Workshop Schedule 2019-2020

Each Workshop will run from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm – DailyVenue: IAHIP Offices, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. A96 RK44

No. Date Title of Workshop Facilitator

1 Saturday, 5th October 2019This Business of Therapy - Starting a Therapy Practice Jude Fay

2 Saturday, 12th October and Sunday, 13th October 2019

Prevention of Suicide and Self-Harm Marguerite Kiely & Noeleen Devlin

3 Saturday, 19th October 2019 Exploring Our Personal Archetypes Janet E. Sahafi

4 Sunday, 20th October 2019 Why We Still Need Jung Dr Mary Stefanazzi

5 Saturday, 26th October 2019 Implicit to Explicit: Working with Shame in the Therapy Room

Carol Duffy

6 Saturday, 9th November 2019

Fairy tales and the everyday relevance in therapy

Linda Hanlon & Maria McGrane

7 Sunday, 17th: November 2019

Supervision from a Gestalt Perspective Karen Shorten

8 Sunday, 24th November 2019 Tuning In, Being Moved: Exploring Perception Through Movement

Jessica Cottee & José Castilho

9 Sunday, 1st December, 2019 The Relationship between Trauma and Learning

Yvonne Cunningham

10 Saturday, 18th January and Sunday, 19th January 2020

The Developmentally Needed Relationship and the Unconscious Transferential Narrative

Dr. Lorraine Price & Julie Dearden

11 Saturday, 25th January and Sunday, 26th January 2020

Dance Movement Psychotherapy Bernadette Divilly

12 Saturday, 22nd February and Sunday, 23rd February 2020

Decoding the Body: Exploring the Body-Mind Soul connection

Anne McCormack & Jennifer Deane

13 Saturday, 7th March 2020 The Body in Psychotherapy: Character Structures

Thomas Larkin

14 Saturday, 25th April and Sunday, 26th April 2020

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you will find the way

Jim Fitzgibbon

Saturday, October 5, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 1 - The Business of Therapy, Starting a Therapy Practice – Jude Fay

Are you thinking of setting up in private practice? Maybe you are struggling to know how to go about it? You are probably excited about using your skills to help those who need you? But, how do you get there from here?Like acquiring any role, becoming a self-employed practitioner is a multi-layered process. There is information you need to know, skills you need to learn, action you need to take, and of course, handling the emotional impact of all of that. Unlike qualifying as a therapist, there is no clear path, no syllabus or college course you can take that will lead you there. Each person’s journey is unique to them, and there are many routes. There is a dizzying amount of information about small business out there, but much of it is irrelevant to the practice of psychotherapy. This workshop provides information and support to therapists and counsellors who are setting up or have recently set up in private practice, whether part or full time. It is designed to help you get started by identifying the essentials. It is also an excellent opportunity to network with other practitioners who are starting out.We will explore the practicalities of starting a practice, envision the practice you would like to create, and the services will provide. You can begin to identify your preferred clients and the channels through which to attract them.

Course content includes: What’s involved in being self-employed: practicalities, pros and cons, legal and professional requirements Clarifying your profile: What services are you providing? Who would like to provide them to? Financial goals:

o How much do you hope to earn from your practice?o Typical costs and expenseso Pricing and charging for your work

Finding work: marketing your services, getting your name known Self-care, support and work-life balance, valuing your time and expertise Challenges and dilemmas: What gets in the way?

The format of the workshop is informal, with presentation in the large group, smaller group discussion, and exercises. Anyone interested in starting or developing a therapy or counselling practice is welcome.

Jude Fay, MIAHIP , is an accredited psychotherapist and supervisor, practicing in Naas and Celbridge, Co Kildare. She is also a Chartered Accountant. In addition to her private practice work, Jude helps therapists develop and manage their practices. She is the author of book, “This Business of Therapy: A Practical Guide to Starting, Developing and Sustaining a Therapy Practice.” Jude provides information and support through her blog at www.thisbusinessoftherapy.com/blog, an e-newsletter, workshops and in one to one work. She works with both the practical business aspects of therapy practice and the emotional and psychological blocks that get in the way of creating a financially viable practice.

