Embrace Therapy

Embrace Therapy

By Vicky Linnane - Art TherapistHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Embrace Therapy episodes

  • Polyphony
    In this episode I chat with members of the editorial board of Polyphony ( the online platform for Irish Creative Arts Therapists) The POLYPHONY project aims to provide an online space for creative arts therapists in Ireland and beyond to share key insights and innovations, as part of enhancing the profession and practice of the arts therapies.

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    55 min
  • Jessica Harris - Mind Music

    Jessica Harris - Music therapist - https://www.mindmusic.ie 


    My career began as a musician studying at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and I have performed throughout Ireland and the U.K. with orchestras and ensembles such as the National Symphony and National Concert Orchestras of Ireland. My love for connecting with and supporting people of all ages and abilities then led me to music therapy and in 2010 I completed my Masters in Music Therapy at UL. Following graduation I began work with Music Therapy Ireland and have since continued to work privately. I have provided music therapy to clients across a wide range of populations and ages including within Autism Initiatives Ireland, Bloomfield Health Services, the Central Remedial Clinic, Lois Bridges, Ballymun Music Project (in conjunction with DIT) and have established the music therapy department within the Royal Irish Academy of Music. As such I am adept at blending and working within a multi-disciplinary team and have introduced and developed music therapy services as being of integral value towards wellbeing. My approach is person-centred and psychodynamic, supporting and meeting HIQUA standards. I am passionate and committed to providing opportunities for change, hope and joy.  

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    47 min
  • Noémie Cattez - Moving Souls Embodied Therapy
    Noémie is a DMP based in South Donegal, originally from France. She trained in Dance and Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) in Goldsmiths University London, UK.Noémie wants to work with people to help them find a sense of themselves and peace and grounding through their therapeutic relationship and the use of movement.You might not think that DMP is for you, but it is! Dance Movement Psychotherapy is one of the Creative Arts Therapies where movement and dance are used to explore and make sense of our thoughts and feelings. DMP is based on the premise that body and mind are intrinsically linked and each will affect the other. Giving ourself the time to explore our relationship to our bodies with the help of a DMP can help us integrate our physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual self. Presently, Noémie is the council secretary of IACAT you can get in touch with her though her website, instagram, facebook @movingsouls.embodiedtherapy email [email protected]

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    46 min
  • Dr Jason Noone
    Dr Jason Noone is a qualified music therapist working in Clare and Limerick. He works mostly with children and adults with developmental disabilities, favouring a person-centred approach. He specialises in developing innovative applications of music technology for creative music making in disability contexts. Jason's doctoral research used participatory and rhizomatic methods to investigate these applications in collaboration with service owners at Enable Ireland. Enable Ireland is a non-profit state-funded organisation that provides free services to children and adults with disabilities and their families in Ireland. https://www.enableireland.ie/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonnoonemt/

    [email protected]


    For more info on Jason's doctoral research please see the link below

    https://ulir.ul.ie/handle/10344/7570


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    47 min
  • Sarah Keating


    Sarah is an IACAT accredited Music Therapist, a Neurologic Music Therapist, a Clinical Supervisor, and founder of Keating Music Therapy. Sarah holds an MA in Music Therapy from the University of Limerick and has experience in a wide variety of settings including intellectual and/or physical disabilities, neurological conditions, mental health (including older adult services), children living with developmental delay, trauma, and neurorehabilitation. Sarah currently provides music therapy and supervision services in the Clare, Tipperary and Limerick regions and provides online therapeutic and supervisory services where appropriate. If you would like to contact Sarah, you can do so in the following ways:

    Instagram & Facebook: @keatingmusictherapy

    Twitter: @KeatingMTherapy

    Website: keatingmusictherapy.iacat.ie

    Email: [email protected]



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    1 hr
  • Keshet Zur - Expressive Arts Therapist
    Keshet is an Expressive Arts Therapist. She offers therapy in person from Artonomy, Dublin, Ireland and online therapy sessions are available through the Covid 19 crisis and beyond. In Expressive Arts Therapy (EXA) clients are supported through engagement with various creative art processes such as visual arts, creative writing and movement. Both life and art require improvisational skills, resilience and the necessary hands on experience of shaping from materials available. When working with creative processes, we gain insight previously unreachable which supports us with life challenges; psychological, emotional, behavioural, trauma, relationships or transitions. Keshet works with both adults and children. Her experience includes working with adults on the autism spectrum and children with life threatening illness. Keshet’s practice is trauma informed and person centred.


