School of Psychology Brochure Feb 20121

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THE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

CITY COLLEGES

Featuring three programmes approved

or CPD credits or members o thePsychological Society o Ireland.

Diploma Courses and CPD Events


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CONTENTS

Thank you or considering Ciy Colleges School oPsychology. 2011 marked he launch o Ciy Colleges, andwe are excied o add a suie o programmes in psychologyand is various sub-elds o he exising courses onoer. These include general psychology, criminology andcriminal psychology, counselling psychology, and cogniivebehavioural herapy.

Wheher you are hoping o embark on a proessional career

in psychology or simply have a desire o gain knowledgeo he eld or is own sake, we should have somehing oineres you. We oer sudens individual atenion in an

environmen ha prioriises limied class sizes. Some lecures are sreamed live, andrecorded or laer review online.

A Ciy Colleges, we believe ha he suden experience is, in large par, deerminedby he qualiy o he uiion provided. For his reason, we have assembled a eam oinspiring lecurers who currenly work in environmens which r equire he applicaion oheory o pracice.

We believe ha our combined experience in delivering suden-cenred programmeswill mark an imporan advancemen in your journey in psychology.

I look orward o meeing you soon,

Yours aihully,

Eoin OShea

Direcor, School o Psychology,Ciy Colleges.

Welcome 3

Why City Colleges? 5

Student Testimonials 7

About our Lecturers 9

Qualifcation Inormation 10

How to enrol 13

Contact Us 14


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WHY CITY COLLEGES?

Psychology and relaed herapeuic proessions consiue a growing eld oproessional and personal ineres in Ireland oday. Menal healh is an exremelyimporan aspec o our uncioning a boh an individual and socieal level. In linewih his rend, he numbers o psychology/herapy jobs in boh he public and privaesecors have seen dramaic increases over he pas ew decades.

Ciy Colleges mees he needs o s uch prospecive sudens by providing a suieo courses geared or hose eiher beginning heir pah in psychology or urherdeveloping heir proessional qualicaions. We oer diploma-level courses, coninuing

proessional developmen evens, and are branching ou ino he provision o moreinensive, comprehensive proessional rainings.

Lecures are delivered by hose who possess boh eaching and pracical appliedexperience. A Ciy Colleges, we believe his is o umos imporance in e nsuring haheory is augh wih a view o is pracical applicaion a some poin in he uure.

Why City Colleges?

Courses combine boh heoreicaland skills elemens

Suden paricipaion is encouraged

Some courses are sreamed live online viaMoodle, and are also recorded or review

Ciy cenre locaion in Dame Sree,convenien or bus, LUAS, DART, ec.

Souhside Dublin locaion in Templeogue

Sudy rooms and library in our Dame Sree

and Templeogue locaionsLimied class sizes.


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STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

Eoin OShea lecured me in UCC some

ime ago and made such an impression.

No only did he conribue o my

knowledge and ha o my classmaes,

he is a grea lisener and genuinely

cares abou people, his subjec and

he disseminaion o his exensive

knowledge. Wha I remember mos abou

Eoin is ha he never made his sudens

eel uncomorable. As I was very mucha beginner in his eld, I appreciaed his

immensely and i was obvious he placed

such a value on everyones conribuion.

Adelina Syms, Doctoral Student

I experienced Eoin as a very enhusiasic,

organised and ineracive lecurer on he

MA Counselling Psychology program in

Universiy College Cork, where he augh

on he heory o Cogniive Behavioural

Therapy. He was always very well

prepared and he overall course-ouline

as well as each individual seminar was

very good srucured. Eoins eaching

syle compromised a very good balance

by delivering heoreical inormaion

in a clear and easily accessible orm

hrough excellen use o Powerpoin

presenaions, while also encouraging

us sudens o reec upon and acively

paricipae in discussions on he eaching

maerial.

Insa Lichtsinn, MA Counselling Psychologist

I jus waned o say hanks again, I

learned a lo and, even more imporanly,

i was a really enjoyable day!

S. M. Psychologist in Training

Coming rom an Exisenial, Humanisic

background I wasn iniially atraced

o he more srucured approach o CBT.

However, I ound Eoins presenaion

o be well researched, balanced and

inormaive. I now use CBT wih cerain

cliens who bene rom a more d irecive

herapy. I enjoyed he Counselling

Foundaion lecures given by Eoin

OShea. He is a naural presener, able oalk abou he subjec mater as opposed

o jus repeaing slide maerial. I like o

hink aloud and quesion as I develop my

undersanding, and I ound Eoin open o

engaging wih me in his way.

Maurice Foley, Counselling Psychologist

I ound Paul Hayes o be calm and a he

same ime engaging in a way ha really

made people lisen o wha he said. His

moivaional inerviewing workshop has

really added o my work wih cliens,

despie he ac ha I come rom a

diferen heoreical background.

Freja Petersen, Psychology Student

Sheila Hawkins has really had an

impac on my clinical work. She has a

very dynamic syle o eaching, and her

obvious amiliariy wih applied setings

makes her exensive experience clear.