A Two-Day Workshop - Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th, October 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 2 – Prevention of Suicide and Self-Harm Facilitators: Marguerite Kiely & Noeleen Devlin

Our workshop shares our vast experience and knowledge working with both clients, parents and agencies involved in the care of clients. We also focus on the importance of supporting all therapists with an emphasis of recognising self-care when working with Trauma.

Marguerite Kiely is currently in her final year of an MSc in Child and Adolescents Psychotherapy and was Clinical Director and Head of Children and Adolescents in Pieta House, The Centre for Prevention of Suicide and Self-Harm for the past 13 years.Being Head of Children and Adolescent Department, Marguerite had responsibility for development and implementation of staff training in Childe Protection Polices across 15 centres in Ireland as well as training staff regarding risk assessment for suicidal risk. Marguerite was also instrumental in the development of the School Resilience Academy and having conducted research, devised and delivered the programme, and has contributed to the publication of Scientific Contribution Research Papers.Marguerite has presented at conferences in Ireland, the UK and the USA. She has appeared on TV, Radio and Newspapers discussing mental health and self-harm issues and is a strong advocate on Youth Mental Health. She has delivered workshops to both Corporate, Health and Mental Health Sectors, addressing Workplace Burnout and the importance of Employee Self-Care. Marguerite has also presented to parents and teachers in schools at both Primary and Secondary level nationally, providing guidance and support concerning Child and Adolescents issues and also to College Students.Marguerite is also an author, having penned the book ‘Aaron’s Legacy’ charting the considerable emotional, physical, and mental strain when a loved one was seriously ill in hospital, away from home, and how comfort and refuge was afforded her through the availability of accommodation at An Bru Columbanus Hostel, Cork.

Noeleen Devlin holds a BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is currently in her final year of an MSc in Child and Adolescents Psychotherapy. She has also worked extensively with private clients in therapist and supervisory roles since 2007. Noeleen worked as a Clinical Director with Pieta House, The Centre for Prevention of Suicide and Self-Harm for 10 years and held responsibility for the recruitment and training of clinical support staff as well as therapists in the Pieta House model, across five centres in Ireland. She also provided mentoring and training to managers and was involved in Conflict Resolution.Noeleen contributed to the development of the Pieta House Model, used by therapists to therapeutically with clients in crisis. She also provided training with external agencies in the area of mental health and training in assessing suicidal risk.Noeleen has extensive experience of working with High Functioning Aspergers clients.

Saturday, October 19, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin

Workshop 3 - Exploring Our Personal Archetypes Facilitated by – Janet E. Sahafi

Carl Jung identified certain archetypes which he believed existed in the collective unconscious. He used these archetypes to help him to understand people he was working with and help the people to better understand themselves. In her book Sacred Contracts, Carolyn Myss expands on this theory and adds to the variety of archetypes that may be at play in the psyche. She believes that all people have four basic archetypes in common: the Saboteur, the Victim, the Child, and the Prostitute (one who sells themselves out or short in life). Beyond these four, Myss believes each person then has their own 8 different archetypes that influence the way we interact in the world and in the family as well as other relationships.

This workshop will present the four basic archetypes in more detail and introduce participants to a collection of additional useful types. Ms Sahafi will share her experience of working with specific archetypes in individual client settings. Participants will be able to discover and experience how this approach works, and understand how it can encourage acceptance and empowerment within their clients once initial bonding and foundational work is accomplished. It is also useful in working through blocks and recurring obstacles in therapist’s clinical work.

