Essential Conversations with IACP

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Essential Conversations with IACP: Join The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary.

Celebrating 40 years in operation, The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy is the largest and longest-standing Counselling and Psychotherapy Association in Ireland.Bringing you ‘Essential Conversations with IACP’ - a new free virtual conference connecting mental health and wellbeing professionals. The event will be MC’d by podcaster, and author Blindboy Boatclub and aims to promote the positive benefits of counselling and psychotherapy on mental health through open conversation, promoting awareness, and sharing real-life experiences. With practical advice on topics such as Body Positivity, Parenting, Sports &amp; Mental Well-being and Inclusion &amp; Diversity from experts in these fields. Body Positivity <ul><li>Dr Joshua Wolrich MBBS MRCS: NHS surgical trainee and nutrition MSc student who is not only setting the record straight when it comes to people claiming food is medicine, but aggressively fighting weight stigma and encouraging his patients to have a healthy, happy relationship with their bodies and food. He follows a Health at Every Size® approach and you can find him using social media to campaign for healthcare to become weight-inclusive. His Sunday Times Bestselling debut book, Food Isn’t Medicine, is out now.</li></ul><ul><li>Emma Murphy: Disordered Eating Specialist Psychotherapist for over 12 years and author of the Eating Freely Program for Emotional &amp; Binge Eating.</li></ul><ul><li>Intuitive Eating Ireland - Sinead and Gillian Crowe: Intuitive Eaters in training: Sinéad - mental health nurse &amp; nutritional therapist &amp; Gillian - mental health social worker &amp; yoga teacher.</li></ul><ul><li>Emma&#x27;s Cottage Kitchen: Emma Kelly is a Fat Body Acceptance Activist and Food Blogger with a passion for Intuitive Eating (currently training to be a certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor) and the Health At Every Size (HAES) movement, and learning to accept and embrace life in a large fat body. </li></ul>Parenting <ul><li>Colman Noctor: Colman Noctor is a Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist. He has worked across a range of Child &amp; Adolescent Mental Health Services both in Ireland and abroad and he has a wealth of national and international clinical experience.</li></ul><ul><li>Síle Seoige: Síle Seoige is a native Irish speaker and has spent the past twenty three years working in the media industry in Ireland, primarily as a television presenter. She has a popular podcast called &#x27;Ready to be Real conversations&#x27; which provides thought provoking discussions with well-known guests, as well as guests who have extraordinary stories to tell. Other elements of her career include being a wellness speaker, a radio presenter, an event MC, a voice-over artist, a writer and even as an occasional singer and actor.</li></ul><ul><li>Margaret Parkes: Systemic psychotherapist, running a busy private practice in Dublin for over 20 years. During this time, she has built up an extensive client base of adolescents, adults, couples and families. </li></ul><ul><li>John Sharry: A social worker and family psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience as a child and adolescent mental health professional. He is co-developer of the award-winning Parents Plus Programmes and the best selling author of fourteen positive psychology and self-help books for families including Positive Parenting and Counselling Children Adolescents and Families. </li></ul>Sports &amp; Mental Wellbeing<ul><li>Shane Carthy: Dublin footballer Shane Carthy has experienced epic highs and desolate lows in his life to date. His public and honest openness about his struggles with mental health are both well known and have been widely well-received to date. </li></ul><ul><li>Lindsay Peat: Lindsay Peat is an Ireland women&#x27;s rugby union international. Peat represented Ireland at the 2017 Women&#x27;s Rugby World Cup. Peat is an all-round sportswoman. </li></ul><ul><li>Mary Kate Slattery: Mary Kate is a boxer and law graduate who through her own struggles with anorexia has developed a passion for mental health advocacy, promoting positive self -talk and a holistic attitude towards wellbeing. </li></ul><ul><li>Phil Gormley: Working full time as a walk and talk therapist who also frequently works with clients in building confidence and focusing on their sport of choice. </li></ul>Inclusion &amp; Diversity<ul><li>Dil Wickremasinghe: Dil is a social entrepreneur and founded the mental health support service Insight Matters with her wife Anne Marie Toole in 2013. Along with a team of 85 practitioners, they provide inclusive and culturally sensitive counselling, psychotherapy and wellness services to over 500 clients per week. Together they hope to “inspire change in self and society.” </li></ul><ul><li>Ejiro Ogbevoen: Dublin based Counselling Psychotherapist with over ten years experience, Ejiro founded Black Therapists Ireland with the intent of actively promoting mental health and wellbeing amongst people of colour</li></ul><ul><li>Laura O&#x27;Donovan: Laura O&#x27;Donovan is the Founder &amp; Managing Director of Pink Polar Bear Training &amp; Consultancy, a business that specialises n delivering Diversity &amp; Inclusion Training along with annual strategy solutions for Organisations who are on their EDI Journeys. </li></ul><ul><li>Joanne O Riordan: Joanne is an activist for people with disabilities, a motivational speaker and a sports columnist with The Irish Times. Joanne is one of seven living people born with Tetra amelia syndrome, a disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. She was named Young Person of the Year and appears in the 2013 documentary, No Limbs No Limits. In April 2012, she spoke before the United Nations to address the use of technology and challenge the UN to create technology to help disabled people such as herself. Both she and boxer Katie Taylor were named People of the Year for 2012</li></ul>Including a keynote address on ‘Mental Health is Essential Health’ with Deborah Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist. The conference will also include workshops, which will include yoga, meditation and mindfulness classes from Padraig O’Moran and others. Grab yourself a cuppa and join in on the conversation on May 14th at 10:00am.Who is this for?This free conference is for anyone who would like to understand a bit more about counselling and psychotherapy and their role in mental health and wellbeing, overcome stigma and learn practical tips on integrating positive mental health into their daily lives. Programme:10:00- Start10:05 - Opening remarks10:15 - Minister for Mental Health address10:30 - Body Positivity Panel11:25 - Parenting Panel12:15: Mindfulness Class12:45: Chair Yoga Class13:15: Welcome Back13:19: Sports Therapy &amp;amp; Mental Wellbeing Panel14:05: Inclusion &amp;amp; Diversity Panel15:00: KeyNote Discussion15:30: Closing Remarks

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