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How to Avoid Empathy Burnout

Caregivers can benefit by understanding a patient’s pain without feeling it themselves.When Allison Basinger got back to her office, she lay down on the floor,

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Mindfulness and Vipassana Meditation

I spent time in Thailand, in a monastery to experience meditation and specifically Vipassana Meditation. Vipassana meditation is the centrepiece of the teachings of Buddhism,

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The Dance – A Reflection!

All ICPPD classes on the BA in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy education and training course begin with a Reflection. This 3-5 minute Reflection is an

Alan holds a Masters Degree and Graduate Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy from the University of Limerick. He has worked in private practice in Limerick and Ennis for many years. He has lectured on research on the Psychotherapy M.A. in U.L., and worked as a group facilitator on the M.A. in Music Therapy in U.L. Alan also holds a Higher National Diploma and Bachelors Degree in Irish Music, and has taught guitar on the B.A. in Irish Music and Dance at the Irish World Academy. As a professional musician he has toured extensively throughout Ireland and Europe with various artists. Alan’s interests include auto-ethnographic and heuristic approaches to research, personal development, and transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy. He continues to get great enjoyment from music, playing regularly in the Limerick and Ennis scene, as well as working on various recording projects. He values the personal development of student therapists and the effective integration of this with skills and theory.