Janet E Sahafi is a skilled psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice in County Kilkenny. She holds credentials as both a Group Psychotherapist and a Psychodramatist, and in clinical supervision. Ms. Sahafi has worked as a therapist for over 30 years, and presented therapeutic and training workshops in both the USA, Ireland and beyond. In addition to journal articles, Ms. Sahafi has had two non-fiction books published Healing the Past and Healing the Spirit. Recently her novel Savoir, penned under the nomme de plume of Janet O’Rourke, as reviewed in the Summer Issue of Inside Out.

Sunday, October 20, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 4 – Why we still need Jung Facilitated by – Dr. Mary Stefanazzi

Content of workshop:Although many profess to know about Jung’s work, having a good working knowledge of the core principles of Jung’s extensive and complex body of work is another matter.

This workshop is open to all and aims, in a clear and structured format, to: Give an outline of, and context for, Jung’s key core principles Explain why they are important Consider the significance of Jung’s thinking for psychotherapy today Clarify how best to read Jung for all levels of interest and experience

Bio:Dr. Mary Stefanazzi – Mary’s work is based on the innate wholeness of each living human person. Noted for her clarity Mary has often been described as “practical” and “full of common sense”. Mary’s Doctoral research into the human condition enables her to offer a snapshot of the dynamic nature of the flourishing human person as seen through the eyes of the founder of Analytical Psychology, Carl Gustav Jung.Mary is an IAHIP accredited psychotherapist and supervisor. For more about her academic qualifications and professional affiliations see: http://www.marystefanazzi.ie/

Saturday, October 26, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 5 - Implicit to Explicit: Working with Shame in the Therapy Room . Facilitator: Carol Duffy

Shame is a painful interpersonal emotion that interrupts a person's ability to engage with life fully. When shame is exposed, it creates a pain that is unbearable, so it ingeniously conceals itself, often to the point that it can be difficult for a client to acknowledge, and a practitioner to identify.Chronic shame is a problematic symptom that is often endured by clients who have experienced complex trauma, creating alterations in selfhood which can generate stuckness and lack of progression in the therapeutic process.In this workshop, practitioners will be introduced to shame and traumatic experience from a neurobiological perspective, including the impacts it has on the nervous system and body. Since shame is experienced with symptoms that are comorbid with trauma, supporting a client to remain within a window of tolerance requires careful navigation by a practitioner.This workshop will help practitioners recognise the role of autonomic arousal in exacerbating symptoms, by identify animal defense survival responses in client who have experienced trauma. We will explore how to be with shame, of both the practitioner and client. We will focus on how an implicit and explicit relational attunement between therapist and client, can create a safe and compassionate relational container for our clients to begin the interpersonal healing of shame.This workshop will incorporate a dynamic combination of theory, collaborative interaction and experiential learning.

Carol Duffy (MIAHIP, MIACP, MEAP), is an accredited psychotherapist. She currently works with Adults and Adolescents in private practice in Meath. Over her career as a therapist she has worked in the Dublin, Louth, and Meath regions, including roles as a senior clinical assessor, and as a psychotherapist in a number of charitable organisations providing counselling services within the local community. Carol has a Masters in Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy and Play Therapy, Post Qual. Diploma in Adolescent Psychotherapy, and Diplomas in Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy, and Family Law. She has a creative and holistic background, holding a BA Fine Art and formal training in Classical Music, and over 25 years of experience in Meditation and currently engaging in yoga teacher training. She now practices Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, that incorporate principles from somatic therapies, neuroscience, attachment theory, mindfulness and hakomi.Carol has spent the last decade exploring the topic of shame, and its role in psychotherapeutic process, completing research in 2018.

Saturday, November 9, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 6 – Fairy Tales and their everyday relevance in TherapyFacilitated by – Linda Hanlon & Maria Mc Grane

The workshop will explore the symbolism contained within the universal phenomena of fairy tales, exploring the important role symbolic thinking plays in childhood development and consequently in adults, from both individual and collective unconscious perspectives. The workshop will consist of didactic presentation and experiential exercises designed to facilitate creative exploration of outlined themes and relevance in the therapy relationship.

