WE ARE RECRUITING Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy IAHIP is the professional body in Ireland for humanistic and integrative psychotherapy. Humanistic and integrative psychotherapy has its roots in humanistic philosophy, which emphasises human dignity and the human capacity for fulfilment. It aims to work with a full range of influences to encourage the […]
The Irish Council for Psychotherapy welcomes the decision of the Minister for Health Mr Simon Harris, TD to recognise the two distinct professions of Psychotherapist and Counsellor, each with their own register under one registration board. This is in line with ICP’s recommendations in the submission document to government. We are especially pleased i light […]
The British people have shown great resilience over the last few days in coping with the Manchester bombing. For the most part they have kept true to their values and their way of life. We hear of Mancunians pulling together in the midst of the crisis, offering practical support, food, shelter, care. We read the […]
“FAMILY THERAPISTS GO GREEN” As a social media profile raising exercise for FTAI, we are organising a gathering in: Venue: Merrion Square Park (nearest the Holles Street Entrance Date: 15th May 2017 Time: 6.30p.m The intention is to show our participation in and support for the Green Ribbon campaign http://www.greenribbon.ie […]
Robert Redford’s son is a filmmaker and his latest film is called Resilience. Roughly it’s about the negative impact of difficult childhood experiences….which last a lifetime. He was inspired by research carried out in 1998 by Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda into adverse childhood experiences. Examples of these range from witnessing substance abuse; marital breakdown; […]
A Compassionate Approach to Building Resilience in Therapists
The Irish Council for Psychotherapy hereby wishes to clarify that efforts to try to change, manipulate or reverse sexual orientation and/or gender identity change through psychological therapies with different theoretical frameworks are unethical in accordance with the Irish Council for Psychotherapy’s Ethical Guidelines. Conversion Therapy, Reparative Therapy, Gay Cure and Transgender Conversion Therapy refer to a […]
Date: 13th February 2017 Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm Venue: The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club, 9, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 Parking is at half price in St. Stephen’s Green Centre (i.e. it is capped at €10) Topic: “Working in a Medicalised World” Speakers: Deirdre Dooley Head of Training Mater/UCD Family Therapy Training Programme Peter McCartan Formerly of Beaumont Hospital […]
We are all intensely interested in reading about other people’s sexual lives and it is even more compelling to compare ourselves to what appears to be the ‘average’. On the one hand none of us like to consider ourselves average but there is a comfort in knowing that we are not as strange or weird […]
Over two thousand years ago a certain Pontius Pilate asked the question ‘what is truth?’ a hugely important question for so many reasons. In the current so called ‘post –truth’ era, it takes on a new importance and it behoves us to ask does truth actually matter? I believe it matters in a fundamental way […]