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 Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting

POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN GESTALT PSYCHOTHERAPY

 

September 2013 to March 2014

For Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Coaches, Psychologists, Allied Health and Social Work Practitioners, Educators, Training & Development Professionals.

 Led By

Mike O’Halloran,

M.A., B.A., E.C.P., M.I.A.H.I.P., M.I.A.C.P., E.A.P., E.M.C.C.

Post Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy

Introduction to the Programme

The purpose of the Programme is to provide participants with a core understanding of Gestalt principles and techniques which they can incorporate into their existing Professional Practice. In addition the Programme aims to heighten the Awareness of participants in a way which leads to greater Personal and Professional efficacy.

Who Can Apply For the Programme?

The Programme is open to Psychotherapists, Counsellors, Coaches & Psychologists. In addition, the Programme has been taken by many Allied Professionals, Social Workers, Health Care Professionals, Educators and Training & Development Professionals who wish to enhance their Skills base and Self-Awareness.

Style of the Programme

The Programme is highly experiential. Participants learn about themselves, their clients and Gestalt largely through participating in a structured series of Gestalt exercises and Large Group/Small Group Process. Time is given to practice in the Gestalt way of working with feedback from the Group Leader and Peers. In addition the underlying theory of Gestalt is introduced in a way which is directly relevant to Programme Participants.

Post Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy

 Programme Content

 The Gestalt Cycle of Experience

-Sensation & Desensitisation

-Awareness & Deflection

-Mobilisation & Introjection

-Action & Projection

-Contact & Retroflection

-Satisfaction & Egotism

-Withdrawal & Confluence

Body Awareness

Working with Body Awareness

Unfinished Business

The I-Thou Dialogic Relationship

Existentialism as the Foundation of Gestalt

The Phenomenological Method

Group Supervision

Programme Venue, Dates, and Cost.

The Programme will be held in the Galway Rape Crisis Centre, “The Lodge”, Foster Court, Galway and will run over six two day modules, from 10.am. to 5.pm. each Saturday, and from 10.am to 4pm each Saturday.

Module 1:  Sat & Sun September 21^st & 22nd

Module 2:  Sat & Sun November 9^th & 10th

Module 3:  Sat & Sun December 7^th & 8th

Module 4:  Sat & Sun January 11^th & 12th

Module 5:  Sat & Sun February 1^st & 2nd

Module 6:  Sat & Sun March 1^st & 2nd

The cost of the Programme is E1590

Post Graduate Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy

 Programme Leader- Mike O’Halloran

Mike is a Trainer & Psychotherapist. Hundreds of Professionals have attended his workshops and trainings in Gestalt and Existentialist Psychotherapy over two decades. The one year Certificate in Gestalt Psychotherapy has been held since 1998. Some of Mike’s other workshops & trainings have included ‘Working with Relationship Issues,’ ‘Existentialist Psychotherapy Intensive,’ ‘The Shadow & Projection.’ He trained in Counselling & Psychotherapy at DurhamUniversity, Metanoia & the GerdaBoysenCenter. He is Joint Director of Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting, and Coach Institute of Ireland.

Reservation Details

If you are interested in taking a place on the Programme you will be invited to have an interview with Mike. This will provide an opportunity for you to find out more about the Programme, and for us both to see if it’s suitable for you. If you are offered a place on the Programme and would like to accept, a non-refundable deposit of E500 will be required, payable to Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting.

To arrange your interview call Mike on 091-861638. Mobile: 086-8391756

Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting, 1 Devon Place, The Crescent, Galway

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     Certificate in Integrative Supervision

 

COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

Supervision in some form is viewed as a key component of many professions in the provision of support to practitioners, enhancement of ongoing learning, and, to a greater or lesser degree, it offers some protection to the public. This course is intended for people from a variety of disciplines who are intending, beginning or already practising supervisors.  It is designed to enable individuals to extend their understanding and knowledge of supervision, incorporating theoretical input with opportunities for group discussion and experiential exercises.

 

WHO SHOULD APPLY

This course will be of interest to professionals who work in an integrative manner. It will be of particular interest to counsellors, psychotherapists, guidance counsellors, psychologists, healthcare professionals, probation officers, social services personnel, managers, and all who supervise the work of others in the helping professions.

COURSE CONTENT:

• Definitions and purpose of supervision.
• Models of the supervisory process will be explored including those of Page and Wosket, Hawkins and Shohet.
• Learning Styles.
• Consideration of the training development and supervisory needs of supervisors.
• Opportunities to role-play in triads as supervisor, supervisee and observer, using participants’ own case work.
• Exploration of transference, counter-transference and the parallel process.
• Reflection on the similarities and differences of supervision in a one-to-one, group or organisational context.
• Consideration of Multicultural, Ethical and Professional issues.

COURSE STRUCTURE:

The core ethos of IICP is to provide a student centred, warm and supportive learning environment. The programme is highly interactive, experiential and taught through lectures, small group work, role-play and assignments.

