Psychotherapy Skills Workshop

Onsite Learning Programme

Strengthen core communication and counselling skills.

This workshop focuses on the fundamental interpersonal skills that underpin effective counselling and helping relationships. Participants practise active listening, empathy, and reflective communication within a supportive learning environment. The course supports professionals and students in building confidence in their relational and therapeutic skills.

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Programme Type: The college will issue a certificate of attendance to those who take this workshop.

CPD: 6 hours
Next Intakes: Saturday 25^th April 2026

NFQ: N/A
ECTS: N/A

Academic Validation: N/A

Professional Accreditation: N/A

Skills Workshop

Module Overview: Skills: Going Back to Basics

(Emphasis on the Use of Self and Relational Depth)

This module offers a focused return to the foundational skills that underpin effective therapeutic practice, with particular attention to the therapist’s use of self and the creation of relational depth. Designed as a reflective and experiential CPD opportunity, the module supports practitioners in re-grounding their work in core therapeutic principles while enhancing confidence, intentionality, and presence in the room.

Participants will revisit essential skills; attending, observing, reflecting, and responding; while deepening their understanding of how therapist authenticity, self-awareness, and moment-to-moment responsiveness shape the therapeutic relationship. Through discussion, demonstration, skills practice, and guided self-reflection, therapists will develop a more nuanced, ethical, and intentional use of:

Use of Self
Therapeutic Self-Disclosure
Immediacy
Meta-Therapeutic Communication
Core Attending and Relational Skills

Course Content

This one-day interactive workshop offers participants the opportunity to engage in practice of both core counselling skills as well as more intermediate and creative skills. It will consist of both lecture-led and peer practice sessions and will appeal to practitioners looking to refresh their skills as well as those from other disciplines looking to gain core skills to complement their work.

Opening (including setting goals) and Closing a session
Reflection of feeling and content
Immediacy
Use of Imagery and metaphors

Course Overview

Date: Saturday 25^th April 2026 9:30-4:30

Certification:

The college will issue a certificate of attendance to those who take this workshop.
CPD: 6 hours

Cost:

€95.00 (15% Discount for IICP Students/ Alumni and VCS Counsellors)

Venue:

Onsite in IICP Campus, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Expert Programme Facilitator

Jill Murphy

Jill Murphy is a counselling lecturer with over seven years’ experience teaching in higher education. Alongside their role at the college, she runs a private counselling practice working with a diverse range of clients.

Her teaching integrates clinical experience with counselling theory, with a particular emphasis on the intentional use of self in therapeutic work. Their teaching style is experiential, grounded, and focused on fostering relational depth, supporting students to develop reflective practice, ethical awareness, and strong therapeutic skills.