Post Graduate Certificate Gestalt Psychotherapy – Galway

May 16, 2012

GalwayPsychotherapy & Consulting

 

Post Graduate Certificate Gestalt Psychotherapy

 

October 2012 to March 2013   GalwayCity

 

Led by Mike O’Halloran, M.A., B.A., E.C. P., MIAHIP, MIACP

 

The purpose of the Programme is to provide participants with a core understanding of Gestalt principles for incorporation into their professional practice. In addition the Programme aims to heighten the Awareness of participants in a way which leads to greater Personal and Professional efficacy.

 

The Programme is highly experiential. You learn about yourself, your clients and Gestalt largely through participating in a series of Gestalt exercises and Large Group/Small Group Process. In addition time is given to working in small groups to practising Gestalt with feedback from the facilitator and peers.

 

Programme Content: The Gestalt Cycle of Experience/ Contact and Interruptions to Contact/The Body and Working with the Body/The I-Thou Dialogic Relationship/ Existentialism as the foundation of Gestalt/The Phenomenological Method/Group Supervision

 

Programme Venue/Dates/Cost.

 

Programme is held in theVictoriaHotel,GalwayCityover six two day modules:

October 13th & 14th, November 10th & 11th, December 1st & 2nd, January 12th & 13th, February 16th & 17th, March 23rd & 24th.

 

The cost of the Programme is Euro 1490

 

Programme Leader Mike O’Halloran. Hundreds of professionals have taken workshops and short trainings in Gestalt and Existentialist Psychotherapy  with Mike since 1995. This one year Programme has run since 1998. Mike is Joint Director of Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting and Coach Institute of Ireland.

 

Reservation Details: If you are interested in securing a place on the Programme you need to have a face to face meeting with Mike. This is to help you find out more about the Programme and for us both to see if it’s suitable for you. If you are offered a place and choose to accept, a non-refundable deposit of E500 will be required.

 

To arrange your meeting with Mike or to get more information, call him on 091-861638 or 086-8391756

Galway Psychotherapy  & Consulting, 48 Lower Salthill,Galway.

Web: galwayleadershipcentre.ie

 

 

 

Connacht Regional Meeting – 14th June 2012

May 11, 2012

A second Connacht regional meeting (Galway, Mayo,Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim area) has been organised.

Date: Thursday 14th June 2012

Meeting time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Venue: Venue: Galway Bay Hotel – ( www.galwaybayhotel.net)

As part of IAHIP’s regional development, it is hoped that regional meetings will take place regularly in the various regions throughout the country. The Regional Officer, Bronagh Starrs, will do her best to be in attendance at most of these initial gatherings.

At these regional meetings, we will discuss such matters as co-creating a regional structure, developments within the organisational life of IAHIP, and the general experience of our membership within IAHIP. These meetings are designed to give members an influential voice and it is an opportunity to find out about what is happening within the organisation.

The Regional Meetings are open to all our members and we hope that you will be able to attend.

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Bronagh Starrs, Regional Officer

Skills Based Approach to Treatment Resistant Depression – Maynooth

May 10, 2012

Dear Colleague,

This is a reminder that these workshops can be booked at the Early Bird rate until 12th May.

 

A Skills Based Approach to Treatment Resistant Depression – Module 1

St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, near Dublin

11-12th June 2012

€285 until 12th May, €320 from 13th May 2012

Book here http://www.grayrock.co.uk/product.php?xProd=58&xSec=1

or here http://maynoothcampus.globalenginemedia.com/conference2?conf=treat

 

A Skills Based Approach to Treatment Resistant Depression – Module 2

St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, near Dublin

13-14th June 2012

€285 until 14th May, €320 from 15th May 2012

Book here http://www.grayrock.co.uk/product.php?xProd=62&xSec=1

or here http://maynoothcampus.globalenginemedia.com/conference2?conf=treat2

 

These workshop have been approved for External and Personal CPD Credits by the College of Psychiatry of Ireland.

The combined workshop (11-14th June) has been approved for maximum 10 External CPD credits by the College of Psychiatry of Ireland.

