Research Across the HECA Member Community

Poland: The Presence of Plotinus Conference (June 2021)
‘The self, contemplation, and spiritual exercise in the Enneads’,
Paper: Plotinus: The Self as the Logos of the Particularized Soul

Lithuania: Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. (February 2021).
Conference: ‘Philosophy of Humour: New Perspectives’
Paper: Kierkegaard: The Power of Irony and Humour.

Dublin: HAQEF Lunchtime Seminar (October 2020)
‘Building Trust in Online Teaching and Learning’
Paper: Ethics and Integrity in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

Manchester (U.K.): MANCEPT Workshops (September 2020)
Remembrance, Forgiveness, and Time’
Paper: Kierkegaard: The Temporal and Eternal structure of the Process of Forgiveness.

Philadelphia (USA): The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Conference (January 2020)
‘The Søren Kierkegaard Society Session’
Paper: Gender and the Practical Dimensions of Kierkegaard’s Existential Philosophy.

Recent Publications:
Doyle, S. (2020). ‘Kierkegaard’s critique of religion within the limits of reason: duty as loving practical action’. Revue Roumaine de Philosophie, vol. 64, no.2.
Doyle, S. (2020). ‘Kierkegaard: The Temporal and Eternal Structure of the Process of Forgiveness’.  Dialectic Journal University of York. 1-10.
Doyle, S. (2019). ‘Decision, Betrayal, and Faith: Kierkegaard’s Commitment and Loyalty to True Faith’, Inscriptions 2, no. 2 (2019).

Research Profile: 

Marcella is a graduate of, and former lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.  She holds a Doctorate in Psychotherapy from the Metanoia Institute and Middlesex University. Her research focused on integration and pluralism in psychotherapy. She is College President in IICP, and is involved in all aspects of research in the College.  She is a founding member of both IICP College and The Village Counselling Service (VCS) and currently serves as a Director on both Boards of Directors. Marcella also holds an M.Sc. in Educational Guidance and Counselling, an M.A., a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Supervision (Psychology), a Teaching and Learning Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Higher Ed), and a B.A. (Hons) Psychology. Marcella has trained and worked extensively as liaison with the British Deming Association for Quality Management.  She is an IACP accredited therapist and supervisor and holds the European Certificate of Psychotherapy.  She is an Advanced Instructor with the William Glasser Institute. She was Joint Deputy Director of the M.Ed. and M.Sc. Degree programmes in Educational Guidance and Counselling in Trinity College Dublin. She is a member of IACP, IAHIP, WGII, IGC, ICP, EART and APA. 

Marcella was the 2001 recipient of the Daniel Murphy Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in postgraduate studies from Trinity College, Dublin, School of Education; the 2014 recipient of the Carl Berkeley Memorial Award from the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) for making an outstanding contribution to the development of the counselling profession in Ireland, and the Derek Portwood Award for her doctoral research, which was considered as having made a significant professional impact within the profession, from the Metanoia Institute in 2015. 

Publications: 

Book Chapter:

Norcross, J., & Finnerty, M. (2019). Training and Supervision in Psychotherapy Integration, In: Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration. Norcross J. & Goldfried M (eds). APA. 

Articles:

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., & O’Regan, D. (2018). Pluralism: An Ethical Commitment to Dialogue and Collaboration. Irish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 18(3), 18(3), 13-20.

Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2018). A qualitative study of the principles that self-defined integrative therapists in Ireland perceive as underpinning their practice. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. doi: 10.1037/int0000128.

Finnerty, M. (2008). Choice Theory Training. International Journal of Choice Theory, 2:1, pp 30-36.

Boyle, E., & Finnerty, M. (2006). Supervision. Guideline, 30(1), 9-10.

Finnerty, M. (2006). Effects of Locus of Control and Self-Esteem in Adult Community Employment Workers. International Journal of Choice Theory, 2(1), 30-34.

Finnerty, M. (2005). Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Perspective on Past History, Current Trends, and Possible Future Directions. Éisteach: A Quarterly Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, spring, 3(4), 7-11.