G.P., Trainee Counselling Psychologist


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ABOUT OUR LECTURERS

Eoin OShea, B.A., NUICert. (Couns), M.A. Reg.Psychol. PsSI.Eoin graduaed romAmerican College Dublinin 2003 and wen on ocomplee urher rainingin counselling skillshrough NUI Maynooh.He compleed an M.A. in

Counselling Psychology a Universiy CollegeCork. He subsequenly lecured here on coursesin counselling and psychoherapy, guidancecounselling, counselling psychology, and socialwork. He has published a number o aricles,

reviews, book chapers and has preseneda numerous proessional conerences. He hasbeen a senior researcher or he Naional SuicideResearch Foundaion. He gained experience ashe Helpline Coordinaor o a missing personshelpline in Dublin. More recenly, Eoin hasworked wih adul survivors o childhood abusea boh he Naional Counselling Service (NCS)and a Connec. Eoin also works in privaepracice a Souh Dublin Psychologiss, Dublin 2.

John OKeefeJohn OKeee is acriminologis and VisiingProessor in he Schoolo Psychology a TriniyCollege Dublin where heeaches he Psychologyo Criminal Behaviour.He is a graduae oUniversiy College Dublin,

London Meropolian Universiy and a doublecriminology graduae o Cambridge Universiywhere he is a lie member o HomeronCollege. He is a member o he Briish Socieyo Criminology and acs as a Special Advisoro Advocaes or he Vicims o Homicide.From 2000-2010 he was boh Head and Deano he Law School a Dublin Business Schoolincorporaing Porobello College, where heaugh boh civil and criminal law. John OKeeeis a journalis and broadcaser, and also amember o he Charered Insiue o Mediaors.

Paul Hayes,B.A, M.A., IAAACPaul is an accrediedcounsellor who graduaedrom Universiy CollegeDublin in 2001 wih adegree in psychology.He laer wen on odevelop a specialisaionin addicion and

compleed he M.A. Addicion Sudies in DublinBusiness School o Ars in 2005. During hisime he became ineresed in clien-cenredapproaches o reamen and compleedrainings in Moivaional Inerviewing (MI)

in he UK and Spain o rainer level. Paul hasworked as an individual and group herapis or5 years in a residenial reamen cenre haadoped he MI approach and is a member oboh he IAAAC (Irish Associaion o Alcoholand Addicion Counsellors) and o MINT(Moivaional Inerviewing Nework o Trainers).Pauls experience has also included workingwih he Ciy o Dublin VEC PsychologicalService, he HSE in primary care and wihina mulidisciplinary eam in S. EdmundsburyHospial, Lucan. As well as delivering rainingin MI, Paul currenly mainains a small privaepracice, conducs research in he eld, andis compleing a Docorae in CounsellingPsychology in Triniy College Dublin.

Sheila Hawkins,B.A., M.Sc., PG Dip,C.Psychol., AFBPsSSheila is a charered

counselling psychologisand Associae Fellow ohe Briish PsychologicalSociey (BPS). Herraining is also validaedby he Deparmen o

Healh here in Ireland. A qualied addicioncounsellor, Sheilas primary herapeuic modaliyis cogniive behavioural herapy (CBT) whichshe rained in a boh he Universiy o EasLondon and he NHS in Newcasle. Sheila worksin primary care in Dublin ciy cenre as well as inprivae pracice.


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QUALIFICATION INFORMATION

Three programmes approved or CPDcredis or members o he Psychological

Sociey o Ireland.

COURSE INFORMATION:

Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cogniive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an

empirically based psychological reamen or a

variey o psychological problems (e.g. depression

and anxiey). The Diploma in Cogniive Behavioural

Therapy a Ciy College aims o inroduce sudens

o he heoreical underpinnings o CBT and o he

skills required or an in-deph knowledge o he

pracice o his herapeuic approach. CBT seeks

o examine and challenge cliens wih he manner

in which heir houghs, belies and atiudes o

various evens and circumsances negaively aec

heir mood and behaviour.

Whils open o he general public, we srongly

encourage he course or hose working in a variey

o roles where conac wih hose experiencing

psychological problems may be a eaure, e.g.

psychoherapis, medical docors, nurses, social

workers, psychologiss ec. Upon graduaion,

sudens will have a greaer undersanding o heir

chosen area and may rom here eiher progress

o urher sudies or simply enjoy a greaer insigh

ino human hough and behaviour in heir own lives.

The course is hereore suiable or boh hose who

have a proessional ineres in psychology as well as

members o he general populaion wih an ineres

in his exciing and rapidly developing eld o sudy.

