The Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IFPP) was founded in 1986 to provide a focus for people with an interest in advancing the study and practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The IFPP is one of the accrediting bodies in this country for psychoanalytic practitioners working with adults and is one of the seven members of the Psychoanalytic Section of the Irish Council for Psychotherapy. Membership is in line with the European Association of Psychotherapy standards.
The organization aims:
- To inform the public about psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
- To promote psychoanalytic psychotherapy in mental health and other settings.
- To set and maintain ethical, academic and training requirements of the IFPP to meet international standards of professional competence.
Membership is in line with the European Association of Psychotherapy standards; it is restricted to those with an appropriate formal training in psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy or analytical psychology.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a process that takes place in a relationship between psychotherapist and client who work together to explore the client’s distress and difficulties. The psychoanalytic approach is based on the understanding that memories and feelings that were too painful or disturbing for the person to bear, were repressed in the unconscious where they continued to exert a powerful, but hidden, influence on the individual’s life.
The psychoanalytic process opens up an ongoing revelation of our hidden selves. In practice, it takes the form of the client talking, encouraged by the psychotherapist to say whatever comes to mind. The therapist listens with great care to what is being said.
As the therapy proceeds, this experience of freedom to speak leads to increased spontaneity and ease in the client who becomes more able to acknowledge and express feelings and thoughts that had been deeply buried and link these to current experiences.
Activities of the IFPP:
- Regular seminars are hosted by the IFPP.
- Speakers from home and abroad participate in these events. Meetings of a more general interest are also held and are open to the public.
- Members are encouraged to participate in reading groups and ongoing education.
Fully registered members of the IFPP offer psychoanalytic psychotherapy to:
- The general public
- Trainee psychotherapists and counsellors
- Supervision is available to psychotherapists, counsellors and mental health workers and others who may present from related fields of work.
Contact us for more details below.
Irish Forum for Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy (IFPP)
Administrator: Chiara Triffiletti / Sarah Ryan
Address: 39 Leeson Street Lower, Dublin 2 D02 PY8
Tel: 01 272 2105
Email: ifppoffice1@gmail.com
Website: www.ifpp.ie
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