Finnerty, M. (2005). Choice Theory Training: Effects of Locus of Control. WGII Journal RT/CT Irish Perspectives, 7-34.

Finnerty, M. (1994). Team-building: An Exercise in Lead Management. Reality Therapy – An Irish Perspective 50-57.

Conference Presentations and Posters:

McLeod John, Finnerty Marcella, McLeod Julia, Sundet Rolf (2019).  An Introduction to Pluralistic Therapy. University of Lisbon, Portugal, June 2019 Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) Annual Conference 2019.

McLeod John, Finnerty Marcella (2018).  Meta-analysis of Frameworks and Strategies for Psychotherapy Integration Found in Recent Case Study Reports. SEPI, New York, June 2018. Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) Annual Conference.

McLeod, J., & Finnerty, M. (2018). Time to start using the term, “disintegrative psychotherapy?”, Panel Presentation at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration Annual Conference, New York: USA, June 2018.

Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2018). Meta-analysis of Strategies for Psychotherapy Integration in Recent Published Case Study Reports. Panel Presentation at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration Annual Conference, New York: USA, June 2018.

Finnerty, M. (2018). How do Integrative Psychotherapists Integrate? Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Kearns, C., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2018). Pluralistic Group Therapy for Anxious Children: A Waiting List Management Strategy. Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., & McLeod, J. (2018). Developing an Organising Framework for Training in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., O’Regan, D., & Devoy, S. (2017). Tales from the Trenches: Psychotherapy Integration. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017.

Kearns, C., Devoy, S., Finnerty, M., & O’Regan, D. (2017). Parental Perceptions of Pluralistic Group Therapy for Children with Anxiety. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017.

Kearns, C., Finnerty, M., Devoy S., & O’Regan, D. (2017). Pluralistic Group Therapy for Children with Anxiety: A Strategy for Managing Waiting Lists in a Community Service – A Pilot Study. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland. October 2017.

Finnerty, M., McLeod, J., Kearns, C., O’Neill, D. & O’Regan, D. (2016) Teaching Integration through the Ways Paradigm. Paper Presented at Dublin, 2016 SEPI Annual Conference.  

O’Regan, D., Finnerty, M., McLeod, J., & Kearns, C. (2016). Why Do Clients Not Show up for their First Session. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Lumsden, E., Finnerty, M., McLeod, J. (2016). Mystical Experience as a Highly Significant Everyday Event: How Does It Become a Resource for Change. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Finnegan, M., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016). Finding a Language: Therapist Experiences of Communication Difficulties in Counselling with Adolescent Clients. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Gilhooley, A. Finnerty, M. & McLeod, J. (2016). Being a Man in Rural Ireland: Resources for Maintaining Mental Health and Well-Being. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Burke, C., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016). Exploring the Counselling Journey of Women Emerging from Psychologically and Emotionally Abusive Relationships. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Quinn, S., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016). The Impact of Client Suicide on the Experienced Psychotherapist. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Gough, J., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016). A Pluralistic Approach to OCD: One Size Might Not Fit All. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Woods, M., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016). Taking Care of Unfinished Business: The Lived Experiences of Women Addiction Counsellors with a History of Drug Use. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Woods, M., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016).  Towards a trauma-informed, sensitive, empathic and harm reduction practice response to women, drug use and motherhood: the space and time for a pluralistic approach? Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Ingram, D., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2016). How Teachers Can Support Bereaved Adolescents: Integrating Responsiveness into the School Environment. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Bourke, A.M., Finnerty, M. & McLeod, J. (2016). Experiences of Young People and Therapists Using the YP-CORE form in Therapy Sessions in a Substance Misuse Treatment Service. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Hogan, S., Finnerty M., McLeod, J. (2016). Learning to Use Feedback Tools: Experiences of Trainee Counsellors in a Community Counselling Service. Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

Hegarty Diarmuid, Finnerty Marcella, (2015). Public Perception Survey. CCT  HECA Annual Conference “Enhancing Public Perception of Private Higher Education” Friday 24^th April 201

Finnerty, M. (2014). How do Integrative Psychotherapists Integrate? A Qualitative Exploration of Tales from the Trenches. Montreal, 2014 SEPI Annual Conference.

