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Being your own ‘kind-but-firm’ parent
How do we differentiate self-love from self-indulgence? How can we break away from self-sabotage? It's not so much what you do for yourself, as how you do it. Pushing yourself to do lots of exercise, juicing, meditation, journaling, etc. in a harsh or rigid way...
‘The December Busy’: there is another way!
The December Busy is upon us it seems... But what if we challenged the construct of the pre-Christmas / holiday season as necessarily jam-packed and hard on our bodies? What if there was a way of partaking in festive fun without burnout, or nausea from Roman-style...
What happens when you stop doing stuff and connect inwards?
We spend our days stimulated and bombarded with outside information, activities, pursuits, constant communication... So what actually happens when you make some time and space to be alone with yourself, to just sit and be as you are, and connect inwards, away from all...
Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy:
'Therapeutic Relating, Embodied'
~ Delphine O'Keeffe
Vol.17, Issue 3, Autumn 2017
Click here to read the article...
In this research article, therapeutic touch is chosen as a lens through which to explore the embodied dimension of intersubjective relating in the therapy room, with touch at the boundary of that dimension.
This is done through an in-depth, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the accounts of experienced psychotherapists.
Click here to access the full M.A. research dissertation this article is drawn from.
Irish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy:
'Therapeutic Relating, Embodied'
~ Delphine O'Keeffe
Vol.17, Issue 3, Autumn 2017
Click here to Read the article...
In this research article, therapeutic touch is chosen as a lens through which to explore the embodied dimension of intersubjective relating in the therapy room, with touch at the boundary of that dimension.
This is done through an in-depth, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the accounts of experienced psychotherapists.
Click here to access the full M.A. research dissertation this article is drawn from.
Embody My Truth in the Irish Times:
‘Is this it? Women and the modern mid-life crisis’
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“I think existential questions come up for both women and men, but there are gendered aspects to this for women. (…) There’s a high level of depletion, especially around high-functioning, creative women.”
Embody My Truth in the Irish Times:
‘Is this it? Women and the modern mid-life crisis’
Click here to read the article…
“I think existential questions come up for both women and men, but there are gendered aspects to this for women. (…) There’s a high level of depletion, especially around high-functioning, creative women.”
