In Person WNWRC -Meeting Yourself to Nourish Meeting the Client: An experiential workshop designed to enhance reflective practice, therapeutic atonement, professional self-awareness & effective client work”

Presenter's Bio:

Geraldine is an accredited Psychoanalyst and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with The Irish Association for Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists in Ireland and the Irish Council for Psychotherapy. She has over 35 years’ clinical psychotherapy experience which has focused primarily on specialist trauma informed therapy with adults who experienced childhood abuse in state institutions, intra-familial settings and organisational groups.  She has considerable experience in preparation of Reports for the Courts, and she has extensive experience in conducting clinical assessments for client presentations which include adults with disabilities.  She has provided Group Psycho-social experiential courses for clients, and engaged in the provision of long-term Group Therapy process for clients who experienced childhood trauma. 

She completed her Thesis in Human Rights Law entitled ‘In the Shadow of the Law:  institutional abuse victims search for truth and justice.  She has prior training in Organisational Systems Therapy focusing on the conscious and unconscious processes which influence groups in teams and organisations. She has carried out Group Supervision processes, and is a keen advocate of Voices of the Whole: a collaborative approach to working with team/group dynamics in the Workplace.  She has devised and implemented a model entitled “Tending to the System, by the System, for the System” in group contexts. She has considerable experience in the online delivery of Reflexive Practice groups, and will continue to develop this model also comprising Group Coaching methodology. She has provided significant presentations to her accreditation body and Freud/Lacan Institute, and she has provided several clinical presentations to students and pre-accreditation students. Geraldine has provided clinical case studies to Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists in Germany, the UK and the USA. She has recently presented a Micro-Credential substantive presentation on trauma to The Law Society of Ireland. She is currently undertaking training in Restorative Justice Mechanisms.  She is also engaged in legal training comprising Dignity at Work investigation techniques and legislation in relation to Employment Law and Employees’ rights and State obligations under EU Law which focus on citizens’ human rights.  She has recently been awarded a Diploma in Professional Executive and Business Coaching which is accredited nationally and internationally.

Event Outline:

• Develop professional knowledge and skills relevant to their work with clients
• Engage in reflective practice and self-awareness, which are recognised components of CPD in many helping professions
• Enhance therapeutic effectiveness through experiential learning
• Receive educational input through presentations and structured learning activities
• Build professional competence, resilience, and community

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  CPD Certs will be emailed to participants after attendance.

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