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THE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
CITY COLLEGES
Featuring three programmes approved
or CPD credits or members o thePsychological Society o Ireland.
Diploma Courses and CPD Events
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CONTENTS
Thank you or considering Ciy Colleges School oPsychology. 2011 marked he launch o Ciy Colleges, andwe are excied o add a suie o programmes in psychologyand is various sub-elds o he exising courses onoer. These include general psychology, criminology andcriminal psychology, counselling psychology, and cogniivebehavioural herapy.
Wheher you are hoping o embark on a proessional career
in psychology or simply have a desire o gain knowledgeo he eld or is own sake, we should have somehing oineres you. We oer sudens individual atenion in an
environmen ha prioriises limied class sizes. Some lecures are sreamed live, andrecorded or laer review online.
A Ciy Colleges, we believe ha he suden experience is, in large par, deerminedby he qualiy o he uiion provided. For his reason, we have assembled a eam oinspiring lecurers who currenly work in environmens which r equire he applicaion oheory o pracice.
We believe ha our combined experience in delivering suden-cenred programmeswill mark an imporan advancemen in your journey in psychology.
I look orward o meeing you soon,
Yours aihully,
Eoin OShea
Direcor, School o Psychology,Ciy Colleges.
Welcome 3
Why City Colleges? 5
Student Testimonials 7
About our Lecturers 9
Qualifcation Inormation 10
How to enrol 13
Contact Us 14
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WHY CITY COLLEGES?
Psychology and relaed herapeuic proessions consiue a growing eld oproessional and personal ineres in Ireland oday. Menal healh is an exremelyimporan aspec o our uncioning a boh an individual and socieal level. In linewih his rend, he numbers o psychology/herapy jobs in boh he public and privaesecors have seen dramaic increases over he pas ew decades.
Ciy Colleges mees he needs o s uch prospecive sudens by providing a suieo courses geared or hose eiher beginning heir pah in psychology or urherdeveloping heir proessional qualicaions. We oer diploma-level courses, coninuing
proessional developmen evens, and are branching ou ino he provision o moreinensive, comprehensive proessional rainings.
Lecures are delivered by hose who possess boh eaching and pracical appliedexperience. A Ciy Colleges, we believe his is o umos imporance in e nsuring haheory is augh wih a view o is pracical applicaion a some poin in he uure.
Why City Colleges?
Courses combine boh heoreicaland skills elemens
Suden paricipaion is encouraged
Some courses are sreamed live online viaMoodle, and are also recorded or review
Ciy cenre locaion in Dame Sree,convenien or bus, LUAS, DART, ec.
Souhside Dublin locaion in Templeogue
Sudy rooms and library in our Dame Sree
and Templeogue locaionsLimied class sizes.
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STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Eoin OShea lecured me in UCC some
ime ago and made such an impression.
No only did he conribue o my
knowledge and ha o my classmaes,
he is a grea lisener and genuinely
cares abou people, his subjec and
he disseminaion o his exensive
knowledge. Wha I remember mos abou
Eoin is ha he never made his sudens
eel uncomorable. As I was very mucha beginner in his eld, I appreciaed his
immensely and i was obvious he placed
such a value on everyones conribuion.
Adelina Syms, Doctoral Student
I experienced Eoin as a very enhusiasic,
organised and ineracive lecurer on he
MA Counselling Psychology program in
Universiy College Cork, where he augh
on he heory o Cogniive Behavioural
Therapy. He was always very well
prepared and he overall course-ouline
as well as each individual seminar was
very good srucured. Eoins eaching
syle compromised a very good balance
by delivering heoreical inormaion
in a clear and easily accessible orm
hrough excellen use o Powerpoin
presenaions, while also encouraging
us sudens o reec upon and acively
paricipae in discussions on he eaching
maerial.
Insa Lichtsinn, MA Counselling Psychologist
I jus waned o say hanks again, I
learned a lo and, even more imporanly,
i was a really enjoyable day!
S. M. Psychologist in Training
Coming rom an Exisenial, Humanisic
background I wasn iniially atraced
o he more srucured approach o CBT.
However, I ound Eoins presenaion
o be well researched, balanced and
inormaive. I now use CBT wih cerain
cliens who bene rom a more d irecive
herapy. I enjoyed he Counselling
Foundaion lecures given by Eoin
OShea. He is a naural presener, able oalk abou he subjec mater as opposed
o jus repeaing slide maerial. I like o
hink aloud and quesion as I develop my
undersanding, and I ound Eoin open o
engaging wih me in his way.
Maurice Foley, Counselling Psychologist
I ound Paul Hayes o be calm and a he
same ime engaging in a way ha really
made people lisen o wha he said. His
moivaional inerviewing workshop has
really added o my work wih cliens,
despie he ac ha I come rom a
diferen heoreical background.
Freja Petersen, Psychology Student
Sheila Hawkins has really had an
impac on my clinical work. She has a
very dynamic syle o eaching, and her
obvious amiliariy wih applied setings
makes her exensive experience clear.