    Expressive Arts Ireland work in four main areas:• Therapy• Education• Social Change• Performance and Community Arts We offer:• Therapy sessions for individuals and groups.• Unique M.A. training program aspart of the European graduate School in Switzerland. • Dynamic groups for personal development. (Weekly sessions)• Storytelling and Performance for events in schools, festivals, communities, libraries...


    Expressive Arts Therapy is founded on the premise that everyone is capable of making meaningful art and that the process and/or product is always helpful to the client.

    Therefore, we embody a low skill, high sensitivity approach. We are not technique oriented, but rather gear all our groups and sessions so that any person, regardless of their artistic talent or previous experience, can enter into the process.

    We guide the client into their senses and their sensitivity to create work. We look together observantly at what has been created without critique or judgment. There can often be educational or instructional components to the art making that are naturally imbedded within the 

    groups.

    We also hold that the client is the expert of their art and therefore will let meaning emerge through a reflective process that assists the client in discovering their own resources. We call this Aesthetic Analysis, which gives careful attention to what is actually there on the page, in the dance or song and allows for the whole experience to touch them. We do not codify images, colors, movements to any external meaning other than the client’s own experience.

    We work in the arts modalities such as: music, theatre, writing, visual arts, storytelling, nature, dance/movement and will often incorporate more than one modality into a session. Intermodal refers to our ability to shift into different art making modalities to bring more of the senses into play, to receive more information about an image, and or to facilitate where the images are leading the client. The therapist is knowledgeable in the language of all these art forms and how they interrelate.

    We are grounded in theories from philosophy, sociology, education, ecopsycology, and anthropology as well as psychology that acknowledge arts as medicine. In expressive arts we practice that the making and finding what arrives with reflection is a healing act.

    Creating art with sensitive awareness is a similar process as creating our lives.


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    50 min
  • Kate Brennan

    Kate Brennan is an experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist passionate about supporting children, adolescents and their families. She believes in the grounding of the therapeutic relationship as the predominant factor in growth and healing. Kate works with parents and caregivers in using their own relational space at home to enhance this growth.


    Kate is a fully accredited member of the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (I.A.C.P)

    B.A (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy

    M.Sc Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy


    Facebook: @kbchildpsych


    Email: [email protected]


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    49 min
  • Enrich Art Therapy
    In this podcast episode the host is in the hot seat. This week I answer questions about my profession and share some personal truths of my journey so far. I began this podcast about a year ago and felt it was the right time to introduce myself.Vicky facilitates courageous journeys with individuals and groups into our darkest nooks and crannies only to shine light on our vulnerabilities and imperfections. Helping those of all ages to recognise and celebrate their unique story and accept their authentic self. Vicky holds that creative expression within a therapeutic relationship can assist in maintaining a good mental health. Art psychotherapy helps to resolve conflicts and problems for a client.Art therapy is a less threatening approach for those experiencing emotional disturbances or trauma. Vicky maintains a client led approach and holds a non-judgmental space for all her clients. Thank you so much for listening, Vicky


    MA Art Therapy, Crawford College of Art and Design / CIT


    Vicky Linnane is a fully accredited member of the Irish Association of

    Creative Arts Therapies (IACAT) and is a council member of IACAT since 2021.


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    47 min
  • Gabi Beuchert - Art Therapist
    Gabi Beuchert’s interest in the healing capacity of art became evident to her while teaching ceramics and crafts to children, teenagers, and adults over 35 years in a variety of settings.She began her art therapy career in Art Therapy upon the completion of a Post Grad Diploma in 2006 and has since been working with children, young people and adults who have suffered bereavement, stress, anxiety, trauma and interpersonal difficulties. Gabi’s experience also includes facilitating groupwork for adults (ARC house, Alzheimer Society, St John’s Central College and other).Having completed her MA in Art Therapy in 2012, Gabi became involved in the MA Art Therapy at Crawford College of Art and Design, CIT as a lecturer and member of their Interview Board. She also works in private practice and schools.https://www.instagram.com/gabibeuchert.familyfun/ https://www.iacat.ie/find-a-therapist?kw=gabi

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    43 min
  • Anam Ceol Music Therapy
    Bernadette Moran is a music therapist and founder of Anam Ceol Music Therapy. She is experienced in working with adult disability services and older age and dementia care. Bernadette practices in the Midlands, Ireland and is accredited by the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists.


    anamceolmusictherapy.iacat.iehttps://www.facebook.com/anamceolmt


    Twitter: @AnamCeol_MT

    IG: @anamceolmusictherapy

    LinkedIn: anam-ceol-music-therapy


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    50 min

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In this podcast you will hear from qualified therapists and mental health care professionals themselves, as they share stories, insight and research on how embracing therapy is positive for ones mental health.