Attendees at the first 2 days would therefore earn 10 External CPD Credits plus 2 Personal CPD Credits.

Attendees at all 4 days would therefore earn 10 External CPD Credits plus 14 Personal CPD Credits.

In these workshops Professor Thomas Lynch will:

 

Module 1 (11-12 June)

Describe how to help clients who have not responded to medication or standard CBT.

Share his underpinning theory, based on 15 years of clinical trials and research.

Provide patient-friendly materials which can be used in groups and with individuals.

Demonstrate how to coach clients to open up to emotional experiencing and reduce envy or bitterness, thereby raising their capacity for joy.

Expand your skill-set for treating other disorders in which over-control and emotional constriction is a feature, such as anorexia, OCD and social anxiety.

 

Module 2 (13-14 June)

Describe orientation and commitment strategies

Show how to change social behaviour by changing physiological arousal

Share his method of encouraging clients to approach novelty and try new things

Demonstrate being open to feedback – determining whether to accept or reject feedback

Expand your skills in teaching clients to be more intimate in relationships, express vulnerable emotions and validate others

 

Professor Thomas Lynch is one of the world’s leading researchers in mood and personality disorders and is an international expert in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. He has been lead investigator on 7 RCTs. He is a Professor at the University of Southampton. Since 1997 he has had over 90 articles & book chapters published . He is a recipient of the John M. Rhoades Psychotherapy Research Endowment and is a Beck Institute Scholar. This workshop is a preview of his latest book “DBT for Treatment Resistant Depression: Targeting Behavioral Over-Control” due for publication by Guilford Press. Professor Lynch is also well-known for being an authoritative, entertaining and charismatic speaker.

 

To find additional information and to book your place, see our website http://www.grayrock.co.uk . If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to email at info@grayrock.co.uk or call on 023 80 487592.

 

Please pass on this on to anyone to whom you feel it would be relevant and we look forward to seeing you at the event.
This course is presented in partnership between Pathfinders Holistic Centre, Grayrock and Stanton Psychological Services.

 

Thank you.

 

Marian Fahy
Counsellor and Psychotherapist
IACP

Christine Dunkley
Advanced Practitioner in Psychological Therapy: Mental Health

Dr Maggie Stanton
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Member of the Division of Clinical Psychology

Exploring & Owning The Shadow – Galway

May 10, 2012

Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting

Annual Summer Experiential Workshop

Exploring & Owning The Shadow

Thursday, 14th June, 2012, to Sunday, 17th June, 2012

    Led by Mike O’Halloran and Evelyn P.Gilmore

This workshop provides and opportunity for psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, educators, and health care professionals to enhance their awareness of their own Shadow. In addition, as participants gain greater awareness themselves, the workshop will provide them with greater insight when working with clients on owning the Shadow.

During the four days participants will be provided with an opportunity to experientially explore the following areas:

Exploring & Owning the Shadow/ Aspects of ourselves we hide/Sexuality & the Shadow/ People we find Challenging/How we project our Shadow onto others/ Personal, Familial & Societal influences on our Shadow/ The Shadow and the Body/ The Creativity of the Shadow/ Releasing and Integrating the Shadow/ Creating more Choice in Life

The workshop will use Gestalt, Biodynamic, Dreams, Music, Movement, Drawing and Guided Visualisation as well as Large and Small Group Process.

Mike O’Halloran, MA, MIAHIP, ECP, MIACP, has been involved in the training of Counsellors & Psychotherapists since 1990 and has led numerous experiential workshops for qualified practitioners. Evelyn P Gilmore, MSc, BA, MIAHIP, Reg. Psychol., Ps.S.I is a registered psychologist and trained Biodynamic & Integrative Psychotherapist who has facilitated many trainings for professionals in Group Facilitation, Food & Body Issues and Sexuality.

Venue: Croi Nua Spirituality Centre,Taylor’s Hill,GalwayCity

Dates and Times: Thursday 14th to Sunday 18th June, 2012.  9.30am to 5pm Daily

Cost: E400

To Book: Post Deposit of E200 to Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting, 44 Lower Salthill,Galway. Tel: 091-861638.

Please include full contact details including telephone number with your deposit.