Linda Hanlon Linda has twenty years’ experience as a psychotherapist working with adults, children and adolescents. She has worked as a trainer of therapists in the Dundalk Counselling centre and, in 2006, graduated from Chichester University as a practice-based play therapist. Linda also successfully completed an MA in Psychotherapy & Counselling in Regents University, London in 2013. She has a supervision practice since completion of clinical supervision training in Trinity College, Dublin 2013. Along with Maria, Linda is co-founder of Parental Pathways a psychotherapeutic practice dedicated to supporting parents and their children. Together with Maria jointly organised the Children’s Literature Conferences held in the National Library in 2017 & 2018. She is also completed training as a Mentalising (MBT) practitioner, in the Anna Freud Centre, London. Her particular professional interest is on the dynamics involved in adoption triads, including the specific issues related to abandonment, intergenerational implications and dual identities, which was also the subject of a photography project this year. More recently, her clinical work with parents has prompted a developing interest in pursuing more in-depth knowledge of family law and gaining a legal perspective on contemporary family life.

Maria Mc GraneMaria has over thirty-five years’ experience as a clinical psychotherapist working with individuals, groups and child and adolescent psychotherapy. She has lectured in NUI Maynooth, the Dublin Business School with specialist knowledge in Ethics and Psychopathology and has held the position of trainer of Group Analysis in the school of Psychotherapy, UCD. In 2005, Maria completed training in clinical supervision at Trinity College Dublin extending her practice to include supervision of individuals, groups and provision of organisational consultancy. Maria is most recently further qualified at the Anna Freud Centre, London as a Mentalization (MBT) practitioner, a psychological approach designed to improve understanding of one’s own mental states and that of others.Prompted by extensive experience working with parents, children and families, she has developed particular interest in the field of infant mental health, co-founding a dedicated private practice, Parental Pathways in 2015. The practice goal is in meeting the needs of parents and their children, supporting their developmental journey in becoming more effective parents. Encouraging parents understanding that children hold the key to unlocking closed off aspects of the parents’ mind and understanding how these relational dynamics provides a pathway to more pleasurable parenting. Alongside her professional work Maria is a keen photographer intrigued by the ways in which it interrelates with psychotherapy including the impact capturing images, symbols and metaphors has on the neurobiology of the brain. The important role metaphor and symbolic thinking plays in a child’s development underpins her specific interest in fairy tales / stories and her wider interest in children’s literature. Parental Pathways was the organiser of both the 2017 and 2018 Children’s literature conferences at the National Library of Ireland in bringing together diverse perspectives from the worlds of psychotherapy, literature and neurobiology.

Sunday, November 17, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 7 – Supervision from a Gestalt Perspective

Facilitated by – Karen Shorten

The workshop gives participants the opportunity and space in which to explore awareness, contact, process, incorporating transference and counter-transference from a Gestalt perspective.

We work collaboratively and creatively in an experiential process exploring the relational, to understand the dynamics between the person as a therapist and the client, paying particular attention to the “now”.

Karen Ilean Shorten M.I.A.H.I.P., M.E.A.P., M.I.C.P., M.I.A.C.P., S.I.A.H.I.P.Karen trained in Humanistic, Integrative Psychotherapy and clinical supervision and thenwent on to train and specialise in Gestalt Therapy. She has a successful clinical supervision practice for the past 25 years as well as dealing with individuals, groups and families.

Karen is involved with the Irish Gestalt Centre and has for the last 15 years been running the Personal Development programme which is an Intensive residential workshop.

Sunday, November 24th, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 8 – Tuning In, Being Moved: Exploring Perception Through Movement Facilitators: Jessica Cottee & José Castilho

Jessica and José would like to build on their successful workshop from last year in which participants tuned in to their inner experience and allowed themselves to be moved by impulses, images and sensations. This year, we propose to focus on perception and invite participants to explore not only visual perception but other senses and parts of the body too.

