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Embrace Therapy

44 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -

In this podcast you will hear from qualified therapists and mental health care professionals themselves, as they share stories, insight and research on how embracing therapy is positive for ones mental health.


The Embrace Therapy Podcast is hosted by Vicky Linnane MA MIACAT, a practicing Art Therapist based in Ireland. Vicky believes that engaging in therapeutic creativity can enrich your life. To get in touch or for more info please visit https://enricharttherapy.com


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Episodes

Soearth Projects

January 21, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutes - 105 MB

On todays episode we speak with Heidi Morrison, Co-Founder of Soearth Projects & Art Psychotherapist; Rory Adams Senior Music Therapist and Clinical Supervisor based in Kildare and Wicklow; Marguerite Collins also a Music Therapist based in Dublin and Kildare and lastly Tracey Costello Dramatherapist and Social Care Worker based in Dublin and Wicklow. Soearth Projects integrate the use of the arts and nature for mental health and wellness. We are passionate about nature, creativity and its...

Katie Fitzpatrick

January 16, 2023 11:52 - 45 minutes - 85.3 MB

Katie Fitzpatrick is a Music Therapist based in Limerick, Ireland. She is the Irish representative for the European Music Therapy Confederation. She has been a music therapist under the name Melody Tree since 2018. Katie's main field of work is chronic pain and mental health. She worked at the University of Limerick as a clinical tutor and PhD researcher and as we hear in the podcast she has just started her new job as the Senior Music Therapist with the pain team at Croom Orthopaedic Hospit...

Eithne McAdam - Art Therapist

December 30, 2022 23:02 - 50 minutes - 93.3 MB

Eithne McAdam is an experienced therapist in the area of service development, adult mental health, addiction and homelessness. She is also a qualified clinical supervisor and an accredited member of IACAT. Eithne McAdam is a practicing Art Therapist and one of the senior members of the Creative Therapy Service within First Fortnight. First Fortnight, provide the highest standard of free Creative Therapies to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness, affected ...

Monica Phinney

October 19, 2022 10:24 - 1 hour - 115 MB

Monica is a qualified and fully registered Dramatherapist from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Heartwork Studio is her very own wellness service offering workshops to encourage overall wellness, using the arts- visual art, drama, movement, writing, and music. Her workshop topics cover things like relaxation, connection, identity, self esteem, healthy relationships, self care, boundaries, resiliency. Participants will explore these topics (and more!) through artistic and creative activ...

Monica Metzler

September 25, 2022 22:20 - 40 minutes - 75.1 MB

Monica provides sliding-scale, expressive arts therapy for individuals, couples, and families of all configurations. Sessions are accessible to all regardless of income or insurance. She works collaboratively and often use creative interventions to process unresolved emotions and experiences. Monica takes a family systems lens, and respects each person's autonomy while also recognizing the dynamic ways family systems, society, and culture shape us. Currently Monica works MY VOICE MUSIC (MVM...

Dr Pat Bracken

September 11, 2022 22:25 - 40 minutes - 75.9 MB

Dr. Pat Bracken is a Consultant Psychiatrist who recently retired from his position as Clinical Director of the West Cork Mental Health Service. He has worked in Ireland, Africa and New Zealand. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy and was Professor of Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health at the University of Central Lancashire. He is also one of the co-founders of the critical psychiatry network.  In this episode Dr. Pat Bracken and I discuss Mens Mental Health and the use of Creative Art...

Sr Evelyn Horan

June 13, 2022 21:53 - 39 minutes - 73.7 MB

Evelyn Horan is an Irish Music therapist and practicioner in guided Imagery and Music. She has a wealth of experience from her years as a national school teacher and her time in Peru. In 1995, she went to New York to train as a Music Therapist.  In this episode we hear about her experiences from 1998 – 2002, where she worked as a Music Therapist and Spiritual Co-Ordinator in a predominantly Jewish hospital in the Bronx, New York. She shares stories from her work with survivors of 9/11 when ...

Rowena Keaveny

May 14, 2022 21:33 - 53 minutes - 99.8 MB

Rowena Keaveny is a Registered Level 2 Professional Member Therapist with the Association for Counselling and Therapy Online ACTO Rowena is also a professionally qualified art therapist based in Offaly, Ireland. She hold a First Class Honours MA in Art Therapy from Crawford College of Art & Design. She uses mixed media in heart therapy room and online. She is also the coeditor of IACAT's online journal Polyphony. We chat about the various tools, applications and devices she incorporates i...

Sarah West

April 29, 2022 09:36 - 55 minutes - 103 MB

Sarah West, MPA, BA(Hons), DKATI - Sarah is a graduate from The Kutenai Art Therapy Institute. Environmental Arts Therapy is Sarah's specialization - a modality akin to earth therapy and nature therapy. She is a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association as well as a climate-aware therapist with the Climate Psychology Alliance.  Environmental arts therapy is an intentionally structured and accompanied process that uses creative methods in relationship with the earth to su...

