Upcoming Workshops | Counselling
The DCU Counselling & Personal Development Service will be delivering free, psycho-educational workshops during the Academic Year 2023 / 2024
Our Counselling & Personal Development workshops for Semester 2 can be viewed below.
Just click on the individual topics to see more details.
Easing Low Mood
Ways to lighten and ease the experience of low mood with Ruan Kennedy, Senior Counsellor. This is a free, two part workshop series. This gives you simple techniques to understand and ease the weight of low mood at thinking, feeling and body level.
Workshop two builds on the first but is not essential to attend both.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
11.03.2024 |
1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Easing Low Mood (Week 1 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
Cancelled |
25.03.2024 |
1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Easing Low Mood (Week 2 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
Easing Stress & Anxiety
Come along to this free one hour workshop (series of 2) with Ruan Kennedy, Senior Counsellor, that focuses on how to to identify and modify stress patterns. These workshops teach you ways of identifying and responding differently to stress and anxiety. It will help you change patterns of thinking, feeling and the body state that goes with stress and anxiety.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
12.02.2024 |
1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Easing Stress & Anxiety (Week 1 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
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19.02.2024 |
1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Easing Stress & Anxiety (Week 2 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
Koru Mindfulness training is specifically designed for the 3rd level student. This is an in person session of a small group of 12 with Barrie Mc Entee, Counsellor.
Koru Mindfulness is an introductory class that will teach you the skill of mindfulness. It will also help you build the habit of using it in your life on a regular basis. You get a lot more out of Koru if you stick with it from beginning to end, therefore attendance at all sessions is required.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
06.03.2024 |
1.45pm - 3.00pm |
Koru Mindfulness Training Week 1 |
SPC |
Cregan Library G401 |
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13.03.2024 |
1.45pm - 3.00pm |
Koru Mindfulness Training Week 2 |
SPC |
Cregan Library G401 |
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20.03.2024 |
1.45pm - 3.00pm |
Koru Mindfulness Training Week 3 |
SPC |
Cregan Library G401 |
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27.03.2024 |
1.45pm - 3.00pm |
Koru Mindfulness Training Week 4 |
SPC |
Cregan Library G401 |
Managing Distress
This workshop run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental health Nurse, discusses ways to manage distress when things feel unmanageable.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
29.01.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Managing Distress (Week 1 of 1) |
SPC |
FG03 |
|
01.02.2024 |
3.00pm-4.00pm |
Managing Distress (Week 1 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
|
08.02.204 |
3.00pm-4.00pm |
Managing Distress (Week 2 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
Managing Relationships
This workshop series, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental health Nurse, will help with interpersonal relationships. You will explore ways to communicate with others while also making sure to be heard. You will also discuss maintaining friendships.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
25.03.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Managing Relationships (Week 1 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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28.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Managing Relationships (Week 1 of 3) |
GLA |
K201A |
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01.04.2024 | 4.00pm-5.00pm |
Managing Relationships (Week 2 of 3) |
GLA |
K201A |
|
04.04.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Managing Relationships (Week 2 of 3) |
GLA |
K201A |
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08.04.2024 | 4.00pm-5.00pm |
Managing Relationships (Week 3 of 3) |
GLA |
K201A |
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11.04.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Managing Relationships (Week 3 of 3) |
GLA |
K201A |
Mindfulness
This workshop, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental Health Nurse, will explore skills on mindfulness to help experience the present moment more fully
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
12.02.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Mindfulness (Week 1 of 2) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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15.02.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Mindfulness (Week 1 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
|
19.02.2024 | 4.00pm-5.00pm |
Mindfulness (Week 2 of 2) |
SPC |
FG03 |
|
22.02.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Mindfulness (Week 2 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
This workshop series, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental Health Nurse, will help to recognise and name the emotions we feel without getting overwhelmed by them. You will explore practical ways to help you tolerate strong feelings associated with distress and ways to balance emotions which will contribute to your overall mental health.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
04.03.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Minding Your Emotions (Week 1 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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07.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Minding Your Emotions (Week 1 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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11.03.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Minding Your Emotions (Week 2 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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14.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Minding Your Emotions (Week 2 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
|
18.03.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Minding Your Emotions (Week 2 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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21.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Minding Your Emotions (Week 2 of 3) |
SPC |
FG03 |
Minding Your Mental Health
This workshop, run by Gertrude Rufai, Mental Health Nurse, will use day to day mental health strategies called Decider Skills to help understand your emotions during difficult times.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
15.01.2024 |
4.00pm-5.00pm |
Minding Your Mental Health (Week 1 of 2) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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18.01.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Minding Your Mental Health (Week 1 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
|
22.01.2024 | 4.00pm-5.00pm |
Minding Your Mental Health (Week 2 of 2) |
SPC |
FG03 |
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25.01.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Minding Your Mental Health (Week 2 of 2) |
GLA |
K201A |
Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Reconnect with the Body
This workshop, run by Barrie McEntee, Counsellor, will teach participants how to connect with their nervous system through various pressure points in order to reduce the level of overwhelm and stress.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
11.03.2024 |
3.00pm-4.00pm |
Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Anxiety (Week 1 of 3) |
Online |
Online |
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18.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Anxiety (Week 2 of 3) |
Online |
Online |
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25.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
Practical Ways to Ease Stress & Anxiety (Week 2 of 3) |
Online |
Online |
The Body Project
"The Body Project", with Barrie McEntee, Counsellor, aims to help participants have a more positive relationship with food and body image over the course of 4 one hour weekly sessions.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
12.02.2024 |
3.00pm-4.00pm |
The Body Project (Week 1 of 4) |
Online |
Online |
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19.02.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
The Body Project (Week 2 of 4) |
Online |
Online |
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26.02.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
The Body Project (Week 3 of 4) |
Online |
Online |
|
04.03.2024 | 3.00pm-4.00pm |
The Body Project (Week 4 of 4) |
Online |
Online |
Working with the Inner Critic
A free one hour workshop with Ruan Kennedy, Senior Counsellor, on ways to identify and observe this part of the self. This workshop will help you step back when this part gets triggered. This can give you more flexibility regarding how to respond and perceive difficult experiences. You will also practise how to use the body to change your inner state and so loosen the grip of the critic.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Campus |
Room |
Register |
04.03.2024 |
1.00pm - 2.00pm |
Working with the Inner Critic (Week 1 of 1) |
GLA |
K201A |
All our workshops are free of charge to all registered DCU Students (Undergraduate & Postgraduate) and can be booked centrally via our new events portal.
These are located under the Mental Health tile.
Just log in with your DCU credentials below to view all workshops and to register with one click.
Develop Hub
The Counselling and Personal Development Service has created online video workshop resources for your reference. To watch our online workshop video with Ruan Kennedy - Senior Counsellor, please go to the Mental Health tile on the Develop Hub.
We have created the following online workshops videos to access on our online digital resource hub:
- Emotional Wellbeing: Techniques on how to ease Stress and Anxiety online workshop video with Ruan Kennedy-Senior Counsellor
- Emotional Wellbeing: Techniques to ease Low Mood online workshop video with Ruan Kennedy-Senior Counsellor