G.P., Trainee Counselling Psychologist
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ABOUT OUR LECTURERS
Eoin OShea, B.A., NUICert. (Couns), M.A. Reg.Psychol. PsSI.Eoin graduaed romAmerican College Dublinin 2003 and wen on ocomplee urher rainingin counselling skillshrough NUI Maynooh.He compleed an M.A. in
Counselling Psychology a Universiy CollegeCork. He subsequenly lecured here on coursesin counselling and psychoherapy, guidancecounselling, counselling psychology, and socialwork. He has published a number o aricles,
reviews, book chapers and has preseneda numerous proessional conerences. He hasbeen a senior researcher or he Naional SuicideResearch Foundaion. He gained experience ashe Helpline Coordinaor o a missing personshelpline in Dublin. More recenly, Eoin hasworked wih adul survivors o childhood abusea boh he Naional Counselling Service (NCS)and a Connec. Eoin also works in privaepracice a Souh Dublin Psychologiss, Dublin 2.
John OKeefeJohn OKeee is acriminologis and VisiingProessor in he Schoolo Psychology a TriniyCollege Dublin where heeaches he Psychologyo Criminal Behaviour.He is a graduae oUniversiy College Dublin,
London Meropolian Universiy and a doublecriminology graduae o Cambridge Universiywhere he is a lie member o HomeronCollege. He is a member o he Briish Socieyo Criminology and acs as a Special Advisoro Advocaes or he Vicims o Homicide.From 2000-2010 he was boh Head and Deano he Law School a Dublin Business Schoolincorporaing Porobello College, where heaugh boh civil and criminal law. John OKeeeis a journalis and broadcaser, and also amember o he Charered Insiue o Mediaors.
Paul Hayes,B.A, M.A., IAAACPaul is an accrediedcounsellor who graduaedrom Universiy CollegeDublin in 2001 wih adegree in psychology.He laer wen on odevelop a specialisaionin addicion and
compleed he M.A. Addicion Sudies in DublinBusiness School o Ars in 2005. During hisime he became ineresed in clien-cenredapproaches o reamen and compleedrainings in Moivaional Inerviewing (MI)
in he UK and Spain o rainer level. Paul hasworked as an individual and group herapis or5 years in a residenial reamen cenre haadoped he MI approach and is a member oboh he IAAAC (Irish Associaion o Alcoholand Addicion Counsellors) and o MINT(Moivaional Inerviewing Nework o Trainers).Pauls experience has also included workingwih he Ciy o Dublin VEC PsychologicalService, he HSE in primary care and wihina mulidisciplinary eam in S. EdmundsburyHospial, Lucan. As well as delivering rainingin MI, Paul currenly mainains a small privaepracice, conducs research in he eld, andis compleing a Docorae in CounsellingPsychology in Triniy College Dublin.
Sheila Hawkins,B.A., M.Sc., PG Dip,C.Psychol., AFBPsSSheila is a charered
counselling psychologisand Associae Fellow ohe Briish PsychologicalSociey (BPS). Herraining is also validaedby he Deparmen o
Healh here in Ireland. A qualied addicioncounsellor, Sheilas primary herapeuic modaliyis cogniive behavioural herapy (CBT) whichshe rained in a boh he Universiy o EasLondon and he NHS in Newcasle. Sheila worksin primary care in Dublin ciy cenre as well as inprivae pracice.
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QUALIFICATION INFORMATION
Three programmes approved or CPDcredis or members o he Psychological
Sociey o Ireland.
COURSE INFORMATION:
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cogniive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an
empirically based psychological reamen or a
variey o psychological problems (e.g. depression
and anxiey). The Diploma in Cogniive Behavioural
Therapy a Ciy College aims o inroduce sudens
o he heoreical underpinnings o CBT and o he
skills required or an in-deph knowledge o he
pracice o his herapeuic approach. CBT seeks
o examine and challenge cliens wih he manner
in which heir houghs, belies and atiudes o
various evens and circumsances negaively aec
heir mood and behaviour.
Whils open o he general public, we srongly
encourage he course or hose working in a variey
o roles where conac wih hose experiencing
psychological problems may be a eaure, e.g.
psychoherapis, medical docors, nurses, social
workers, psychologiss ec. Upon graduaion,
sudens will have a greaer undersanding o heir
chosen area and may rom here eiher progress
o urher sudies or simply enjoy a greaer insigh
ino human hough and behaviour in heir own lives.
The course is hereore suiable or boh hose who
have a proessional ineres in psychology as well as
members o he general populaion wih an ineres
in his exciing and rapidly developing eld o sudy.
Diploma in Counselling Psychology
The Diploma in Counselling Psychology a Ciy
Colleges aims o inroduce sudens o he main
heories, sraegies, and skills o counselling
psychology. Theories covered are derived rom
he hree main basic herapeuic rameworks;
humanisic, psychodynamic, and cogniive-
behavioural. Sudens will graduae wih a sound
basic undersanding o hese hree main schools
and specic examples o each rom a heoreical
perspecive. Atenion will also be paid o broad
dierences beween counselling psychology
and relaed proessions such as counselling,
psychoherapy, psychoanalysis, ec. Basic skills
raining will also be covered.
