Catherine O'Riordan
1-Day Introductory Online Inner Child Workshop
When: Sunday May 11th 9.30am-4.30pm
Price: £90
Number of participants: no more than 12 people.
This 1-day introductory online inner child workshop has been written for counsellors and psychotherapists. It is also relevant for practitioners in allied fields of work including pastoral workers.
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My approach to inner child work has developed over the past ten years. I am a humanistic-integrative, developmentally based, relationally focused psychotherapist, supervisor and groupwork facilitator.
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As well as being underpinned by humanistic principles I draw on object relations theory, child development and neuroscience.
My approach is distinctive in the way I seek to focus equally and simultaneously on helping the client to grow into themselves as a mature, psychologically healthy adult at the same time helping them identify the unique qualities that make them them by liberating their eternal inner child, and at the same time helping them from their adult perspective to recognise and learn to relate lovingly to their wounded inner child or children.
This three-pronged approach is resilience based and is an effective way of facilitating both recovery from childhood neglect and trauma and at the same time supporting the clients growth in terms of healthier relationships and navigating life. The approach I am offering enables you and the client to celebrate and empower the unique here and now person/adult.
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The workshop is facilitated in three sections. I do not use PowerPoint or breakout rooms and this helps create a sense of working together as a group online.
You will receive handouts and a bibliography to accompany the workshop and a certificate of attendance.
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When paying by bank transfer please put your name and 'May 25 Inner Child' in the heading. Also, please email/text me to let me know you have paid.
Email: inner_child@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07875 816 205.
Once you have paid I will email you a receipt.
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Bank transfer details:
Name of account: NLP Vision
Sort code: 40 - 35 -18
Account Number: 1450 40 89​
Workshop approach:
The aim of this 1-day introductory inner child workshop is to introduce my three-pronged model. During the workshop you will have the opportunity to explore how this model relates to yourself and potentially to your client work.
The model involves recognising and where relevant deconstructing child-based notions of what it means to be an adult. At the same time it involves learning what it means and how to become more adult. This includes learning to develop and utilise inner and outer resources to actively create your most adult self within the givens of your relational, social and cultural context.
At the same time we will explore how as an adult we can identify and learn to connect compassionately with our wounded inner child or children. Developing this inner relationship is a life-long process.
The final element - but not sequentially as all parts are worked with simultaneously - in this approach is to explore and liberate your eternal inner child. This can be thought of as the temperamentally authentic, creative, and spiritual part of you. The eternal inner child can be thought of as capturing something of your essential nature.
Together this three-pronged model creates a simple, trauma informed, resilience focused approach to self-actualisation. The aim of this humanistic-integrative approach is to facilitate the growth and integration of the whole adult person whilst working with developmentally arrested parts and states. This facilitates recovery and growth of the whole person.
This 1-day introductory inner child workshop is experiential and encourages some self-disclosure and sharing from both me and you as participants.
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Because this online workshop is experiential I do not record the sessions as this may inhibit the free flowing of sharing.
I suggest people consider the space from which they are joining the online workshop, both their literal physical space but also your emotional space and your needs in and around engaging in this workshop.
Although therapeutic the workshop is not intended to be personal therapy.
I seek to support both the individual and the group process as we reflect together on this inner child approach.
This way of learning seeks to create an ideal environment for understanding and integrating this inner child model into your life and clinical work.​​
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In a secure and confidential group space you will explore:​
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How to debunk child-based views of being 'adult'
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How to grow your adult self
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How to identify your eternal inner child and liberate it
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How to identify and connect compassionately with your wounded inner child or children
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How to navigate shame processes
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How to apply this approach to you and your clinical setting
Catherine O'Riordan: Integrative Psychotherapist, Supervisor, and Gestalt Groupwork Facilitator
UKCP: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/therapist/catherine-leigh-o-riordan-iai18aac/
APSE: https://www.pastoralsupervision.org.uk/catherine-oriordan/
ACC:
F Santos
BACP
"I really enjoyed the mix of theory and practice. I also enjoyed being reminded of what counselling is all about."
Samantha Arditti
BACP
"Very insightful. Catherine has created a safe place and useful new ways of working with clients"
Amrita Athwal
BACP
"Your workshop has been amazing today. I have learnt a lot about myself and have come away with a more enriched way of working with my clients"
Lynette Evans
“I loved that the workshop was split into four so that we were able to experience and explore our inner child”