Web: galwayleadershipcentre.ie

 

Mother Daughter Sexual Abuse Training – Galway

May 10, 2012

Mother Daughter Sexual Abuse

Training for Professionals to Support Survivors

This training workshop will include a presentation and discussion covering the various aspects of this type of abuse.   It will cover the effects on survivors and what they need in their recovery.   We will look at what mother daughter sexual abuse is and how it differs and compares with other forms of incest and sexual abuse.   We will also cover the impact on attachment, the effects on survivors’ lives, their family of origin and mother as perpetrator.   There will also be a brief documentary featuring four survivors and an art therapy workshop which will give you an opportunity to explore what issues may arise for you should a client disclose to you that they experienced sexual abuse by their mother.   There will also be time spent on the healing process and issues that may arise in the therapeutic relationship and through the therapeutic process.

Connemara Coast Hotel,Galway

16th and 17th June 2012 from 10am to 5pm

€190

CPD Certificate provided

Michelle Gunning is a fully accredited Art Psychotherapist (MIACAT), with an MA qualification from Crawford College of Art and Design,Cork.   Michelle has worked in areas including education, child sexual abuse, trauma, addiction, mental health and intellectual disability.   Michelle has a number of years of experience working with adults, children and families, facilitating their process in overcoming various issues including bereavement, early attachment issues, abuse and trauma.

Michelle has travelled toAmerica, where she has facilitated art therapy with a group of survivors of mother daughter sexual abuse and has also spent a number of years researching this form of sexual abuse.

Michelle has also training in child psychotherapy (CTC Certificate), group facilitation, spiritual healing and pre and peri-natal psychotherapy.

For further information and bookings contact:

087 3109739

michelle_gunning@live.co.uk

Two Year Diploma in Adolescent Psychotherapy – Dundalk

May 5, 2012

BRONAGH STARRS in conjunction with DUNDALK COUNSELLING CENTRE

Advanced Post-Qualifying Diploma In

Humanistic & Integrative

Adolescent Psychotherapy


Course Facilitator: Bronagh Starrs MIAHIP

Course Duration: Two Years

Venue: Dundalk Counselling Centre

 

COURSE ORIENTATION & OBJECTIVES

The Advanced Post-Qualifying Diploma in Humanistic & Integrative Adolescent Psychotherapy is a two-year in-depth training programme in Adolescent Development & Adolescent Psychotherapy. The aim of this training programme is to understand and appreciate the complexity of adolescent process and to support counsellors/therapists in developing deeper levels of competency in their work with adolescents who are experiencing psychological and developmental difficulties.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

This Advanced Post-Qualifying Diploma is open to practitioners who have successfully completed a core psychotherapy training course (in either adult-oriented or child-oriented psychotherapy) and who are accredited (or working towards accreditation) with an accrediting body such as IAHIP, IACP, BACP or equivalent.

APPLICATION & SELECTION PROCEDURES

Application forms are available to download from Dundalk Counselling Centre’s website: www.dundalkcounsellingcentre.ie

A non-refundable application fee of €50 made payable to Dundalk Counselling Centre must accompany completed forms. This is to cover administrative and processing costs.

Maximum Number of Participants: 15

COURSE FEE: €3200

 For brochure detailing full course details, please email bronaghstarrs@gmail.com

Ulster Regional Meeting 12th May 2012

May 4, 2012

An Ulster regional meeting has been organised:

Date: Saturday 12th May 2012

Meeting time: 10.00am – 1.00pm

Venue:  Blackfort Therapy Centre, Omagh.

As part of IAHIP’s regional development, it is hoped that regional meetings will take place regularly in the various regions throughout the country. The Regional Officer, Bronagh Starrs, will do her best to be in attendance at most of these initial gatherings.

At these regional meetings, we will discuss such matters as co-creating a regional structure, developments within the organisational life of IAHIP, and the general experience of our membership within IAHIP. These meetings are designed to give members an influential voice and it is an opportunity to find out about what is happening within the organisation.

The Regional Meetings are open to all our members and we hope that you will be able to attend.

 

Bronagh Starrs
Regional Officer