Finally, sudens will gain experience o research
hrough a projec o be compleed wihin one
monh o compleion o lecures. This course has
been approved or CPD credis or members o he
Psychological Sociey o Ireland.
Diploma in Criminology and C riminal Psychology
The purpose o his programme is o equip
learners wih a basic undersanding o he elds
o Criminology (he scienic sudy o crime)
and Criminal Psychology rom a hisorical,
conemporary and progressive perspecive. In
addiion, undamenal psychological conceps will
be considered, including Personaliy Disorders,
Learning Theory and Social Psychology. These will
be relaed o he various heories o crime and
oending. A he end o he course, learners will
have a deailed undersanding o he psychology
and naure o criminal conduc. This course has been
approved or CPD credis or members o he PSI.
Diploma in Psychology
The Diploma in Psychology a Ciy Colleges aims
o inroduce sudens o he main opics oen
augh on modern psychology courses. These opics
include developmenal and liespan psychology,
cogniive psychology, social psychology, biological
basis o behaviour, personaliy heory and individual
dierences, abnormal psychology, research design
and mehods, and psychological herapies.
Sudens will also gain experience o research
hrough a projec o be compleed wihin one monh
o compleion o lecures. The ocus o he Diploma
is heoreical alhough discussion and pracical
examples o relevance will be discussed hroughou.
Graduaes will possess a broad, basic undersanding
o modern psychology ollowing compleion o he
Diploma. They may use such learning o decide i
urher sudies in psychology would be o ineres o
hem. Alernaively, sudens may simply complee
he Diploma ou o ineres regarding he manner
in which modern psychology aims o invesigae
and beter undersand he human mind and
behaviour. Proessionals in relaed disciplines such
as counselling, ec, may also be eligible o consider
compleion o he course or CPD (coninuing
proessional developmen) purposes. However,
he Diploma in Psychology does no carry PSI CPD
credis, since pracicing, regisered psychologiss
would have already covered his maerial as par o
heir primary degree in psychology.
All our diploma programmes are awarded by City Colleges.
In addition, three o the our (Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural
Therapy, Diploma in Counselling Psychology and the Diploma
in Criminology and Criminal Psychology) are recognized by
the Psychological Society o Ireland (PSI) or the purposes o
continuing proessional development (CPD) credits or its members.
This means that any practicing registered psychologist, havingcompleted one o these three courses, is entitled to have the course
counted towards CPD credits which must be accumulated over
three-year CPD cycles.
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HOW TO ENROL
You can apply online awww.ciycolleges.ie/apply or youcan complee he applicaion ormavailable on he websie and reurn ohe Admissions Ofce. You can alsoreques a hard copy applicaion orm byconacing he School o Psychology on1850 25 27 40 or ino@ciycolleges.ie
Postal Address:Course Admissions
School o Psychology
City College Dublin
32-34 Dame Street
Tel: 1850 25 27 40Email: ino@citycolleges.ie
Dublin and Online FacilitiesLibrary and sudy rooms available inour Dublin Ciy Cenre and Templeoguelocaions
Prined maerials provided
Lecures or some diplomas sreamedlive on Moodle wih online cha aciliy
Ciy cenre locaion in Dame Sree,convenien or bus, LUAS, DART, ec
Souhside locaion in Templeogue wihcar parking aciliies
Around he clock suppor by elephoneand email.
Ciy Colleges also delivers proessionalprogrammes in he ollowing discipline areasrom our Ciy Cenre campus, our campusin Templeogue, Dublin 6W, and hroughouIreland online:
School o Proessional Accountancy
ACCA Ceried Accouning Technician
ACCA Revision Courses
School o Business and Computing
Diploma in Business
Cericae in News Journalism
EDI Teachers Diploma in InormaionTechnology
European Compuer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Advanced ECDL
A+ CompTIA
N+ CompTIA
Basic Compuer Skills
School o Proessional Law
Law Sociey o Irelands Enrance Exams(FE-1) Preparaory Course
Diploma in Legal Sudies
Kings Inn Preparaion Course.
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CONTACT USMain Sree, Templeogue,Dublin 6W, Ireland.
Dame Sree,Dublin 2, Ireland.
T: 1850 25 27 40E: ino@ciycolleges.iewww.ciycolleges.ie
How to find us:
Ciy College Dublins Psychology programme are delivered rom
Dame Sree in Dublin 2, and rom Main Sree, Templeogue, Dublin 6W.
Ciy College Dublin also oers programmes in Law, Accounancy,Business & Compuing, Family Hisory and Digial Markeing.
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Main Sree, Templeogue,
Dublin 6W, Ireland.
Dame Sree,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
T: 1850 25 27 40
E: ino@ciycolleges.ie www.ciycolleges.ie
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