News and Events Diary
There is a change to the date of the next meeting of the Forum which was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 18th September at 10.00am. The next meeting of the Forum will now take place on Saturday 11th September at 10.00am.
MAY 2010
"Ethnicity and Use of the Mental Health Act" - London Conference will be held at the end of May. For further information and/or booking forms please contact: www.bme-mentalhealth.org.
November 2009AGM Lecture and Lunch eventThe AGM and lecture were both enjoyable and successful this year. Our well attended meeting reviewed the year and looked forward to the next 12 months of the IFCP. Minutes of the meeting will be available in due course. An almost full house heard an entertaining and informative lecture from Dr Ryan with several colleagues who attended now applying to join the IFCP. Please contact our email address for further details. The dates were set for our 2010 meetings and are as follows:
9th January 2010
13th March
8th May
10th July
18th September * Re-Scheduled to 11th September*
13th November (AGM and Lecture) A copy of The Annual Report of the Chair of the IFCP is available from info@irishtherapistsforum.com.............AGM - LECTURE - LUNCHEON
2009This year for our annual lecture the forum was addressed by Dr Louise Ryan of the University of Middlesex and the title of her presentation will be:
PASSING THE TIME,
Irish Women Remembering and Re-telling stories of migration to Britain.Summer 2009The next meeting for members of the Irish Forum for Counselling & Psychotherapy will be on Saturday 19th September 2009,10.00am-12.00pm. Minutes for meeting of 9th May are now available from the Secretary.
* Saturday 20th June - The University of London Irish Studies Annual Symposium will be on the theme 'Popular Culture and Revolution'. This event is supported by the British Association for Irish Studies and for further information please contact Dr Ben Levitas (drs01bl@gold.ac.uk) or Professor Clair Wills (c.e.wills@qmul.ac.uk)
* 18th June-24th July - London Metropolitan University will be running their Summer School in Irish Literature every Tuesday and Thursday. For further details and enrollment information please go to www.londonmet.ac.uk/halshortcourses.
* Thursday 18th June - London Irish Theatre presents 'I'll tell Me Ma...' a rehearsed reading about the Clancy Brothers. Written by Tom O'Brien and directed by John Dunne, admission is free at The London Irish Centre, Camden. Contact John Dunn on 02072260524 or info@londonirishtheatrecentre.com.
March 2009
* Minutes of the IFCP meeting on Saturday 9th May will be available in due course.
Congratulations to our new Hon.Secretary who was elected at the IFCP meeting on the 10th January. We also extended a warm welcome to our new members in 2009.
* The Quiet Man - A powerful and poignant art exhibition looking at the experiences of Irish emigrants in Britain will be running in London from March 11th - April 18th at PM Gallery & Pitzhanger Manor, Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing. For more information, (admission is free) please see
www.ealing.gov.uk/pmgalleryandhouse or call 020 8567 1227.
*"On The Waterfront" is running at the Haymarket Theatre London from 28th January 2009. One of our members has recommended its exploration of themes surrounding workers on the docks as similar to those experienced by Irish immigrants at that time. For further information and tickets see
www.trh.co.uk. January 2009CONFER have announced that they will be holding a series of demonstrations of live supervision sessions on Friday evenings from 16th January to 26th June. Some eminent psychotherapists including Neville Symington, Patrick Casement, Dr Ernesto Spinelli and Anne Alvarez will be featured.
The IFCP will have one of our own members taking part in the Patrick Casement session. For further information contact www.confer.uk.com.
* The Irish Forum for Counselling & Psychotherapy sends all it's members, colleagues and friends every good wish for a peaceful and prosperous New Year. *Our first meeting of 2009 will take place on
Saturday 10th January 2009. We will be having our first book discussion of the new year on Barack Obama's 'Dreams From My Father'. This title was felt to be a topical choice. The Inauguration of the American President-Elect takes place in January and themes of identity and race contained in his book should provide a lively discussion in the context of the work of the IFCP.
At our 2009 meeting we will also be discussing the
vacancy for Honorary Secretary of the IFCP which exists at present. Members applying for the post are asked to contact the info@irishtherapistsforum.com address as soon as possible.
This year's IFCP meeting dates for your diary are scheduled as follows:
March 14th
May 9th
July 11th
September 19th
November 14th (AGM & Lunch)
Further details on events during the year will be available on the website as soon as they are confirmed. December 2008* The Irish Forum for Counselling and Psychotherapy wishes its members, colleagues and friends all good wishes for the holiday season. *The Annual General Meeting of the Irish Forum for Counselling & Psychotherapy was held on 8th November 2008 followed by our traditional luncheon. It was a very enjoyable occasion offering members an opportunity to reflect on a year of great change for the IFCP and time to plan for the year to come. Minutes of the meeting will become available to all members in due course.
Annual Report of the Chair of the Irish Forum for Counselling & Psychotherapy 2008 is now available by contacting The Secretary, info@irishtherapistsforum.comNovember 2008The next meeting, for members only, is the Forum's Annual General Meeting in Camden on Saturday 8th November 2008. The meeting will be followed by our traditional luncheon and we look forward to seeing as many members as possible present for this annual event. Further details will be posted on the website shortly.
Warning to members from BACP website. BACP has received information on a telephone scam that has affected a number of members. One member has recently received email that they thought might be spam but because of the level of detail in the email, not present in most spam, they initially gave the sender the benefit of the doubt. The email purported to be from a therapist in Chicago specifically seeking 'person-centered counselling' for a client visiting the area. For further details on this please visit www.bacp.co.uk for more information. BACP believe this scam is not confined to one area and warn members to be vigilant. Giving bank details out to potential clients for advanced payment is not recommended.
October 2008:
* ISET's European Interdisciplinary Autumn 2008 Seminar Series "Transformations of Citizenship" launches on Tuesday 28th October, 6-7.30pm with a talk on "New Europe or the Return of the Repressed? Post-National identities and old Atavisms - The Case of the Irish vote on the Lisbon Referendum" by Piaras MacEinri, University College Cork. See www.iset@londonmet.ac.uk.
* The Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith is hosting a photographic exhibition of the works of Seamus McGarry on 9th October 2008 from 6.00pm. booking Line 020-8563 8232.
* The London Irish Women's Centre are holding their 25th Anniversary celebrations on 25th October 2008 in the presence of HE David Cooney, the Irish Ambassador as guest of honour. There will be music, poetry reading and Nell McCafferty, amongst others, will be joining them. The Irish Forum for Counselling and Psychotherapy have formally written to the Centre offering sincere congratulations and good wishes on reaching this milestone in the distinguished history of the LIWC. For further information contact www.liwc.co.uk.
* Minutes of the Forum meeting of 20th September are now available to members. If you have not received a copy and would like one, please contact info@irishtherapistsforum.com marking your email for the attention of The Secretary.
September 2008:
* The next IFCP meeting for members will take place on Saturday 20th September 2008 from 10.00am - 12.00pm. This month there will be a Clinical Presentation by one of our members entitled "Coming Home for Christmas".
* Minutes of the meeting held on 12th July are now available. If you have not received a copy and would like one, contact ifo@irishtherapistsforum.com marking your email for the attention of The Secretary.
