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NERC - Working with Adolescents: Developmental & Therapeutic Dynamics
Presenters Bio:
Bronagh Starrs is Programme Director for the MSc Adolescent Psychotherapy in Dublin Counselling & Therapy Centre in partnership with University of Northampton and Founder & Director of Blackfort Adolescent Gestalt Institute. She maintains a private practice in Omagh as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, writer and trainer, specialising in working with adolescents, emerging adults and their families. Bronagh is an adolescent development expert and has considerable experience as a trainer in adolescent development and therapy throughout Ireland. She also teaches and presents internationally on the developmental implication of trauma on the adolescent journey. Her recent publication Adolescent Psychotherapy - A Radical Relational Approach (Routledge, London) has received international acclaim.
Workshop Outline:
Summary Outline of Event:
- An introduction into developmental dynamics - typical and complex developmental presentations, and the predicable adult world response;
- Therapeutic considerations/interventions with adolescents;
- Exploration of the link to adult psychopathology as a result of interrupted adolescent development.
Learning Outcomes:
- An understanding of adolescent configuration styles.
- An understanding of creative adjustment and the impact of trauma in adolescence
- Broad therapeutic skills with adolescent clients
- An understanding of the implications of interrupted developmental process in adolescence for adult clients.
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