SCHEDULE OF DATES:

Day One:          Thurs 23 May 2013                  Day Two:         Fri 24 May 2013

Day Three:       Sat 22 June 2013                     Day Four:         Sat 20 July 2013

Day Five:          Sat 24 August 2013                  Day Six:           Thurs 12 September 2013

Day Seven:       Fri 13 September 2013            Day Eight:         Fri 11 October 2013

Day Nine:         Thurs 07 November 2013        Day Ten:          Fri 24 January 2014

Day Eleven:      Fri 28 February 2014               Day Twelve:     Fri 21 March 2014

Day Thirteen:    Fri 09 May 2014

Class will run each date from 9.00am-5.00pm in IICP.

Certificate in Integrative Supervision – Information and Registration Form

 

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Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre

41 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1

 ●   Rooms to Let   ●

 for accredited counsellors / psychotherapists

 in a long-established Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre (founded 1990) near to the City Centre.

Spacious rooms, reasonable rates and possibility of referrals

 For further information contact Paul O’Donoghue

tel. 01 8788236       e-mail: info@nulldctc.ie

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Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting

Annual Summer Experiential Workshop

Exploring and Owning Your

Power and Authority

Thursday, 27^th June, 2013, to Saturday 29^th June, 2013.

Mike O’Halloran and Evelyn P. Gilmore

The workshop provides an opportunity for psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, educators, managers, health care professionals, and allied professionals, to enhance their awareness of their own power and authority.  In addition, as participants gain greater awareness of these aspects of themselves, they will gain greater insight as to how to help their clients explore and own their own power and authority. Many individuals do not fully own their own powerfulness and project it onto others: friends, partners, siblings, colleagues; or onto organisations, and experience themselves as relatively powerless in interpersonal or organisational life.  In addition, individuals who may be formally qualified as professionals, or who may be formally appointed to roles with authority, experience difficulty exercising their authority, due to internal feelings of powerlessness.

The ‘internal world’ of the person is fundamental to how he or she experiences and uses power and authority.  This, in turn, is largely a function of the person’s relationships with past authority figures such as parents and teachers.  Self-doubt, can lead to the person never being able to fully experience his or her powerfulness, whilst it’s opposite, an inflated self-image, can lead to authoritarianism. When individuals explore their relationship with power and authority, they can experience much greater aliveness and energy, an expanded sense of personality, and greater choice in life.

During the three days, participants will be provided with an opportunity to explore the following:

• Exploring and Owning Your Power and Authority
• Past experiences and Internalised Images that You Hold
• Enhancing Your Own Sense of Internal Power
• Sexuality, Gender, and Power
• Enhancing Awareness of Beliefs and Feelings about Power
• Doubting yourself and it’s impact on Powerfulness
• Gaining greater awareness of how you Project Power onto Others
• Working with the Body
• Exploring the Power of Powerlessness
• Exploring the Fear of our Power
• Gaining greater aliveness, excitement and being afforded greater choice in life

Style of the Workshop

The learning over the three days is highly experiential with a focus on participant’s process and experience. We will use Gestalt work, Biodynamic work, attention to Dreams, and small and large Group Process. The work will include Music, Movement, Dance, Drawing, and Guided Visualisation to bring into the present aspects of the participant’s relationship to Power that are normally outside awareness.

Mike O’Halloran, M.A., B.A., E.C.P., M.I.A.H.A.P., M.I.A.C.P.

Mike is a Gestalt Psychotherapist and Trainer who has been involved in the training of Counsellors and Psychotherapists since 1990.  Some of his trainings and workshops include “Gestalt Psychotherapy Intensive” and “Existentialist Psychotherapy Intensive.”  Mike has previously facilitated workshops for professionals with Evelyn on “Sexuality, the Body, and Body Image”, and “Exploring and Owning the Shadow”.

Evelyn P. Gilmore, B.A., M.Sc., Reg. Psychol., Ps.S.I., M.I.A.H.I.P.

Evelyn is a Consultant Psychologist and a Biodynamic & Integrative Psychotherapist. She has an Honours Degree in Psychology from N.U.I.G., a Masters in Psychology from DCU, and a Diploma in Biodynamic & Integrative Psychotherapy. She has facilitated trainings for professionals in Group Facilitation, Body Image and Food Issues.   Evelyn has previously facilitated workshops for professionals with Mike on “Sexuality, the Body, and Body Image”, and “Exploring and Owning the Shadow”.

Workshop Details/Reservation Details

The workshop will be held in the Croi Nua Spirituality Centre, Rosary Lane, Taylor’s Hill, Galway, and will run from 9.30am to 5pm., each day. The total cost of the workshop is €390.  If you would like to reserve a place on the Workshop, please complete the attached booking form and forward it, with a non-refundable deposit of €200 to Galway Psychotherapy & Consulting, 1 Devon Place, The Crescent, Galway. Telephone 091-861638 or 086-8391756.

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