Finnerty, M. (2005). Choice Theory Training: Effects of Locus of Control. WGII Journal RT/CT Irish Perspectives, 7-34. GLASSER CONFERENCE PRES

Finnerty, M. (1994). Team-building: An Exercise in Lead Management. Reality Therapy – An Irish Perspective 50-57.  GLASSER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESE

John McLeod is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Abertay Dundee and Professor of Counselling and Psychotherapy, IICP College, Dublin, and has previously held Visiting Professor positions at the University of Oslo, University of Padua, and Massey University. A central theme within his career has been the promotion of research as a means of informing therapy practice and improving the quality of services that are available to clients. His enthusiastic quest for finding ways to make research interesting, relevant and accessible for practitioners has resulted in a teaching award for exceptional contribution to research from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. His writing has influenced a generation of trainees in the field of counselling and psychotherapy, and his books are widely adopted on training programmes across the world.

Sample Books:

McLeod, J. (2019). An Introduction to Counselling an Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice. Open University Press.

McLeod, J. (2018). Pluralistic Therapy: Distinctive features. Routledge.

McLeod, J. (2016). Using research in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage.

McLeod, J. (2015). Doing research in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Sage.

McLeod, J., & McLeod, J. (2011). Counselling Skills: A practice guide. McGraw-Hill Education.

Sample Book Chapters:

Hanley, T., Winter, L., Cooper, M. and McLeod, J. (2017). Pluralistic therapy. In D. Murphy (ed) Counselling Psychology: A textbook for study and practice. London: BPS/Blackwell.

McLeod, J. and Mackrill, T. (2017). Philosophical, conceptual and ethical perspectives on working with goals in therapy. In D. Law and M. Cooper (eds) Working with goals in psychotherapy and counselling. New York: Oxford University Press.

McLeod, J. (2017). Qualitative methods for routine outcome measurement. In T. Rousmaniere, R.K. Goodyear, S.D. Miller and B.E. Wampold (eds) The Cycle of Excellence: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Supervision and Training. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.

McLeod, J. (2017). Qualitative research. In D. Murphy (ed) Counselling Psychology: A textbook for study and practice. London: BPS/Blackwell.

McLeod, J. (2016). Helping clients feel happier and combat depression. In Cooper, M. & Dryden, W. (Eds) The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, London: Sage

McLeod, J., & McLeod, J. (2016). Assessment and formulation in pluralistic counselling and psychotherapy. In Cooper, M. & Dryden, W. (Eds) The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, London: Sage

McLeod, J. and Sundet, R. (2016). Integrative and eclectic approaches and pluralism. In Cooper, M. & Dryden, W. (Eds) The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, London: Sage

Sundet, R. and McLeod, J. (2016). Narrative approaches and pluralism. In Cooper, M. & Dryden, W. (Eds) The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, London: Sage

McLeod, J., Thurston, M. & McLeod, J. (2015). Case study methodologies. In Vossler, A. and Moller, N. (Eds.) The counselling and psychotherapy research handbook. London: Sage.

Thurston, M., McLeod, J. and McLeod, J. (2015). How to use case study methodology with single client therapy data. In Vossler, A. and Moller, N. (Eds.) The counselling and psychotherapy research handbook. London: Sage

McLeod, J. (2014). Learning the craft: towards a socio-historical understanding of therapist development. In A. Von der Lippe, H.W. Oddli and H. Nissen-Lie (eds) Psykoterapeutens Bidrag i Psykoterapi. Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.

Articles:

Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2018). A qualitative study of the principles that self-defined integrative therapists in Ireland perceive as underpinning their practice. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. doi: 10.1037/int0000128.

McLeod, J. (2018). Research Matters: The purpose of research. Therapy Today. 29(3), 40-41.

McLeod, J. (2018). Research Matters: Case study research. Therapy Today. 29(5), 38-39.

McLeod, J. (2018). Research Matters: Conversations about crucial issues for the profession. Therapy Today, 29(6), 38-39.

