Ep. 02 | Relationships & Couples Therapy

12/03/21 • 45 min

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Welcome to 'Therapists Talk Therapy’ – a podcast for therapists, by therapists. Today we are talking to Linda Breathnach. Linda is the programme leader of the PCI Certificate course, as well as a lecturer, therapist and supervisor. Linda works with couples in her own practice and in this episode, we discuss couples therapy. We explore what issues couples bring to therapy, the ethical issues it can raise and Linda talks us through five steps to help couples communicate better with each other. This episode can be helpful to those already working with couples or those considering adding it to their practice.

This is a podcast series from PCI College, Ireland's leading provider of third-level education in the fields of Counselling & Psychotherapy. In each episode, we talk with expert practitioners in their field discussing therapeutic approaches, specialisms, topical and emerging issues, controversies. Learn more by visiting www.pcicollege.ie or write to us at [email protected].

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Ep. 01 | Working Therapeutically Online

Welcome to 'Therapists Talk Therapy’ – a podcast for therapists, by therapists. Today we talk to Mike Hackett, Programme Leader for Advance Diploma Clinical Supervision at PCI College. He is a lecturer, therapist, supervisor and the current chair of IJCP (Irish Journal for Counselling & Psychotherapy) and regional representative of Ireland at the IASD (International Association for the Study of Dreams). In this episode, we discuss working therapeutically online, something that many therapists have found themselves doing or expanding due to Covid. Drawing on research, we talk about recent changes, strengths and limitations of the approach and how to make the decision between staying online and returning to in-person client work.

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Ep. 03 | Existential Psychotherapy

Welcome to 'Therapists Talk Therapy', a podcast created by therapists, for therapists. Today we are in conversation with Ramesh Ramsahoye. Ramesh is a lecturer with PCI College where he focuses on counselling theory, Humanistic and Existential psychotherapy and personal development. Ramesh previously worked as an Art and Art History teacher at secondary level and so has experience of meeting students at various life stages.

Today we are discussing existentialism. We clarify what it is and how, despite sometimes feeling like an abstract theory, it can deeply and practically inform our work in the therapy room. The themes of meaning, freedom and death have strongly emerged during COVID and existentialism provides a framework for working with these issues.