Elements of Butoh dance will be used to perceive and experience the mind-body, and to give a container for this in order to provide movement. Perception contrasts with expression, since nothing is pushed or forced to the surface, but more passively given time and space to be released. Butoh movements can tap into both physiological and emotional aspects of the body, embrace the entirety of time lived from birth, and arise from intuition or spirituality. "The manifestation of these inner elements and transformation from one to another are not expressed through techniques; rather, they have already been present within the dancer's body and are actualized out of their dormancy." (Masaki Iwana, Essays on the Art and Philosophy of Butoh)

This practice and workshop support the work of the therapist by providing ways to further sensitise the body and increase body resonance within ourselves and in relation to our clients, thereby supporting the quality of connection we can offer. We hope participants will also feel nourished, refreshed and enjoy the chance to move and deepen their awareness of themselves.

Jessica Cottee is an IAHIP pre-accredited counsellor and psychotherapist, who trained at Dublin Counselling and Therapy Centre and currently works with adults in private practice. With a background in languages and a passion for dance, she is curious about ways of bringing form to sensations and using creative practices as a vehicle for expressing uniqueness. Having trained from a young age in classical ballet, modern and African dance, Jessica has more recently worked with Butoh masters Minako Seki, Masaki Iwana and Yumiko Yoshioka, and through the practice has found a direct and gentle way to explore and express the shades of her life. She is researching how this embodied art form can be applied in a therapeutic context.

José Castilho is a psychotherapist trained in the Irish Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and a full member of The Irish Analytical Psychology Association (IAPA), the professional body representing Jungian psychology in the Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP). He has a private practice in Capel Street, and he also works as psychotherapist for the Gay Men’s Health Services (GMHS). He has a long-term interest in dance and movement, trained in classical ballet, Isadora Duncan technique and other forms of movement. He has trained in Butoh with Juju Alishina, Minako Seki and Yumiko Yoshioka, he has an interest in Butoh as an art form and as a way of accessing and exploring the unconscious.

Sunday, December 1, 201910.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 9 - The Relationship Between Trauma and Learning. Facilitator: Yvonne Cunningham

In the workshop, an array of learning difficulties will be explored including the presenting components, their underpinnings in neuroscience, the current approach to diagnosis and emerging views and the effects on clients’ mood and self-concept.Practical cases and interventions will be explored and participants given an opportunity to explore presenting client issues.

Yvonne is an Educational Psychologist and Psychotherapist in private practice in Galway. Yvonne completed an Honours Psychology Degree in University College Dublin, a Higher Diploma in Education, Trinity College, Dublin and her post graduate Professional Diploma in Educational Psychology with the Psychological Society of Ireland. Yvonne graduated with an M.Sc. in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from Turning Point Training Institute and Dublin City University. Yvonne is currently in the Intermediate year of training in Somatic Experiencing (Levine). Yvonne has worked with students at preschool, primary, post primary and third level having taught and carried out psycho-educational evaluations for twenty five years including assessments for Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Speech and Language Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Giftedness as well as concentration and motivational issues. She also works in the Student Counselling Service in NUI, Galway as well as seeing psychotherapy clients in her practice. Throughout her many years of practice, Yvonne has observed the interrelationship between different trauma types and learning difficulties and has continued her training and professional development in the study of neuroscience and the practical implications related to these areas for both therapists and clients.

2-Day WorkshopSaturday & Sunday, January 18 & 9, 2020

10.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 10 – The Developmentally Needed Relationship and the Unconscious Transferential Narative Facilitators: Dr. Lorraine Price & Julie Dearden

When the early relational needs in infancy go unmet, they are searched for into adulthood. In therapy, these infantile needs can re-emerge and the client’s relational story can be told through the transference relationship.In this workshop we will look at these early needs, regression in therapy and outside of it, and how to work within the unconscious relationship to help the client find a narrative for their experiences. This workshop will be clinical, theoretical and experiential, with the aim of helping therapists to be more effective in working with these issues.