McLeod, J. (2018). Research Matters: Little things can make a difference. Therapy Today, 29(7), 40-41.

McLeod, J. (2018). Research Matters: Research based knowledge. Therapy Today, 29(8), 40-41.

McLeod, J. (2018). Research Matters: Frustrated research-minded practitioners who are blocked from accessing journal articles. Therapy Today, 29(9), 40-41.

McLeod, J. (2017). Science and psychotherapy: developing research-based knowledge that enhances the effectiveness of practice. Transactional Analysis Journal, 47, 82-101

McLeod, J. (2017). Why read research? Therapy today,28(5), 34-37.

Oddli, H., Kjos, P. and McLeod, J. (2017). Negotiating credibility: the peer review process in clinical research. Qualitative Psychology http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/qup0000114

Oddli, H. W. & McLeod, J. (2017). Knowing-in-relation: How experienced therapists integrate different sources of knowledge in actual clinical practice. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 27, 107-119.

Reichelt, S., Skjerve, J., & McLeod, J. (2017). Topic-focused analysis of verbal interaction in a case of integrative therapy with a young woman presenting with symptoms of depression. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 45(1), 42–55.

Revell, S. and McLeod, J. (2017). Therapist experience of walk and talk therapy: A descriptive phenomenological study. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling, 19, 267-289

Bowie, C., McLeod, J., & McLeod, J. (2016). “It was almost like the opposite of what I needed”: A qualitative exploration of client experiences of unhelpful therapy. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 16(2), 1–9.

Halvorsen, M. S., Benum, K., Haavind, H. & McLeod, J. (2016). A life-saving therapy: The theory-building case of “Cora”. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 12, 158-193.

Halvorsen, M. S., McLeod, J., Benum, K. and Haavind, H. (2016). Conceptualizing the complexity of change in psychotherapy: The “Case of Cora”. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 12, 224-237.

McLeod, J. (2016). Everyday life, manifesto-writing and the texture of human agency. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, 18, 415-423.

Råbu, M. & McLeod, J. (2016). Wisdom in professional knowledge: Why it can be valuable to listen to the voices of senior psychotherapists. Psychotherapy Research, 1-17.

Råbu, M., Moltu, C., Binder, P.-E. & McLeod, J. (2016). How does practising psychotherapy affect the personal life of the therapist? A qualitative inquiry of senior therapists’ experiences. Psychotherapy Research, 26, 737-749.

Reichelt, S., Skjerve, J. & McLeod, J. (2016). Topic-focused analysis of verbal interaction in a case of integrative therapy for depression and emotional turmoil. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/int0000057

Revell, S., & McLeod, J. (2016). Experiences of therapists who integrate walk and talk into their professional practice. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 16(1), 35–43.

Skjerve, J., Reichelt, S. & McLeod, J. (2016). Topic change processes in psychotherapy: a case study approach. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 13, 271-288.

Walls, J., McLeod, J., & McLeod, J. (2016). Client preferences in counselling for alcohol problems: A qualitative investigation. Counselling & Psychotherapy Research, 16(2), 109–118.

Benelli, E., De Carlo, A., Biffi, D. & McLeod, J. (2015). Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design: A systematic review of published research and current standards. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 22, 97-133.

Cooper, M., Wild, C., van Rijn, B., Ward, T., McLeod, J., Cassar, S., … Sreenath, S. (2015). Pluralistic therapy for depression: Acceptability, outcomes and helpful aspects in a multisite study. Counselling Psychology Review, 30(1), 6–20.

Professor O’Rourke is a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and at the Institute of Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, IICP, on the B.A. (Hons) Degree Programme in Counselling and Psychotherapy and the M.A. Degree in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy.

He was Director of the M.Ed Degree in Educational Guidance and Counselling in the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, from 1992-2012, Professor O’Rourke is currently Academic Consultant and Senior Lecturer at The Military College, The Curragh, from 2005-to-date and is the External Examiner in Strathclyde University. His research interests include Advanced Counselling Psychology; Grief, Bereavement and Loss; The Psychology and Aetiology of Suicide; Multiculturalism and Cross-Cultural Historical Contexts; Addiction, Alcoholism and the Adult Children of Alcoholics.

