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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