An annual five-day residential programme for therapists and mental health professionals to get an opportunity to recharge their batteries and build the skills for rest, resilience and recovery, both in their professional practice and in their lives outside their practice.

What to expect

Every day we will have a mixture of

1. Psychoeducation input relevant to what is happening in the world of professional mental health workers. (Working with the needs of the group to remove more traditional barriers to learning).

2. Experiential practice through movement improvisation, body work and small group sharing.  (Exploring and understanding Kinaesthetic empathy and Somatic Countertransference, and building Somatic resources).

3. Reflection on this through a variety of mindfulness exercises and journaling.

4. The venue and location of Ballyvaloo will provide therapists with an opportunity

     for nurture, connection and rest.

 

You will

• Gain awareness of your action tendencies around Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue.
• Gain practical skills for increasing Compassion Satisfaction and reducing Compassion Fatigue (mapping a way forward).
• Reduce isolation in your work and build a network of support.
• Learn how to rest in the soothing system of the brain.

 

Facilitators: Dr Marko Punkanen and Michael Dillon

Marko Punkanen, PhD., is a Finnish music therapist, dance/movement therapist, psychotherapist, psychotherapy trainer, certified sensorimotor psychotherapist and trainer. He has over 20 years experience in the treatment of severe traumatisation. His specialist area is in the treatment of complex and attachment trauma, the bodily symptoms of trauma (somatoform dissociation) and the use of the body in trauma treatment.

 

Michael Dillon, is the Director at Ballyvaloo, he is a psychotherapist by training with specialist training in Trauma work and is a certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist. In the past he has worked with the MEND programme (Domestic Violence Intervention Programme in the South East) for over 10 years, as a therapist with the HSE in Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC) ,the Self Harm Intervention Programme (SHIP) and in counselling management.

He is also accredited by the IACP.

Hosted by: Dr. Marko Punkanen & Michael Dillon. Cost: €750