Articles: 

O’Rourke, M. (2018). Counselling and its Essential Essence: The Notion of the Wounded Healer. Guideline, 48(1).

O’Rourke, M. (2017). Spirituality and Psychotherapy: Do we have the Skills and Knowledge to Hold this Sacred Space? Guideline, 47(1), 34-41.

O’Rourke, M. (2017). Grief, Bereavement and Loss: Some Therapeutic Insights. Guideline, 46(3),34-41.

O’Rourke, M. (2017). An Unfathomable Kind of Loss: The Psychology and Aetiology of Suicide. Guideline, 46(2), 41-45.

O’Rourke, M. (2016). Specific Kinds of Loss: Children and Teenagers Grief. Guideline, 46(1), 32-35

O’Rourke, M. (2015). Life-Span Development and Career Interventions. Guideline, 45(1), 24-27

O’Rourke, M. (2014). Biographical and Educational Reflections in the Work of Irish Novelist, John McGahern. Guideline, 43(4), 16-26.

O’Rourke, M. (2014). Modern Person-Centred Therapy: The influence of Martin Buber on the Work of Carl Rogers. Guideline. 44(2), 27-34.

Caitríona holds an MA in Pluralistic Counselling & Psychotherapy, P.G. Cert, Training & Education, B.Sc. Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dip. Addiction Studies, MIACP, MWGII. She is Vice President & Registrar at IICP, and has taught across all stages of the programmes.. She is the co-author of the Radcliffe book, Adolescents and Substance Use: The Handbook for Professionals Working with Young People, which was shortlisted and Highly Commended in the Paediatric category for the 2014 British Medical Association Book of the Year Awards.

Books:

James, P., Kearns, C., Campbell, A., & Smyth, P.B. (2013). Adolescents and Substance Use: The Handbook for Professionals. London: Radcliffe.

Articles:

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., & O’Regan, D. (2018). Pluralism: An Ethical Commitment to Dialogue and Collaboration. Irish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 18(3), 18(3), 13-20

Kearns, C., James, P., & Smyth, B.P. (2011). Drinking Patterns and Preferences among Irish Substance Abusing Teenagers: A Pilot Study. Journal of Addiction Nursing, 22(3), 124-129.

Edokpolo, O., James, P., Kearns, C., Campbell, A., & Smyth, B.P. (2010). Gender Differences in Psychiatric Symptomology in Adolescents Attending a Community Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programme. In: The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 42(1), 31-6.

Kearns, C., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2018). Pluralistic Group Therapy for Anxious Children: A Waiting List Management Strategy. Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., & McLeod, J. (2018). Developing an Organising Framework for Training in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Presentations: 

Kearns, C., Finnerty, M., & McLeod, J. (2018). Pluralistic Group Therapy for Anxious Children: A Waiting List Management Strategy. Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., & McLeod, J. (2018). Developing an Organising Framework for Training in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. Panel presentation at the International Conference for Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Dundee: Scotland, March 2018.

Kearns, C., Devoy, S., Finnerty, M., & O’Regan, D. (2017). Parental Perceptions of Pluralistic Group Therapy for Children with Anxiety. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017.

Kearns, C., Finnerty, M., Devoy S., & O’Regan, D. (2017). Pluralistic Group Therapy for Children with Anxiety: A Strategy for Managing Waiting Lists in a Community Service – A Pilot Study. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland. October 2017.

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., O’Regan, D., & Devoy, S. (2017). Tales from the Trenches: Psychotherapy Integration. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017

David holds an MA in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, a BA (Hons) in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Clinical Supervision. He teaches research methods across the various programmes at IICP College. His research interests include Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy, Improving Clinical Outcomes and Teaching Integration in Psychotherapy.

Articles: 

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., & O’Regan, D. (2018). Pluralism: An Ethical Commitment to Dialogue and Collaboration. Irish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 18(3), 18(3), 13-20.