Dr. Lorraine Price: original career was in the British Civil Service and Local Government, eventually specialising in staff training. It was through this role that she became interested in psychology and counselling and attended a number of CPD trainings in this area. She undertook a PG Dip in Counselling, and followed this by undertaking the Masters programme in Integrative Psychotherapy. Lorraine then undertook a Diploma in Clinical Supervision, eventually becoming a tutor and then Programme Leader of this course, which is UKCP and ICP validated. Lorraine then trained as tutor for the MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy Programme, eventually became Programme Leader for this training for 9 years, until 2019. It has been a journey that she continues to cherish. Lorraine’s aim as a trainer is to help others to develop further in their chosen career and become professional and ethical practitioners whi are assets to the profession. As well as teaching, Lorraine runs a busy private practice of psychotherapy and Supervision in England and a supervision practice in Ireland and is an EMDR practitioner. Lorraine successfully completed her Research Doctorate in Psychology in 2014, studying the effects and treatment of early infantile trauma upon clients in psychotherapy, and therapeutic regression. She has had two Psychotherapy journal articles published and published her first book in 2016 entitled “Better Late Than Never” published by Karnac Books, and now by Routledge. Lorraine has been keynote speaker at a number of UK conferences. Lorraine is now Co-Director of a training organisation, Professional Integrative Psychotherapy Seminars, (PIPS) which offers Professional development, personal growth and experiential interaction, all taught at Masters level. Her interests lie in the use of the therapeutic relationship as therapeutic repair, the treatment of early relational trauma and the link between addiction and relational deprivation.

Julie Dearden comes from a career in nursing in England, then becoming a Genetic Nurse Practitioner. Julie’s original training was in Person Centred therapy, then going on to further her training with a MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy. Julie is a very experienced and skilled practitioner with expertise in working with early relational trauma, attachment disorders and psychopathology. She is an experienced trainer in Integrative Psychotherapy at Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute in Nottingham, England, currently holding a teaching and pastoral role as Student year tutor. Julie has also facilitated numerous psychotherapy CPD workshops. Julie is a UKCP accredited Psychotherapist and Supervisor who has been practicing for over 22 years. Julie is now Co-Director of a training organisation, Professional Integrative Psychotherapy Seminars, (PIPS) which offers Professional development, personal growth and experiential interaction, all taught at Masters level. Julie’s Interests lie in the Relational Matrix as a means of treatment and repair. Julie is an experienced, engaging and exciting facilitator who is able to share her expertise with the field.

2-Day WorkshopSaturday & Sunday, January 25 & 26, 2020

10.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 11 – Dance Movement Psychotherapy Facilitator: Bernadette Divilly

Moving Awareness practice through the use of Contemplative Dance and Authentic Movement practice provides therapists in supervision with a route to understanding how we metabolize our own internal states and those of our clients through the body awareness and action. It’s a gentle way to cultivate presence and to explore somatic counter-transference.

In this experiential workshop, participants will be introduced to the Contemplative Dance Practice (www.barbaradilley.com) translated by Dance Movement Psychotherapist Bernadette Divilly to explore the supervision process within psychotherapy and some of the witnessing principles of authentic movement.

Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) mingles the discipline of meditation and improvisation in a simple structure using personal awareness practice, open space and discussion/ reflection time. Participants will practice tracking kinesthetic delight and cultivating awareness while engaging with the four pillars of mindful movement practices. The intention is to apply the CDP model to support supervision as interactive field. Attention will be directed towards client care as the core activator of the movement process. This workshop is focused on being a support to the supervision processes and not as supervision. Its primary purpose will be to welcome and be with the unknown kindly. This workshop is suitable for experienced supervisors and professionals who are engaging with supervision in a variety of contexts.