Suzie Cahn

April 04, 2022 11:50 - 42 minutes - 79.9 MB

On the podcast this week is Suzie Cahn She is an Art Therapist with a focus on nature and ecology. Suzie was chair of IACAT in 2008. Suzie is the Social Enterprise Officer and Community Educator in the Higher Education team at An Cosán. She has a deep commitment to community led social change and climate justice through the creation of local livelihoods. Suzie co-founded a social enterprise called Carraig Dulra and has served as informal advisor and formal member for a diverse range of s...

Liz Gleeson Shapes of Grief

January 04, 2022 14:38 - 57 minutes - 107 MB

Wicklow native, Liz Gleeson joins me on the podcast this week. She is a Dramatherapist (Masters qualified) since 2004 and is a full professional member of IACAT. She also has qualifications in MSc Bereavement Studies and MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy, Liz’s approach is well grounded in theory & practice. In 2019, Liz set-up the podcast ‘Shapes Of Grief’ and has 80 wonderful episodes to date. Here are just some of the topics discussed: Children’s grief, lgbtq+ grief, widowhood, cancer a...

Jennifer Ryan

December 05, 2021 23:04 - 36 minutes - 68.4 MB

Psychologist Jennifer Ryan.  Contact details [email protected] Jennifer obtained her BSc in Psychology in 2003 and graduated from the University of Leicester with a MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology in 2006, with a special interest research in the role of gender and moral development on aggression in adolescence. She also has a Higher Diploma in Educational Guidance and Counselling from DCU and has completed her training in Conflict Resolution with Northside Mediation. She is a part-...

Amelia Hutchison

November 01, 2021 21:12 - 1 hour - 125 MB

On the podcast this week is Art Therapist, Amelia Hutchison. A graduate of Kutenai Art Therapy Institute and a member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association. She works with adults, supporting them through Post Traumatic Growth, Grief, Human Trafficking and Life Transitions. Amelia sees couples and individuals online via zoom. She is also a podcaster, her podcast show is Art Therapy I.R.L. It explores why creativity is a crucial tool for mental health in the wake of collective grief and tra...

Bill Ahessy

October 17, 2021 09:36 - 50 minutes - 93.9 MB

Bill Ahessy is a senior music therapist working with older adults/dementia care and with children & adolescents with additional needs. He sat on the executive council of the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists for two years. He also runs a supervision practice for music therapists. Is a lecturer, clinical placement supervisor and researcher.  Bill has been involved in researching since he graduated. He worked for one year as a lead clinical researcher on a randomised control trial...

Art Therapy with Joanne

September 25, 2021 21:28 - 39 minutes - 72.7 MB

Joanne O' Dwyer is an art psychotherapist living and working in the midlands. Joanne moves around to different schools and services providing both individual and group art therapy to people of all ages and abilities. Joanne works both in the community and in private practice. Please visit her website for more information. https://www.arttherapywithjoanne.ie You can find out more about where she works from her https://www.thedancingsoul.ie/practitioner/joanne-odwyer/ Hosted on Acast. See...

Sineád Keating

September 05, 2021 19:51 - 55 minutes - 103 MB

Diagnosed with bipolar more than 12 years ago at the age of 21, Sineád discusses the importance of language when discussing mental health. Sineád also shares some reflections on her experiences with stigma in Irish health care settings. We learn more about how life is for her now, a year on since our first interview in September 2020. How life differs as a Mum of 16 month old twins and living through the pandemic! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katie O’Donoghue - Art Therapist

August 22, 2021 21:18 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MB

Katie O’Donoghue , author and illustrator of The Little Squirrel Who Worried, received their BA in Fine Art & Design and a first class MA in Art Psychotherapy from Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork. Katie is a fully accredited Art psychotherapist, with experience working with children and adults in schools, charities and children’s mental health services .  In 2017 She was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions scholarship and is currently in the final stages of a PhD in Heritage and...

Polyphony

August 07, 2021 22:33 - 54 minutes - 102 MB

In this episode I chat with members of the editorial board of Polyphony ( the online platform for Irish Creative Arts Therapists) The POLYPHONY project aims to provide an online space for creative arts therapists in Ireland and beyond to share key insights and innovations, as part of enhancing the profession and practice of the arts therapies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessica Harris - Mind Music

June 20, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 85.8 MB

Jessica Harris - Music therapist - https://www.mindmusic.ie  My career began as a musician studying at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and I have performed throughout Ireland and the U.K. with orchestras and ensembles such as the National Symphony and National Concert Orchestras of Ireland. My love for connecting with and supporting people of all ages and abilities then led me to music therapy and in 2010 I completed my Masters in Music Therapy at UL. Following graduation I began work with...

Noémie Cattez - Moving Souls Embodied Therapy

June 06, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 86 MB

Noémie is a DMP based in South Donegal, originally from France. She trained in Dance and Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) in Goldsmiths University London, UK. Noémie wants to work with people to help them find a sense of themselves and peace and grounding through their therapeutic relationship and the use of movement. You might not think that DMP is for you, but it is! Dance Movement Psychotherapy is one of the Creative Arts Therapies where movement and dance are used to explore and make...

