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"Stephanie employs a variety of therapeutic modalities and is really skilled in getting to the core of the issue. I love how she brings in regulation techniques that I can use outside of the session, this is really empowering because she teaches that the tools are within & can be accessed anytime rather than external. She also frames our work within a wider treatment plan so I can make much more progress within a short period of time in comparison to other therapists I have worked with.
EMDR practices are new to me but I find they have been really helpful in creating more distance from trauma and I am able to explore a lot of unhelpful thought patterns & associations in a way that traditional 'talk' therapy does not facilitate.
I highly recommend Stephanie"
E.
Things can get better when you feel safe with a compassionate and competent therapist to process past and present challenges, emotions and experiences.
I am an accredited EMDR therapist.
It is important to me to offer a balance between mind and body, emotional processing, meaning-making and nervous system regulation.
Focused, personalised therapy
Sometimes weekly therapy is the right pace. At other times, having dedicated time and space for deeper therapeutic work can help you make meaningful progress with an issue that has remained stuck.
Overview
A specialist overnight retreat for women navigating fertility treatment, offering space to rest, connect, create and feel supported.
Accommodation & local, organic meals all provided.
Single and shared accommodation available on a first come first served basis.
About Suan
Hosted by Stephanie Farrelly & Stephanie Burke
Specialist Fertility Counsellors · Accredited EMDR Practitioners · EMDR Consultants-in-Training
Bringing together specialist expertise in fertility counselling, psychotherapy and trauma-informed care, with IFS and Polyvagal-informed approaches to support women through the emotional experience of fertility treatment.
Suan is an Irish word meaning rest, repose and peaceful stillness.
Fertility treatment can make life feel organised around appointments, medications, decisions, waiting and uncertainty. Suan offers something different: a space away from treatment.
This restorative overnight retreat at Slieve Aughty Centre, Co. Galway has been created especially for women navigating fertility treatment. It is an opportunity to step outside the medical intensity of the fertility journey for a while and spend time in a beautiful, peaceful setting with women who understand something of the experience.
Across the retreat, we will gently explore three themes: Connect · Express · Integrate.
There will be opportunities for community and connection, including a welcoming circle, reflective pair work, shared meals and time together in nature.
Through creative and embodied practices, participants will be invited to explore expressive arts, and creative reflection.
There will also be quieter opportunities to turn inward through IFS-informed reflection, meditation, sound relaxation and morning integration.
Nothing is compulsory. You are welcome to participate in the ways that feel comfortable for you, and there will be space simply to rest.
Suan is intentionally small, gentle and unhurried. It is not a fertility information day, a medical programme or a space where you will be expected to talk about your fertility journey.
Instead, it is a chance to step away from treatment for a night and make room for something that can become difficult to find during fertility treatment:
Time.
Time to rest.
Time in nature.
Time to create.
Time to listen inwardly.
Time alongside women who understand something of the journey.
Accommodation: Single and shared accommodation available on a first come first served basis.
Attachment Theory
Nurture
Your Emotional
Health
The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved.
It simply wants to be witnessed...exactly as it is.”
Parker Palmer
The human soul, as resilient and wonderful as it is, can sometimes also get hit by challenges and difficulties life presents.
This might show up in the form of the loss of a loved one, feeling disconnected from the people you love, never feeling good enough, not feeling secure in relationships, finding it hard to express your opinion and your boundaries to others, constant worrying, feeling anxious, nervous and lonely, constant struggles with energy levels, unpleasant physical symptoms, feeling depressed, or feeling controlled by things that happened in the past.
I work with a wide range of areas, such as trauma, attachment styles, relationship with self and others, relationship difficulties, bereavement, depression and anxiety, stress management, mindfulness and sexual abuse and violence.
This by no means is a comprehensive list and just as people's characters are very individual, so too are their challenges in life.
About
I am a fully qualified humanistic counsellor and psychotherapist, accredited by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) and the EMDR All-Ireland accreditation committee.
This accreditation signifies that I have undergone extensive training and possess a high level clinical experience recognized by the Associations. Additionally, I hold further qualifications in EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Expressive Arts Non-Violent Communication as developed by Marshall Rosenberg, and Eugene Gendlin's Focusing.
Expressive Arts
“Art is the meeting ground of the world inside and the world outside.”
Elinor Ulman
Using expressive arts in therapy is not about creating a beautiful image or having great skills.
It's a very powerful way to communicate from deep within. Things, which are difficult to express with words often can find their expression through images.
I hold a Professional Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy and am delighted to offer this approach to my clients if they wish.
“It is difficult to convey in words the depth and power of the expressive arts process. Really, you must taste it to understand it.”
Natalie Rogers, PhD.
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