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Personal Development Programme

Personal Development is a key componet to what we do at PCI College. We provide a choice of programmes for anyone to enjoy, with no experience necessary. Our desire is to give the public a chance to enrich their lives using professional techniques provided by our highly trained and fully qualified academic staff in a fun and safe environment. We hope you enjoy our Spring Programme.

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Confidence Boost Hotspot

Wednesday 30th June, 6:30-9:30pm | Hotel Isaacs, Store Street, Dublin 1 | €50

Train yourself to feel increased confidence at work and in life!

The workshop will be experiential and interactive in nature. Throughout the session the participants will have an opportunity to explore, discuss and practice some confidence building techniques. Participants will take away some tools for resourcing themselves and to help oneself feel increased confidence at work and in life; project a more positive outlook; and display an increased level of self-assurance and resilience in the face of some challenging people, circumstances or even thoughts.

Remember, some learning is like turning on a light switch, its instant, but much of it is practiced.....

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Foundation in Counselling & Psychotherapy

This course is accesible to all and is a great way to develop an understanding and appreciation of counselling. It will appeal to those who are looking for personal development or those who need counselling skills in their work. You will be introduced to a basic knowledge of counselling, key skills and selected approaches to the process. Interpersonal communication, personal development issues and the application of theory to practice are all well explored. This course is also a stepping stone for those who want to prepare for a professional qualification.

Applications should be over 23 years of age.

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CBT for Increased Self-Esteem

 ".......{CBT for Increased Self-Esteem} was a fabulous course and I really enjoyed it.” Annette 

Good self-esteem and self-confidence are fundamental to living a healthy, successful and satisfying life. CBT is based on the idea that how we think, how we act, how we feel and what goes in and out of our bodies all interact together. 

This workshop, using Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) techniques will equip you to question negative self beliefs, showing where low self-esteem comes from and how it is maintained. We develop techniques to challenge and break cycles of negative thought patterns for a more positive view of ourselves and the world. It also offers practical ways of combating self-criticism, enhancing self-acceptance and establishing and strengthing new, more realistic and helpful alternative perspectives.

Dignity at Work

This workshop will focus on issues relating to dignity and respect in the workplace. It will examine what dignity at work means and how you can achieve it. It will make participants fully aware of what constitutes appropriate and unacceptable behaviour and explain whether you are protected by law against offensive behaviour. 

After the workshop, you will be equipped with the tools to achieve harmony in your workplace. Moreover you will be familiar with Equality Legislation and relate to case studies; And be familiar with Organisational Policy & Procedures and best practice.

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Life Writing

This two day course introduces participants to the practice and theory of life writing. Life writing refers to the practice  of writing for oneself, not specifically with the view for publication (though this is a possibility) but as a way of healing, growing, discovering, exploring, awakening creativity and solving problems. It encompasses the keeping of journals, diaries, memoirs, biography, stories, letter writing, travel writing and fiction based on personal experience. While the workshop will explore the therapeutic value of writing, it will also look at other aspects of writing such as claiming one's own voice, telling one's story, discovering one's strength and joyfulness. No previous experience in writing necessry, the focus is on self experssion, not writing technique or literary quality.

CBT for Weight Management

This workshop is designed to help you reach your target weight and to help you maintain it once you have reached your goal. It will explore motivation, thoughts and beliefs in relation to food and physical exercise. Using the Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), techniques and the Symptom Cycle, it will look at breaking the cycle, changing eating habits and forming and activity and eating plan.

Creative Art for Personal Awareness

“I found the creative art class hugely enjoyable. It helped me to verbalise my emotions and brought me much relief and contentment.... The facilitator [Pauline] was fantastic” J. Cotter  

An image speaks a thousand words. In this introductory workshop participants will be provided with a brief history of the development and use of art as a therapeutic medium and an introduction to the links between creative expression and personal development. Within a non-judgemental climate of safety and acceptance, the introduction will be followed by the opportunity to explore creative expression through working with art materials, images and symbols. Art has the potential to change our lives often revealing aspects of ourselves that we may be unaware of or lost touch with. 

The workshop is open to anyone interested in gaining a personal understanding of the benefits of creative expression as part of personal development and the therapeutic process. No expertise or previous experience is necessary.

Stress Awareness & Management 

Stress damages people and it damages their relationships both at home and in organisations. Medical treatment may help some individuals to manage their symptoms in the short term, but they need to address the factors that caused their stress in the first place. That involves finding the source and taking appropriate action. This workshop demonstrates the best way to provide a lasting solution is identify and manage the causes of stress as well as its effects by adopting a systematic, structured approach and offers a simple clear process based on small steps for sustainable change.

Call Now on 01-4642268 or email info@pcicollege.ie to add your name to the waiting list

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Balanced Thinking & Changing Negative Life Patterns 

 

This workshop seeks to help people understand the effect that internalised messages and beliefs about themselves can have on their lives. For example, some common feelings and behaviours as a result of unhelpful core beliefes are; You put the needs of others ahead of your own, resulting you not getting your needs met; you feel unfulfilled and undeserving no matter how successful you are in your life; You continue to enter into or stay in relationships that are not good for you; You feel anxious and panicked about the future despite how well things are going for you.

Using Jeffrey Young's Shema Therpy as a basis for developing personal awareness and implementing life changes, this course will help people identify their own unhelpful internalised messages and core beliefs. It explains how these messages and beliefs get formed and might be active in our lives and holding us back in different areas. This workshop will then set about making the kind of changes we desire. 

Call Now on 01-4642268 or email info@pcicollege.ie to add your name to the waiting list

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