Paradigm Counselling

Parkinsons Information and Strategy Sessions Weekly
2022-03-01 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
I am delighted in association with the Parkinsons Association of Ireland to invite you to topic sessions concerning the most prevalent of issues associated with Parkinson’s Disease. Whether you have Parkinsons or closely related to somebody with the condition then you might find these sessions beneficial. We aim to present information, discuss together the topic and present very practical strategies to support you as you deal and work with Parkinsons.in your life. The first topic is Diagnoses. How many of you were left in shock and maybe still are in shock from hearing that you or a loved one has Parkinsons? I remember somebody telling me one time, that when they received the diagnosis, they immediately saw themselves as Muhammad Ali. They thought their life was over, and to this day the person cannot remember how they got home. Depending on how a diagnoses is delivered can negatively impact one’s acceptance and ability to work with the PD condition. How negatively have you been impacted and could that impact be adding to your symptoms now? If so, what can you do about it?
Over the weeks we will put the following issues as topics under the microscope; Anxiety, can be debilitating and crippling, but it can be lessened. Then there is low mood, lack of concentration, feelings of apathy, grief and hallucinations. Other areas of interest will present a way of dealing with cognitive decline and memory impairment, addictive compulsive behaviours and last but not least hypersexuality
Not of all of the above may be an issue for you, but one or two might be, so you are very welcome to come along and share or listen and learn. There might be topics left out that is near and dear to you. Please let us know so that we can maximise our efforts and delivery to your needs.
The presenter is Dee Daly a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist, she is also a lecturer in Educational Psychology. Dee has worked with the emotional issues associated with Parkinsons for well over fifteen years now; she has contributed to awareness campaigns, to highlight the need for key resources that are hugely needed to support individuals with the condition.

Workshop for Teachers on Adverse Childhood Experiences
2022-03-09 19:00 - 20:30
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences?

The impact of early adversity and unresolved trauma is becoming one of the greatest public health concerns of our time (Van Der Kolk 2014; Harris 2014). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are defined as chronic (persistent), unpredictable and stress inducing situations on children with effects that can last a lifetime. The experiences become more injurious when there is no buffering adult present to support the child through the adversity. In the earliest part of a child’s development, lived experiences can have a lasting impact on brain development and cognitive development, which in turn impacts learning ability. Mental health, negative behavioural expressions, physiological illness are also impacted to become indications of all future learning, problems solving and emotional regulation ability and overall general well-being in life.

Children who become impacted negatively from ACEs perform poorly in school and with education in general. In life they have difficulty progressing in occupations or in employment. They can exhibit unacceptable and disruptive behaviours in the classroom, when they actually do come to school. In general truancy can be high. Tusla, found that 60,000 children in 2019 missed school every day. Sometimes the impact of ACEs can look like the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), demonstrating an inability to take instruction or learn new skills, these children might seem to have a lack inhibitions and be impulsive. Children may also exhibit deficiency when it comes to planning skills, organisation skills, attention and concentration aptitudes. Sometimes noted is limited mastery skills, or poor ability to stay on task and therefore experience low goal attainment.

Somatic Training for Psychotherapists
2022-04-23 - 2022-04-24
Come and build a Somatic Psychotherapy Tool kit. The body knows before the mind what is disturbing us. Listening and working with the expressions of the body can be key to relaxation and body mind awareness. In this workshop over a weekend, you will learn to work with your own body as a sensing intunative resource in the therapy room. You will learn how to encourage and work with your clients in an integrated somatic way. Support your clients to lessen stress, emotional dyregulation, anxiety and panic to name but a few mental health issues.

Dee has been working with and incorporating somatic awareness and psychotherapy into her practice for over a decade, it is one of the most powerful ways to work with trauma. Combining bottom up and top down strategies.
This workshop is not just about body awareness, its very much about supporting transformations regardless of client presentation in the therapy room.

Earn 12 CPD points