Bernadette Divilly trained as a humanistic psychotherapist at the Creative Counselling Centre in the early 90s. She has a private practice in Galway, where she runs a group for contemplative dance as a support for supervision. Contemplative movement practices and creativity are core to her practice. She also works as a choreographer, dance movement psychotherapist & dancer with an MA in Somatic Psychology & Dance Movement Therapy from Naropa University Boulder CO and Hons BA in Psychology from NUI Galway.

2-Day WorkshopSaturday & Sunday - February 22nd & 23rd

10.00a.m.– 4.30p.m.IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 12 – Decoding your Body: Exploring the Body-Mind Soul Connection

Facilitators: Anne McCormack & Jennifer Deane It is said ‘your biography becomes your biology’ and that we are the sum total of all that has happened to us. The purpose of these workshops is to provide a safe environment to explore where you are in your life right now and where you might be heading. In the workshop we will provide a safe environment to work experientially, focusing on the importance of the body in sustaining and maintaining psychological, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. We will also encourage you to explore the past and present stories of your life that support or hinder a connection with your own wisdom and life-force. We combine a mix of bodywork techniques, group activities, creative activities, movement and meditation to support expression and body-mind awareness and all of our work is supported by a theoretical framework using specific techniques and activities to bring focus to the BodyMind. Some of those techniques include movement, dance, voice and art to chart your journey through the weekend. Subtle body movement and interactive Bioenergetic exercises, which can connect to emotion in the moment and bring it through to safe expression. Meditation and mindfulness using active and guided meditations, body scanning and visualization for BodyMind awareness and relaxation. These meditations are a powerful way to feel into your body and become more present. BIO: Anne McCormack MIAHIP, IACP. is an accredited Biodynamic & Integrative Psychotherapist & Trainer who has seventeen years’ experience working with group dynamics and training students of psychotherapy in the Tracht Psychotherapy Foundation. She also works in one to one private practice in both Athlone and Galway. Jennifer Deane MIAHIP is an accredited Biodynamic & Integrative Psychotherapist specialising in Body Orientated Psychotherapy and working in one to one private practice. She is an experienced group facilitator has been working with adults and young people for the past 15years, in many different settings. Jenny loves to work deeply, supporting people to see who they really are, in a safe, caring and fun way.

Saturday, March 7, 202010.00a.m. – 4.30p.m.

IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 13 - The Body in Psychotherapy: Character Structures. Facilitator: Thomas Larkin

Workshop description: We all know what affects our mind impacts our body. Character structures are the ways in which the body compensates for and absorbs such experience. In this workshop, we will look at how our body does this. The day will be highly experiential, and the real learning will be how this works in terms of your own body.

Thomas Larkin is an integrative psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer, based in Mind and Body Works, Wicklow Street. He has been working with the body in psychotherapy for 16 years.

2-Day WorkshopSaturday & Sunday – April 25th & 26th

10.00a.m.– 4.30p.m.IAHIP Office, 40 Northumberland Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Workshop 14 – "If you have the words, there's always a chance that you will find the way"Facilitators: Jim Fitzgibbon

""If you have the words, there's always a chance that you will find the way" this is a quote from the Irish poet Seamus Heaney "". You are invited to join me and we'll reflect on finding words for present experience. With or without words, in this workshop we will explore elements of our being, such as:- Presence:Present experience and meaning making.The quality of our presence with and without words.Working with client’s terror experience beyond meaning of: "I am living something that has no meaning". Supervisory aspects of our work with clients.Expressing experience with images.Ritual of a Native American medicine wheel.Dream work Bio: Jim is a member of IAHIP member number 852. A supervisor since 2017, some of his writings have been published in Inside Out include a poem: "Healing is a Hole in My Soul" (Summer 2019), as well as an article entitled: "PTSD and the Community in Healing" (Summer 2016). Jim trained in gestalt psychotherapy at the Irish Gestalt Centre and graduated from there in 2007. He believes in the potential for healing in collective soul.