Learning to Cope
At the FORD Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre, we strive to support all our stakeholders by empowering them to learn. Here are some useful links for clients and counsellors.
For clients using the centre’s services, our approach of person-centred care helps them learn to understand themselves and the root of their issues.
Our therapists don’t tell you what to do. Instead they help you develop the self-awareness and skills to cope with your problems.
Useful Links for Those Seeking Help
Learning to cope is a great step forward but it can take time. Sometimes our clients need extra help. Or perhaps, you haven’t gotten in touch yet.
Even if you aren’t considering counselling/psychotherapy right now, you don’t have to deal with your problems alone. There are some great helplines out there manned by people who are trained to listen. We’ve put together a list of helplines and supports for anyone seeking mental health help.
- Oisin McConville
- Irish Psychotherapy Council
- Irish Association for Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy
- Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Niall Breslin: A Lust For Life - Bressie Talks Mental Health
- Richie Sadlier, Shane Supple and Elaine Byrnes
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PnP22s88ms
- John Norcross on the Significance of the Therapist/Client Relationship
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKHAOQO_xpE
- Christopher Germer on Mindful Self-Compassion - YouTube
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG09J7a40hc
- Kristin Neff: The Three Components of Self-Compassion ...
- Kristin Neff: The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion
- Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
- Janina Fisher: Shame: 3 tips for breaking the cycle
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxpUGOu_yjE
- Janina Fisher: Treatment of Truama
- Janina Fisher: Integrating somatic approaches to trauma with ‘parts’ language
- Healing Trauma and Spiritual Growth: Peter Levine & Thomas Huebl
- https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=peter+levine&view=detail&mid=9FEA4782618D22B965349FEA4782618D22B96534&FORM=VIRE
- John O’Donoghue
- John O’Donoghue: Celtic Blessing
- Peter Levine's Secret to Releasing Trauma from the Body
- Dr Peter Levine on working through a personal traumatic experience
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hP2KJ3UgDI
- Pat Ogden How Trauma Affects Body & Mind
- Pat Ogden Tracking the Body to Heal from Trauma
- Stephen Porges on the Link Between Feeling Safe and Making Change
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQrgf1SKeU
- John Norcross: The Therapeutic Relationship
- John Norcross Psychotherapy Research and Integration
- John C. Norcross Explains the 5 Basic Steps of Change
- Engaged mindfulness Institute
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
- A Lust For Life
- Association for Agency Based Counselling and Psychotherapy in Ireland (AACPI)
- Sounds True: Spiritual Wisdom
- John O’ Donoghue: A blessing for One who Is exhausted.
- Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye - Poems | Academy of American ...
- https://poets.org/poem/kindness
Education Drives Excellence
As well as providing professional counselling services on a voluntary basis, the FORD Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre has an educational remit. Each one of our therapists and bereavement support workers is given in-depth training which enables them to provide a compassionate service and deal with a range of mental health and relationship issues.
All training is provided by counselling/psychotherapy organisations such as the IACP and The IAHIP and our counsellors have, or are working towards, accreditation with these professional counselling bodies.
Supporting Counsellors
Even when our therapists receive their accreditation, we support them to grow their skills through continual professional development (CPD). At the FORD Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre, we believe training and development drives excellence.
