Skills Workshop

  • Certification:

    • The college will issue a certificate of attendance to those who take this workshop.
    • CPD: 6 hours

  • QQI: N/A

  • Cost:

    • €95.00 (15% Discount for IICP Students/ Alumni and VCS Counsellors)

  • Date: Saturday 25th April 2026

  • Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm

  • Apply: Click Here to Apply Online

  • Delivery: Onsite in IICP Campus, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Skills Workshop

Module Overview: Skills: Going Back to Basics

(Emphasis on the Use of Self and Relational Depth)

This module offers a focused return to the foundational skills that underpin effective therapeutic practice, with particular attention to the therapist’s use of self and the creation of relational depth. Designed as a reflective and experiential CPD opportunity, the module supports practitioners in re-grounding their work in core therapeutic principles while enhancing confidence, intentionality, and presence in the room.

Participants will revisit essential skills; attending, observing, reflecting, and responding; while deepening their understanding of how therapist authenticity, self-awareness, and moment-to-moment responsiveness shape the therapeutic relationship. Through discussion, demonstration, skills practice, and guided self-reflection, therapists will develop a more nuanced, ethical, and intentional use of:

  • Use of Self
  • Therapeutic Self-Disclosure
  • Immediacy
  • Meta-Therapeutic Communication
  • Core Attending and Relational Skills

Course Content

This one-day interactive workshop offers participants the opportunity to engage in practice of both core counselling skills as well as more intermediate and creative skills. It will consist of both lecture-led and peer practice sessions and will appeal to practitioners looking to refresh their skills as well as those from other disciplines looking to gain core skills to complement their work.

  • Opening (including setting goals) and Closing a session
  • Reflection of feeling and content
  • Immediacy
  • Use of Imagery and metaphors

Date: Saturday 25th April 2026 9:30-4:30

Certification:

  • The college will issue a certificate of attendance to those who take this workshop.
  • CPD: 6 hours

Cost:

  • €95.00 (15% Discount for IICP Students/ Alumni and VCS Counsellors)

Venue:

  • Onsite in IICP Campus, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Getting Started

Simply click the below button to be brought to our online application process. When prompted, please select ‘CPD Courses (Short-Term)’, then select ‘Skills Workshop‘ and complete the form.

Online Application Form

If you have any questions about the admissions process: the application, interview or entry requirements, or general enquiries about our courses, please schedule a meeting with Sabrina Behan, Registry & Admissions Administrator: https://scheduler.zoom.us/sabrina-behan/general-enquiries

Thank you! We are looking forward to speaking to you about IICP.

About the Programme Facilitator

Jill Murphy
The lecture is delivered by a Jill Murphy practising psychotherapist and lecturer at IICP College. Working from a humanistic–pluralistic perspective, she brings together experience from her private practice with their teaching of core skills and relational approaches. Their clinical work emphasises presence, authenticity, and the intentional use of self, while their teaching style is experiential, grounded, and focused on fostering relational depth. This combined academic and clinical background informs the lecture’s emphasis on core therapeutic skills, immediacy, and meaningful therapist–client connection.