Transference and Countertransference Workshop
Onsite Learning Programme
Deepen your understanding of relational dynamics in therapy.
This workshop explores the complex relational processes of transference and countertransference within therapeutic work. Participants examine how these dynamics influence the therapeutic relationship and clinical decision-making. This workshop also supports practitioners in developing greater awareness and reflective capacity in their therapeutic practice.
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Programme Type: CPD workshop (certificate of attendance)
CPD: 6 hours
Next Intake(s): Sunday, 28 June 2026
NFQ: N/A
ECTS: N/A
Academic Validation: N/A
Professional Accreditation: N/A
Overview
Introduction
This workshop helps deepen therapists’ confidence in recognising, understanding and using transference and countertransference as central therapeutic tools rather than experiences to avoid or feel uncertain about. It supports them to work more consciously with relational dynamics while maintaining clear boundaries, safety and clinical thinking.
Overview
Transference and countertransference are at the heart of therapeutic work, yet many therapists feel uncertain about how to recognise and use these dynamics safely and effectively.
This practical one-day continuing professional development (CPD) workshop explores how past relationships and emotional patterns emerge within the therapeutic relationship and how therapists can use their own responses as valuable clinical information. Participants will develop confidence in recognising relational patterns, managing strong emotional responses and working more consciously with the therapeutic relationship.
Designed for therapists of all modalities, this workshop offers an accessible but clinically rich exploration of transference and countertransference, helping practitioners feel more grounded, confident and effective in everyday practice.
By the end of the day, participants should:
- Understand transference and countertransference in contemporary practice
- Recognise common transference patterns in therapy
- Identify their own emotional and bodily responses as clinical information
- Work more confidently with strong relational dynamics
- Avoid over-reacting or withdrawing when intensity arises
- Use supervision and reflection more effectively
Certification
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
CPD: 6 hours
Cost
€95.00 (15% discount for IICP College students/alumni and VCS counsellors)
Venue
This workshop will take place onsite in our Tallaght campus.
Expert Programme Facilitator
Eileen Finnegan MSc in Systemic/Family Therapy
Eileen has studied extensively over the past 30 years, achieving a Master of Science (MSc) in Systemic/Family Therapy. She also has a Postgraduate Certificate in Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders (ATSO) from the University of Leicester. She is a qualified supervisor, forensic psychotherapist, humanistic and integrative psychotherapist, Gestalt psychotherapist, and child and adolescent psychotherapist. She is also a trauma-informed sensorimotor trauma therapist. She is a specialist in dynamics of attachment in adult life. Additionally, she is a restorative justice practitioner, mediator and private consultant/supervisor.
Furthermore, Eileen is a lecturer (IICP College and University College Dublin (UCD)) and trainer and a member of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP), the Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP), the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) and the Family Therapy Association of Ireland (FTAI).
Eileen is licensed to use the STATIC-99R, STABLE and ACUTE 2007, SOAP108 Case Formulation Planning, Armadillo, AIM 2 and CASP-R, following her training with the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) and Leonard Consultancy.
She is Chair of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse (NOTA) Ireland and Chair of the Advisory Committee of Stop It Now! Ireland. She is also on the Governing Body of the IAHIP and the Editorial Board of the FTAI. She has delivered training on many aspects of sexual violence, restorative justice and family dynamics at conferences in Ireland and Europe. She has published articles in therapeutic journals for SAGE, IACP (Éisteach) and IAHAP (Inside Out).
