A new monthly psychodrama group exploring action methods is starting in Belfast in January 2010.

The monthly psychodrama group is for those who would like to experience the spontaneity and creativity of action methods. It offers a safe space to explore yourself, relationships and aspects of your life within a group setting, using action as well as words. This group is suitable for anyone with a therapy, training or professional focus requiring CPD, as well as those interested in personal growth. Participants are required to commit to the group for 10 Saturdays (70 CPD hours). Next group starting January 2010.

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Contact Youth are seeking to recruit an Independent Locum Counsellors and Family/Systemic Therapist.

Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified Counsellors with at least three years post qualifying clinically supervised experience in a formal setting and Family/Systemic Therapists with at least three years Health Service clinical experience.

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WAVE, a regional voluntary organisation which offers support services to people bereaved, traumatised or injured as a result of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, require the following for our centres in Belfast, Armagh, Ballymoney, Derry Londonderry, Omagh and a number of other external venues.

WAVE seeks to recruit psychotherapists/counsellors to provide therapuetic support as part of its existing service provision.

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Contact Youth is Northern Ireland’s leading Independent Counselling Service, providing crisis telephone and community counselling, creative and complimentary therapy services throughout the region.

The organisation is seeking to recruit a bank of independent Creative Therapists specialising in Drama Therapy, Music Therapy and Art Therapy to provide Creative Therapy throughout NI to younger children and clients who find talk therapy difficult.

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Opportunity Youth is dedicated to offering young people the opportunity to reach their fullest potential and have been a provider of services to young people for over 16 years.

The organisation is seeking to recruit Sessional Counsellors to assist in the delivery of various contracts within its service provision.

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Are you a professional counsellor, psychotherapist or psychologist?  Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, non-heterosexual, or trans?

If so, you are invited to attend the first meeting of an LGBT Peer Supervision Group starting in Belfast at the end of October.

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The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) has responded to the Professional Liaison Group’s (PLG) draft consultation, stating that it does not support the specific proposals to differentiate within the standards of proficiency and threshold entry levels to the register.

The full BACP response can be viewed at: http://www.bacp.co.uk/regulation/.

The Western Health & Social Care Trust wish to recruit a Counselling or Clinical Psychologist based at Altnagelvin Hospital, L’Derry.

This is the last opportunity to apply for this post as the closing date is Friday 16th October 2009.  For further information, see: http://www.nijobfinder.co.uk/jobs/job.php?j=54193&s=4698539&i=1&c=20

Belfast Central Mission are seeking to recruit a Systemic Psychotherapist/Practitioner to provide support, guidance and counselling to young people who have experience of being in Care.

Closing date for applications is 20th October 2009.  For more information, please see: http://www.nijobfinder.co.uk/jobs/job.php?j=55933&s=4698436&i=7&c=20

The Northern Ireland Community Addiction Service (NICAS) are seeking to recruit a Head of Clinical Services.  Closing date is Monday 2nd November 2009 and more information about the position can be found on the NICAS website at http://nicas.info/news/