Classifieds

Into the Quiet Body

A four-week online somatic journey with restorative yogasomatics and yoga nidra.

A sacred pause to find the quiet inside with sensory movement, rest shapes, poetry and blankets. We will gather to align our internal flow with nature’s rhythm for the seasonal shift into winter. A space to explore motion and stillness. Step softly into the inner landscape, to attune to the subtle language of the body with somatic exploration and embodied rest. Open the pathway to profound stillness, aliveness, restoration and inner clarity.

Each gathering will end with a guided yoga nidra practice to integrate and allow for deep rest. 

Dates: Sunday November 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th 
Time: 3.00 - 4.30pm
Investment: €90

Booking and Suitability: https://auraspace.es/book-a-class-VmPFq/p/quietbody

(Recordings will be available for one week after each session)

Bio: Deirdre Madden is a qualified psychotherapist (non-practicing), and has trained in vinyasa flow, yin, yoga nidra and yogasomatics. She is also a cacao facilitator. She has been teaching yoga for six years and has a growing interest in spirituality and bodywork.

Hakomi Training – Ireland

A Somatic approach to uncovering unconcious beliefs

Four days to slow down, listen deeply, and notice what often goes unseen — the subtle cues, the body’s quiet stories, the felt sense of connection.

Through mindfulness and somatic awareness, you’ll learn to uncover the limiting beliefs that can cause unnecessary suffering leading to pain, anxiety, and struggle — and meet them with presence and compassion and understanding

24th – 27th November, 2025
An Tairseach Ecologly Centre Wicklow Town
€ 440 early bird (Oct 15 ) 500 full price
CPD points available

✨ This training is guided by Caroline Brahim — senior lead Hakomi trainer from the UK. Caroline is one of the main Hakomi teachers in Europe, with many years of experience and a teaching style that’s both deeply skilled and compassionate.

You’ll come away with:

- The ability to tune into the subtle, non-verbal language of the body — what’s felt but not said.

- Gentle ways of uncovering the unconscious beliefs that keep pain, anxiety, and struggle alive — and how to meet them with mindful compassion.

- First-hand experience of how the body carries stories and emotions words alone can’t reach — and how to work with that safely and supportively.

- A stronger sense of presence, attunement, and resilience — qualities that nourish both your practice and your own personal growth.

Places are limited – book early to secure your spot.

Bookings - info@hakomiireland.ie

Body Psychotherapy Course February 2026

5-day training in how to read and work with the body in psychotherapy:

Day 1: (am) The Body and Attachment; (pm) The Body and Character Structures.

Day 2: The Body and Trauma.

Day 3: (am) Reading the Body; (pm) The Body and Awareness - Focusing.

Day 4: (am) The Body and Expression – Gestalt; (pm) The Body and Shame.

Day 5: The Body as Archetype – Object Relations.

Dates: Saturdays: (2026) February 7, March 7, April 18, May 16, June 13.

Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm.                    Cost: €600.

Venue: Avila Carmelite Centre, Bloomfield Avenue, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

For enquiries or bookings, call Thomas Larkin MA, MIAHIP, on 085 7283697. Or Email: info@thomaslarkin.ie. Details at www.thomaslarkin.ie

In the Footsteps of Buddha: A 13-Day Pilgrimage for Psychotherapists and Mindfulness Teachers, 2-14 November, 2026.

Join us for a transformative journey through Nepal and India from November 2-14, 2026, an immersive experience in mindfulness, Buddhist philosophy, and reflective practice. This program includes online preparatory workshops, one-day orientation meeting, one-day retreat, and daily meditation and Dharma sessions throughout the pilgrimage, offering 50 CPD hours.

In the Footsteps of Buddha pilgrimage offers a profound journey to reflect on and embody the Buddha’s teachings. This pilgrimage visits the four most sacred sites of his life: his birthplace, the place of enlightenment, the site of his first sermon, and his place of passing, as outlined in the Parinibbana Sutta.

