Upcoming Workshops | Counselling

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Workshops

The DCU Counselling & Personal Development Service will be delivering free, psycho-educational workshops during the Academic Year 2023 / 2024

Our Counselling & Personal Development workshops for Semester 1 can be viewed below.

Just click on the individual topics to see more details.

Easing Low Mood

Ways to lighten and ease the experience of low mood with Ruan Kennedy, Senior Counsellor. This is a free, two part workshop series. This gives you simple techniques to understand and ease the weight of low mood at thinking, feeling and body level.

Workshop two builds on the first but is not essential to attend both.

Date	Event	Time	Campus	Room	Sign Up
06.11.2023	Easing Low Mood Week 1	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Glasnevin	K201A	Click Here
13.11.2023	Easing Low Mood Week 2	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Glasnevin	K201A	Click Here

Easing Stress & Anxiety

Come along to this free one hour workshop (series of 2) with Ruan Kennedy, Senior Counsellor, that focuses on how to to identify and modify stress patterns. These workshops teach you ways of identifying and responding differently to stress and anxiety. It will help you change patterns of thinking, feeling and the body state that goes with stress and anxiety.

Managing Distress

This workshop run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental health Nurse, discusses ways to manage distress when things feel unmanageable.

Managing Relationships

This workshop, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental health Nurse, will help with interpersonal relationships

Date	Event	Time	Campus	Room	Sign Up
20.11.2023	Managing Relationships Week 1	4.00pm - 5.00pm	SPC	FG03	Click Here
23.11.2023	Managing Relationships Week 1	3.00pm - 4.00pm	GLA	K201A	Click Here
27.11.2023	Managing Relationships Week 2	4.00pm - 5.00pm	SPC	FG03	Click Here
30.11.2023	Managing Relationships Week 2	3.00pm - 4.00pm	GLA	K201A	Click Here

Mindfulness

This workshop, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental Health Nurse, will explore skills on mindfulness to help experience the present moment more fully

Minding Your Emotions

This workshop, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental Health Nurse, will help to recognise and name the emotions we feel without getting overwhelmed by them.

Date	Event	Time	Campus	Room	Sign Up
06.11.2023	Minding Your Emotions Week 1	4.00pm - 5.00pm	SPC	FG03	Click Here
09.11.2023	Minding Your Emotions Week 1	3.00pm - 4.00pm	GLA	K201A	Click Here
13.11.2023	Minding Your Emotions Week 2	4.00pm - 5.00pm	SPC	FG03	Click Here
16.11.2023	Minding Your Emotions Week 2	3.00pm - 4.00pm	GLA	K201A	Click Here

Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Reconnect with the Body

This workshop, run by Barrie McEntee, Counsellor, will teach participants how to connect with their nervous system through various pressure points in order to reduce the level of overwhelm and stress.

Date	Event	Time	Campus	Room	Sign Up
17.11.2023	Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Reconnect with the Body Week 1	3.00pm - 4.00pm	Online	Online	Click Here
24.11.2023	Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Reconnect with the Body Week 2	3.00pm - 4.00pm	Online	Online	Click Here
01.12.2023	Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Reconnect with the Body Week 3	3.00pm - 4.00pm	Online	Online	Click Here
08.12.2023	Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Reconnect with the Body Week 4	3.00pm - 4.00pm	Online	Online	Click Here

The Body Project

"The Body Project", with Barrie McEntee, Counsellor, aims to help participants have a more positive relationship with food and body image over the course of 4 one hour weekly sessions.

Date	Event	Time	Campus	Room	Sign Up
06.11.2023	The Body Project Week 4	3.00pm - 4.00pm	Online	Online	Click Here

Working with the Inner Critic

A free one hour workshop with Ruan Kennedy, Senior Counsellor, on ways to identify and observe this part of the self. This workshop will help you step back when this part gets triggered. This can give you more flexibility regarding how to respond and perceive difficult experiences. You will also practise how to use the body to change your inner state and so loosen the grip of the critic.

Date	Event	Time	Campus	Room	Sign Up
16.10.2023	Working with the Inner Critic	1.00pm - 2.00pm	Glasnevin	K201A	Click Here

All our workshops are free of charge and can be booked centrally via our new events portal.

These are located under the Mental Health tile.

Just log in with your DCU credentials below to view all workshops and to register with one click.

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The Counselling and Personal Development Service has created online video workshop resources for your reference. To watch our online workshop video with Ruan Kennedy - Senior Counsellor, please go to the Mental Health tile on the Develop Hub.

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We have created the following online workshops videos to access on our online digital resource hub:

Emotional Wellbeing: Techniques on how to ease Stress and Anxiety online workshop video with Ruan Kennedy-Senior Counsellor
Emotional Wellbeing: Techniques to ease Low Mood online workshop video with Ruan Kennedy-Senior Counsellor