Conference Presentations: 

Finnerty, M., Kearns, C., O’Regan, D., & Devoy, S. (2017). Tales from the Trenches: Psychotherapy Integration. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017.

Kearns, C., Finnerty, M., Devoy S., & O’Regan, D. (2017). Pluralistic Group Therapy for Children with Anxiety: A Strategy for Managing Waiting Lists in a Community Service – A Pilot Study. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland. October 2017.

Kearns, C., Devoy, S., Finnerty, M., & O’Regan, D. (2017). Parental Perceptions of Pluralistic Group Therapy for Children with Anxiety. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017.

O’Regan, D., Finnerty, M., McLeod, J., & Kearns, C. (2017). Factors influencing failure to attend first sessions and unplanned endings. Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the IACP, Kilkenny: Ireland, October 2017

Finnerty, M., McLeod, J., Kearns, C., O’Neill, D. & O’Regan, D. (2016) Teaching Integration through the Ways Paradigm. Paper Presented at Dublin, 2016 SEPI Annual Conference.

O’Regan, D., Finnerty, M., McLeod, J., & Kearns, C. (2016). Why Do Clients Not Show up for their First Session? Poster Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016.

O’Regan, D. (2016). Psychotherapists training around the world: A multi-dialogue between trainers and trainees. Structured panel discussion at the Annual Conference of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration: Trinity College Dublin. June 2016

Marguerite holds a PhD, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy and a B.Soc.Sc.  Dr. Woods has a wealth of teaching experience, lecturing in colleges such as IICP, Trinity College Dublin, National University of Ireland Maynooth and Dublin Business School.

Her research and teaching interests include:

• Qualitative research focusing on the lived experience of those who use drugs or those in treatment.
• Gender Issues – I have an interest in women and health issues generally but more specifically my focus has been on women and drug use, and women and HIV;
• Alcohol and drug treatment and policy – I am specifically interested in focusing on how policy impacts on drug users;
• Counselling Practice;
• Practice based research – focusing on how learning translates into practice;
• Drug using parents – their experience of parenting;
• Women drug users’ experience of motherhood;
• Qualitative and quantitative research methods;
• Crime and social policy;
• Housing issues; and
• Educational Disadvantage.

Selected Publications: 

Woods, M. (In Press). BRIO EVALUATION.  SAOL Probation Service.

Woods, M. & Butler, S. (2011). “‘A Victim of Its Own Success’? The Diploma in Addiction Studies at Trinity College Dublin”, Drugs: Education, Prevention, Policy, 18 (4), Pp. 243-250.

Woods, M. (2009). ‘Review of Revisioning Women and Drug Use: Gender, Power and The Body by Elizabeth Ettorre’, Drugs: Education, Prevention, Policy, 16 (1), Pp. 99-100.

Torode, R., Walsh, T., & Woods, M. (2001). Working with Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: A Social Work Resource Book, Department of Social Studies, Trinity College, 2001.

Woods, M. (2000). “The Value of The Strengths Perspective in Understanding and Responding to Alcohol and Drug Problems”, The Irish Social Worker, Summer 2000

Woods, M. (2000). “Women, Drug Use and Parenting in Dublin: The Views of Professional Workers in The Drug Treatment and Social Work Fields”, In Illicit Drugs: Patterns of Use – Patterns of Response – Proceedings of the 10th Annual ESSD Conference on Drug Use and Drug Policy in Europe, Eds A. Springer and A. Uhl, Innsbruck: Studienverlag, Pp. 275-289

Woods, M. (1997). “The Management of The Drug User on Probation in The Community” In the Management of The Drug Offender in Prison and On Probation, Dublin: IMPACT.

Woods, M. (1995). “Drug Using Parents and Their Children”, Ana Liffey Drug Project Annual Report 1994, Dublin: Ana Liffey Drug Project.

Woods, M. (1994). “Drug Using Parents and Their Children:  The Experience of a Voluntary/Non-Statutory Project”, The Irish Social Worker, Vol. 12. No. 2, P. 10.