• Lumbini, where Siddhartha was born
• Bodhgaya, where Siddhartha became enlightened
• Varanasi (Sarnath), where the Buddha taught the path to enlightenment
• Kushinagar, where the Buddha attained Parinirvana

Mindfulness Practice and Dharma throughout the Pilgrimage

Daily morning meditation throughout the pilgrimage including mindfulness, yoga and evening Dharma-Sangha reflective sharing (30 CPD hours, 2.5 hours per day). Participants on this pilgrimage will receive licenced audio and books on Buddhism, mindfulness and links to psychotherapy, and are welcome to guide practices in meditation and yoga.

Mindfulness one-day Retreat and Group Orientation:  (12 hours)

Immerse yourself in the heart of mindfulness and Buddhist teachings with our one-day retreat and group orientation for the In the Footsteps of Buddha pilgrimage. This enriching experience allows you to connect with fellow pilgrims and engage in a comprehensive exploration of mindfulness, Buddhism, and neuroscience, enhancing both your personal practice and professional work.

Eight weekly online meetings: Buddha, Dharma and Sangha (8 hours)

Deepening the foundations of practice, teaching, and community in preparation for the pilgrimage.

Cost: The cost for accommodation and travel including breakfasts, overland travel, train and internal flights is €1,895 double occupancy, single accommodation is also available. Payment in three instalments.

Additional Costs: flights to Kathmandu/Delhi, daily allowance for meals (€20 per day), visas, insurance, tips for local guides.

Travel Agents

This pilgrimage is organised by a licensed and bonded Irish travel agent in collaboration with an international travel company dedicated to sustainability and responsible travel. Local tour guides with extensive regional expertise will enhance your experience throughout the journey

Teaching and Coordination: CPD certification 50 hours, one-day retreats, books, audio resources.

Dharma Leader: Gerry Cunningham is a mindfulness teacher and psychotherapist, as well as an intrepid traveller. He has organised charity walks across India, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, East Africa, and Central America.

Booking: Please complete the application form, attend an online meeting, and submit a non-refundable deposit of €500. This program and pilgrimage are open to psychotherapists, mental health professionals, mindfulness teachers, and individuals with extensive mindfulness practice. Full itinerary and information available at mindfulnessclinic.ie.  T: 087-7989 301 E: info@mindfulnessclinic.ie

Understanding Suicide - Giving the Real Experts a Voice

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Hall

Thursday 23rd October             

6.30pm

Join us in DLR County Hall, as eight people bereaved by suicide share their family story, their experience of Constellation Work, and the way it supported them to heal and move on with their lives.

They will speak as part of the Dublin launch of Brendan O’Brien’s book, “Understanding Suicide A New Lens”.

Following an incredibly moving event in UCC in May, where eight other people spoke of their work around the death of a loved one, we invite all those of you who work in the area of suicide and family trauma to hear the real experts on suicide.

“After Susan’s death I could not even say the word “suicide” - it stuck in my throat….I was bewildered....The guilt was huge! I should have saved her. I know now that there was a ripple of pain going through my family. There was shame in the generations that went before us. Shame comes with suicide as well. The people who take their own lives are in the depth of their own pain. We can be free if we have more of an understanding. That’s what happens in a constellation”.

Brendan says that this is very “ordinary” work, grounded in family experiences. The book looks at the need for a new lens in this very sensitive area. It presents 15 family stories - involving 20 “family constellations”. It also presents a method of working in a group situation with families touched by suicide and suicidal ideation.

We are opening new ways of understanding suicide and family trauma.  All of the research on suicide suggests that this is what is most needed right now.

We hope to see many of you at the launch and we would be grateful if you would please invite others in your networks who may find the work helpful. 

You can buy a signed copy of the book to be collected at the launch here. Please select “Book Launch Pick-Up” as a shipping option. Shipping is also available worldwide.

