreland.com/constellationworkshops2023

Workshops on Suicide

Two-day workshops where participants who have been bereaved or affected by suicide in their family support one another to look afresh at a difficult time in their family story in a safe and supportive setting. In our experience the work is very helpful to people who have had some time to grieve their loss.

Dublin: May 27-28 (Free)

www.FamilyConstellationsIreland.com/workshops-on-suicide

Introduction to Constellation Practice

A three day experiential Introduction to Family Constellations that will support therapists and professional practitioners as they develop new skills for their work with clients.

The Course will include:

Dates tbc. Currently accepting Expressions of Interest.

www.FamilyConstellationsIreland.com/introduction-constellation-practice

Individual and Group Supervision

I would like to advertise the model of psychotherapy supervision and my availability that I offer to an individual or to a group:

Recently I successfully completed a two-year training for experienced gestalt supervisors with Marguerita Spagnuolo Lobb. This took place in the Gestalt Institute of Italy.

I’d like to tell you what you can expect of gestalt supervision with me.

Here I like to use the word patient because it means: a person who is suffering.

My focus is in the interest of the patient rediscovering his/her functional spontaneity.

The supervisory process includes:

Slowing down with and supporting the anxiety of the therapist.

Curiosity of the unique "dance" co-created in the therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the patient asking about the patient's embodied presence; and curiosity about the therapist's embodied presence in response to this.

I affirm the intentionality of the therapist.

Practicalities

You are welcome to ask me more about this supervisory support if you would like that please call me at 087 755 5680.

Delivery: In person or on-line.

If you like to be part of a group of up to four, meetings are for two hours. The intentionality for the group includes safely interconnecting with one another as a support for your work with patients.

My fee, payable on the day is 80 euro per hour for individual supervision, while in a group 60 euro per person for two hours.

Location: My home address is also my workplace near Athlone in County Westmeath. My eircode is N37DH04.

Email: jamesfitzgibbon57@gmail.com

TRAINING WORKSHOP: 12 CPD Hours

Tipperary Rape Crisis Centre in conjunction with Blackfort Adolescent Gestalt Institute presents a Two-Day Training Workshop on:

Eating Disorders in Adolescence & Emerging Adulthood

27th & 28th March 2023 (Monday & Tuesday) in the Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel, Co Tipperary. (9.30am-4.30pm: Registration from 9:00 am on Monday 27th March 2023)

(Tea and coffee provided / Lunch not provided)

Two Day Training Workshop

Eating Disorders in Adolescence & Emerging Adulthood

Today’s adolescents are bombarded with shaming, unrealistic and confusing messages about weight, body shape and beauty. Bodies are machines to be managed and are a source of torture for many adolescents. This workshop will explore how the adolescent’s relationship to body and food is a creative statement about how they feel about themselves and their world. Participants will develop an understanding of eating disorders specific to adolescence including anorexia nervosa, adolescent anorectic profile, bulimia nervosa, selective/ restrictive eating, food refusal & food phobia.

We will examine various aspects of this complex issue including:

• The impact of eating disorders on adolescent development

• Eating disorders & adolescent brain development

• The adolescent’s subjective experience through an eating disorder

• Supporting the adolescent’s meaning-making process

• Supporting parents

• Multi-agency work

• Supporting the adolescent’s recovery

• Parental Involvement
• Countertransference & clinical dilemmas
  

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) was received international acclaim. Bronagh’s second book is due for publication in 2023.

The Cost: This 2-day training normally costs €320 however Tipperary Rape Crisis Centre is delighted to be able to offer the full 2 days training for only €200.

Please contact Catherine for a place on this course by emailing catherine@trcc.ie.

www.blackfortinstitute.ie

www.trcc.ie

The programme consists of four full teaching days, plus a half day tutorial. Learners have eight months to complete their practice work, and should be working/volunteering in a supportive capacity upon application. Learners will engage in both theoretical and practical training in CBT (considering both Ellis and Beck). The programme is highly interactive, and utilises a variety of teaching and learning methods.

Programme/Award Title: This programme is a Minor Award validated by QQI at level 9 on the NFQ.

Awarding Body: Quality & Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

Professional Recognition: IACP accredited

Award Type: Minor

Duration: 4 full days, one half day

Mode of Delivery: Blended learning, meaning students learn via electronic and online media as well as face-to face teaching. We utilise a rotational model of blended learning, so classes rotate between onsite and online and the specific rotation will be outlined in the timetable.

Start Date: Please see the website for date of next intake.

For full information visit: 2023-01-31-QQI Level 9 Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.pdf

You are invited to participate in my research study entitled “An exploration of how adult romantic relationships are influenced by early attachment styles. A therapist’s perspective”.

The purpose of this research is to explore how early attachment styles influence adult romantic relationships based on a therapist’s perspective of ‘lived experiences’ with clients. It will explore the effect of early attachment styles on long term single adults and analyse how different attachment styles impact on adult romantic relationships. Furthermore, it will examine the therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client with various attachment styles.

You are eligible to participate in this qualitative study if you are an accredited psychotherapist who holds either a degree or masters in counselling/psychotherapy and who has over five or more years’ experience working with clients with attachment issues. I am seeking psychotherapists who specialize in attachment theory, relationships, or couples counselling.

You will be invited to take part in a video call interview over a secure Zoom platform and an audio recording will be made. This is likely to last one hour approximately. Your participation in this study will be completely voluntary.

This research is being undertaken by Danika Hoare, who is a student on the Master of Science in Pluralistic Counselling and psychotherapy program with IICP.

If you are interested or would like more information on this study, please contact me by email at danikahoare@gmail.com or phone 087 438 7007.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Kind regards,

Danika Hoare

Trainee Supervisor based in Swords North County Dublin looking for voluntary supervisee to meet and reflect on the work.

Please contact Greta on 086 372 3331