Butler, S. And Woods, M. (1992). “Women Drugs and HIV In Ireland” In AIDS:  Women, Drugs and Social Care, Nicholas Dorn, Sheila Henderson, Nigel South (Eds.), Institute for The Study of Drug Dependence, Falmer Press, London.

Woods, M. (1992). “Women, Drugs and HIV – A Discussion”, Ana Liffey Drug Project Annual Report 1991, 1992, Pp. 13-21.

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Eve Watson (Ph.D., MICP, RegPract. APPI) is a psychoanalytic practitioner, clinical supervisor and academic. She is involved in teaching and training in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and teacher education and specialises in teaching sexuality studies at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. She is currently teaching in the areas of psychology and sociology in education; sexuality and the social world; sexuality for psychotherapy training.

She writes on psychoanalysis, sexuality studies, poetics, film and critical theory. Her recent book (w/Dr. Noreen Giffney) is Clinical Encounters in Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Practice and Queer Theory (Punctum Books, 2017). She has a book chapter on children and transsexuality in Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Babies, Children and Adolescents (Karnac, 2017) and forthcoming on female sexuality in Lacan’s Ecrits: A Reader’s Guide, Vol. 2 (Routledge, 2018). She is widely published in Irish and international journals and conference proceedings and annually speaks at conferences and public events in Ireland, Europe, the U.S.A. and Canada. She is currently the editor of Lacunae, the APPI International Journal for Psychoanalysis, a peer-reviewed journal. 

Eve has been invited to accept the prestigious award and become the 2021 Erikson Austin-Riggs Scholar-in-Residence at the Austen-Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts where she will interface with patients and the clinical team while pursuing her own research and book.  As the first Irish person to receive this honour, the residency will afford Eve an opportunity to support links between Dublin and Austen-Riggs.

Books:

Watson, E. (2019). The role of phantasy in representations and practices of homosexuality with special consideration of Colm Tóibín’s The Blackwater Lightship and Edmund White’s Our Young Man. In: Psychoanalysis, Gender and Sexuality. Cambridge University Press.

Watson, E. (2018). Some guiding remarks for a convention on female sexuality. In: Vanheule, S., Hook, D., & Calum, N. (Eds). Reading Lacan’s Écrits: From ‘Signification of the Phallus’ to ‘Metaphor of the Subject’. Routledge.

Watson, E. (2017). Making a difference; On the non-rapport of psychoanalysis and the discourse of ‘trans’. In: Owens, C., & Farrelly Quinn, S. (Eds). Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Babies, Children and Adolescents: Further Notes on the Child.  Karnac Books.

Watson, E., & Giffney, N. (Eds). (2017). Clinical encounters in sexuality: Psychoanalytic practice and query theory. Punctum Books.

Watson, E. (2017). David Bowie’s Non-Human Effect: Alien/Alienation in ‘The man who fell to earth’ and ‘the hunger’. In: Sinclair, V., & Abrahamsson, C. (Eds). Fenris Wolf 9. Trapart Books.

Articles:

Watson, E. (In Press – 2019). A psychoanalytic journey of time, topology and outsidership. Psychoanalytic Inquiry. Spring/Summer 2019.

Watson, E. (In Press – 2019).  A psychoanalytic exploration of capitalism with special emphasis on the film Raw (2016). British Journal of Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. Spring/Summer 2019.

Watson, E. (In Press – 2019). The shine of Absences: Lacan on the feminine. Psychoanalytische Perspectieven Belgium. Summer 2019.

Watson, E. (2015). “Shining” a light on psychosis and triggers to its violent expression. Psychoanalytische Perspectieven Belgium. 33(3)

Watson, E. (2015). The voice and the analyst’s ear. Lacunae: Journal of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland.  Summer 2015.

Watson, E. (2014). Unruly hysterics: ‘borderline’ as post-modern hysteria. (Re)-Turn: A Journal of Lacanian Studies. Vol.7.

Watson, E. (2014). Apres-Coup in extremis: Futurisma and a-historicity in the work of Freeman, Lacan and Woolm. Social Text Online. Summer 2014.