DIPLOMA IN SUPERVISION: A GESTALT RELATIONAL MODEL

This Relational Gestalt Model of Supervision has been used in the training of Supervisors since 2005. It is designed to meet IAHIP and IACP requirements and is ­accredited by IACP. This experiential course runs over 2 years:

• Part 1 - February '26 to May '26 (4 x 2-day blocks)
• Part 2 - January '27 to May '27 (5 x 2-day blocks)

The course is suitable for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, Psychologists and Social Workers with an interest in adding a relational Process model of Supervision to their way of working.

A prior knowledge of Gestalt is not a requirement.

Facilitators: Rachel Keogh & Louise Farrelly.

Max number of participants 12

For details of course, including costs and dates:

www.gestalt.ie

Tel: 01-661 9231

BEYOND THE IRISH QUESTION

GROUP EXPLORATION FROM 29 OCT 2025 - 17 JUNE 2026 

Beyond the Irish Question invites people in Ireland and across the diaspora to explore how Irish history lives within us, not only in memory and text, but in the body: in the silence that settles around painful family events, in the shame passed down through generations, and in the resilience that enabled survival but can harden into distance or disconnection.

For psychotherapists and counsellors, this work offers more than personal reflection. It provides a unique professional resource: deeper understanding of the cultural and intergenerational dynamics that shape both therapist and client. Many clients bring struggles that are not only personal, but entwined with the legacies of migration, famine, institutional abuse, and colonialism. By engaging these themes within a safe, traumainformed community, therapists can expand their capacity to recognise when what seems individual may also be inherited or collective.

Psychiatrist Judith Herman reminds us that “remembering and telling the truth about terrible events are prerequisites… for the healing of individual victims.” Without space for compassionate witnessing, what is left unspoken continues to echo through families and communities. What is not brought into awareness does not disappear, it repeats, shaping fate in relationships, identity, and society.

This programme offers a well-held, embodied group field where silence can give way to story, shame to recognition, and isolation to belonging. It supports psychotherapists to integrate awareness of the collective and intergenerational into their clinical work, while deepening their own journey of healing and connection.

30% Discount Code available for all IAHIP members: IAHIP30 

Website: https://beyondtheirishquestion.com/

Contact: contact@irishintegration.com

Info Session on 15th October: https://luma.com/hw4lv81z

Simon Courtney is a psychotherapist and facilitator working at the intersections of trauma, ancestry, and cultural identity. He leads Beyond the Irish Question, the flagship program of the Initiative for Irish Integration & Emergence, together with a team of six facilitators, creating spaces where inherited wounds can be met with care and new possibilities for connection and belonging can emerge.

FOUNDATION TRAINING IN NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION

Integrating the work of Marshall Rosenberg into your Therapy and Coaching Practice

Facilitated by Glenn Treacy and Trond Ullenes

18-19 October 2025

Killiney Castle

Killiney Hill Rd, Killiney, Co. Dublin, A96 N125

10am to 5pm

The process of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) was developed by the clinical psychologist Marshall Rosenberg in the late 60s. The name of this modality was born out of the civil rights movements and the Detroit race riots that Rosenberg experienced. The Centre for Nonviolent Communication (cnvc.org) supervises and accredits trainers, coaches and mediators.

Professional and personal challenges lead me to the work of Marshall Rosenberg. I experienced it as a paradigm shift in the way I related to others. Over the years it has been developed into a very visual and creative approach. The core principles can be learned quite quickly, it is theoretically straightforward and can shine a light on both intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts in an efficient way.

I am delighted to be co-facilitating with Trond, who brings a breath of experience in the organisational and team setting. In this two day programme, you will experience Rosenberg’s process in an experiential way and we will explore the applications of this approach to your coaching and psychotherapy practice. We will work in small groups, full group, with demonstrations and plenty of opportunity to practice. The training will be delivered in a very visual, creative and playful way.