Diploma in Counselling Psychology

The Diploma in Counselling Psychology a Ciy

Colleges aims o inroduce sudens o he main

heories, sraegies, and skills o counselling

psychology. Theories covered are derived rom

he hree main basic herapeuic rameworks;

humanisic, psychodynamic, and cogniive-

behavioural. Sudens will graduae wih a sound

basic undersanding o hese hree main schools

and specic examples o each rom a heoreical

perspecive. Atenion will also be paid o broad

dierences beween counselling psychology

and relaed proessions such as counselling,

psychoherapy, psychoanalysis, ec. Basic skills

raining will also be covered.

Finally, sudens will gain experience o research

hrough a projec o be compleed wihin one

monh o compleion o lecures. This course has

been approved or CPD credis or members o he

Psychological Sociey o Ireland.

Diploma in Criminology and C riminal Psychology

The purpose o his programme is o equip

learners wih a basic undersanding o he elds

o Criminology (he scienic sudy o crime)

and Criminal Psychology rom a hisorical,

conemporary and progressive perspecive. In

addiion, undamenal psychological conceps will

be considered, including Personaliy Disorders,

Learning Theory and Social Psychology. These will

be relaed o he various heories o crime and

oending. A he end o he course, learners will

have a deailed undersanding o he psychology

and naure o criminal conduc. This course has been

approved or CPD credis or members o he PSI.

Diploma in Psychology

The Diploma in Psychology a Ciy Colleges aims

o inroduce sudens o he main opics oen

augh on modern psychology courses. These opics

include developmenal and liespan psychology,

cogniive psychology, social psychology, biological

basis o behaviour, personaliy heory and individual

dierences, abnormal psychology, research design

and mehods, and psychological herapies.

Sudens will also gain experience o research

hrough a projec o be compleed wihin one monh

o compleion o lecures. The ocus o he Diploma

is heoreical alhough discussion and pracical

examples o relevance will be discussed hroughou.

Graduaes will possess a broad, basic undersanding

o modern psychology ollowing compleion o he

Diploma. They may use such learning o decide i

urher sudies in psychology would be o ineres o

hem. Alernaively, sudens may simply complee

he Diploma ou o ineres regarding he manner

in which modern psychology aims o invesigae

and beter undersand he human mind and

behaviour. Proessionals in relaed disciplines such

as counselling, ec, may also be eligible o consider

compleion o he course or CPD (coninuing

proessional developmen) purposes. However,

he Diploma in Psychology does no carry PSI CPD

credis, since pracicing, regisered psychologiss

would have already covered his maerial as par o

heir primary degree in psychology.

All our diploma programmes are awarded by City Colleges.

In addition, three o the our (Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural

Therapy, Diploma in Counselling Psychology and the Diploma

in Criminology and Criminal Psychology) are recognized by

the Psychological Society o Ireland (PSI) or the purposes o

continuing proessional development (CPD) credits or its members.

This means that any practicing registered psychologist, havingcompleted one o these three courses, is entitled to have the course

counted towards CPD credits which must be accumulated over

three-year CPD cycles.


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HOW TO ENROL

You can apply online awww.ciycolleges.ie/apply or youcan complee he applicaion ormavailable on he websie and reurn ohe Admissions Ofce. You can alsoreques a hard copy applicaion orm byconacing he School o Psychology on1850 25 27 40 or [email protected]

Postal Address:Course Admissions

School o Psychology

City College Dublin

32-34 Dame Street

Tel: 1850 25 27 40Email: [email protected]

Dublin and Online FacilitiesLibrary and sudy rooms available inour Dublin Ciy Cenre and Templeoguelocaions

Prined maerials provided

Lecures or some diplomas sreamedlive on Moodle wih online cha aciliy

Ciy cenre locaion in Dame Sree,convenien or bus, LUAS, DART, ec

Souhside locaion in Templeogue wihcar parking aciliies

Around he clock suppor by elephoneand email.

Ciy Colleges also delivers proessionalprogrammes in he ollowing discipline areasrom our Ciy Cenre campus, our campusin Templeogue, Dublin 6W, and hroughouIreland online:

School o Proessional Accountancy

ACCA Ceried Accouning Technician

ACCA Revision Courses

School o Business and Computing

Diploma in Business

Cericae in News Journalism

EDI Teachers Diploma in InormaionTechnology

European Compuer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Advanced ECDL

A+ CompTIA

N+ CompTIA

Basic Compuer Skills

School o Proessional Law

Law Sociey o Irelands Enrance Exams(FE-1) Preparaory Course

Diploma in Legal Sudies

Kings Inn Preparaion Course.


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CONTACT USMain Sree, Templeogue,Dublin 6W, Ireland.

Dame Sree,Dublin 2, Ireland.

T: 1850 25 27 40E: [email protected]

How to find us:

Ciy College Dublins Psychology programme are delivered rom

Dame Sree in Dublin 2, and rom Main Sree, Templeogue, Dublin 6W.

Ciy College Dublin also oers programmes in Law, Accounancy,Business & Compuing, Family Hisory and Digial Markeing.


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Main Sree, Templeogue,

Dublin 6W, Ireland.

Dame Sree,

Dublin 2, Ireland.

T: 1850 25 27 40

E: [email protected] www.ciycolleges.ie

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