Workshop style

• Totally Experiential
• Small groups, full group, demonstrations
• Playful
• Plenty of opportunity to practice
• Opportunity to bring team and client issues

Benefits

• Approaches to working with emotional shut down or resistant clients
• Visual and object based approach for highly cognitive clients
• Help clients understand the impact of their language
• Work effectively with couples, family relationships and group
• Use of needs to help clients to become more embodied
• A novel way to work with interpersonal conflicts
• Learn simple but effective structures to mediate

Date: 18-19 October 2025

Time: Saturday 10 am – 5 pm & Sunday 9 am - 4 pm

Group size: 35

CPD: 14 points

CNVC: 2 days that count towards certification

Cost: €300

Location: Killiney Castle, Killiney Hill Rd, Killiney, Co. Dublin, A96 N125

Register: gatreacy@gmail.com

Glenn is a qualified Gestalt oriented psychotherapist. He is also a certified mediator and communication coach (CNVC.org). Glenn is a Certified Associate member of IAHIP (Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy) and works to their standards and code of ethics. He completed a five year training in body oriented psychotherapy (Biosynthesis) in Switzerland with the late David Boadella.

He is very interested in the role that communication plays in our lives, both our communication with others and our internal dialogue. He supports teams and groups to explore their communication patterns, helping them find alternative ways of expression so that they can feel heard.

Personal and professional challenges led him to the work of clinical psychologist, Marshall Rosenberg. Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training has enabled a transformation in his professional relationships and he incorporates this approach in his therapy work and coaching. Glenn also shares this work in workshops and groups.

Trond Ullenesfrom Norway has 20 years of experience in training leaders, teams, employees and athletes in achieving excellence and success. He is a CNVC certified trainer, mediator and team coach. He provides his services in leadership development, facilitation, collaborative communication, HR consulting, motivational speaking and team and 1-1 executive coaching. Since engaging on the Nonviolent Communication path, he has a deep interest in how NVC can be applied in systemic and organisational settings

ONLINE SELF-CARE RETREAT

29th and 30th November 2025, 10am - 4pm

For those in therapeutic professions, pastoral ministry, social work, education.

Through role play, creative visualisation, group sharing, this day will look at our attitude, core beliefs and learnt behaviours around Self-care and Caring for others.

Through the iconic story of Martha and Mary in the Bible we will explore:

• a relationship with vulnerability and limitation that excludes the carer from the very ecosystem of Love, Intimacy they crave
• a Model for embracing our vulnerability and deepening an interiority that aligns us with our deepest purpose

Facilitator: Gertrude Gill Phd, (MUKCP, EMCC) is a Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist, 5DL Organisational Leadership Coach, Trainer, working in the private and public sector over 35 years

Cost: £120 /€140 

Please contact: Gertrude on

087 2220983

gertrudegill@raidhselife.com

https://raidhselife.com

GDPR AUDITS - PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR THERAPISTS AND PRACTICES BY re:GDPR

As a therapist, you collect and hold sensitive personal data every day. Client records, contact details, clinical notes are all sensitive and highly personal information. Under GDPR, you are legally required to protect this information and demonstrate compliance should you be audited or should someone ask to see your GDPR program.

At re:GDPR, we specialise in GDPR audits tailored for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and practices. Our aim is to give you peace of mind by ensuring you meet your legal obligations while educating you on how to maintain a GDPR Programme within your business.

Our GDPR Audit will:

• Assess your current compliance – we review how you collect, store, and manage client data, the data flow in your business and review your policies and procedures.
• Identify risks and gaps – highlighting any areas that could leave you exposed to breaches or complaints and making sure your document retention is compliant.
• Provide clear, practical steps – recommendations written in simple and easy to understand terms, so you know exactly what to do and what your ongoing next steps need to be.
• Ongoing support – with our accountability program you will be contacted quarterly to remain kept up to date with news and changes that affect your business and gdpr program, we also offer a yearly call to go through and make updates if needed.

At reGDPR we aim to “take the fear out of GDPR”, our audit system is designed to do just that and make sure you understand and feel empowered to safeguard the data within your business. With our expertise, you won’t just be ticking boxes, you’ll have a well structured and compliant system that protects both your clients and your professional standing.

Contact: Eileen Ireland

Email: hello@regdpr.com

Website: www.regdpr.com