Dr Jason Noone

May 22, 2021 23:01 - 46 minutes - 87.3 MB

Dr Jason Noone is a qualified music therapist working in Clare and Limerick. He works mostly with children and adults with developmental disabilities, favouring a person-centred approach. He specialises in developing innovative applications of music technology for creative music making in disability contexts. Jason's doctoral research used participatory and rhizomatic methods to investigate these applications in collaboration with service owners at Enable Ireland. Enable Ireland is a non-pro...

Sarah Keating

May 08, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 111 MB

Sarah is an IACAT accredited Music Therapist, a Neurologic Music Therapist, a Clinical Supervisor, and founder of Keating Music Therapy. Sarah holds an MA in Music Therapy from the University of Limerick and has experience in a wide variety of settings including intellectual and/or physical disabilities, neurological conditions, mental health (including older adult services), children living with developmental delay, trauma, and neurorehabilitation. Sarah currently provides music therapy an...

Keshet Zur - Expressive Arts Therapist

April 24, 2021 07:49 - 49 minutes - 93.4 MB

Keshet is an Expressive Arts Therapist. She offers therapy in person from Artonomy, Dublin, Ireland and online therapy sessions are available through the Covid 19 crisis and beyond. In Expressive Arts Therapy (EXA) clients are supported through engagement with various creative art processes such as visual arts, creative writing and movement. Both life and art require improvisational skills, resilience and the necessary hands on experience of shaping from materials available. When working wit...

Kate Brennan

April 17, 2021 07:52 - 48 minutes - 91.1 MB

Kate Brennan is an experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist passionate about supporting children, adolescents and their families. She believes in the grounding of the therapeutic relationship as the predominant factor in growth and healing. Kate works with parents and caregivers in using their own relational space at home to enhance this growth. Kate is a fully accredited member of the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (I.A.C.P) B.A (Hons) in Counselling and Psycho...

Enrich Art Therapy

April 04, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 87.3 MB

In this podcast episode the host is in the hot seat. This week I answer questions about my profession and share some personal truths of my journey so far. I began this podcast about a year ago and felt it was the right time to introduce myself. Vicky facilitates courageous journeys with individuals and groups into our darkest nooks and crannies only to shine light on our vulnerabilities and imperfections. Helping those of all ages to recognise and celebrate their unique story and accept th...

Gabi Beuchert - Art Therapist

March 20, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 79.3 MB

Gabi Beuchert’s interest in the healing capacity of art became evident to her while teaching ceramics and crafts to children, teenagers, and adults over 35 years in a variety of settings. She began her art therapy career in Art Therapy upon the completion of a Post Grad Diploma in 2006 and has since been working with children, young people and adults who have suffered bereavement, stress, anxiety, trauma and interpersonal difficulties. Gabi’s experience also includes facilitating groupwork ...

Anam Ceol Music Therapy

March 06, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 91.7 MB

Bernadette Moran is a music therapist and founder of Anam Ceol Music Therapy. She is experienced in working with adult disability services and older age and dementia care. Bernadette practices in the Midlands, Ireland and is accredited by the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists. anamceolmusictherapy.iacat.ie https://www.facebook.com/anamceolmt Twitter: @AnamCeol_MT IG: @anamceolmusictherapy LinkedIn: anam-ceol-music-therapy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Leah Guzman - Art Therapist

February 19, 2021 22:53 - 41 minutes - 77.7 MB

As an Art Therapist, Leah deeply believes that each piece of art she creates is like a therapy session, giving her an outlet for whatever challenges she is working through. Creating art can be life-changing, and as a Board-Certified Art Therapist, I get the incredible opportunity to offer online therapy sessions that provide healing and transformation. I truly believe life is your masterpiece.  Please see Leah's website for further details. https://leahguzman.com/ Hosted on Acast. See...

Heather Turkington - Dramatherapist

February 06, 2021 08:26 - 37 minutes - 70.2 MB

Heather is an HCPC registered dramatherapist based in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. She graduated from Maynooth University in 2018 and works full-time as a dramatherapist in an adult male mental health residential facility. Heather is the Northern Irish Allied Health Professions (AHP) rep for dramatherapy in AHPFNI (Allied Health Professionals Federation Northern Ireland), and also holds the role as the Northern Irish Link Person for BADth. (British Association of Dramatherapists). Heat...

Ed Kuczaj - Art Therapist / Supervisor

December 25, 2020 11:41 - 1 hour - 120 MB

Ed Kuczaj is a retired Art Therapist and Supervisor He was Chair of the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists 2018 - Oct 2020 Head of Arts in Health & Community Practice, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design 2005 - 2017 Course leader PG Dip Art Therapy, CIT Crawford College of Art & Design 2000 - 2005 Art & Dramatherapy Therapy Manager and clinician in UK working within the field of Learning Disabilities 1986 - 2000 BAAT Council member 1995 - 1998 Vice Chair BAAT 1998 - 2000 ...

Marja Wilmer - Occupational Therapist/ Art Therapist

December 18, 2020 21:44 - 1 hour - 124 MB

Marja Wilmer takes us on a journey from Finland to England and finally to Ireland. She talks about the beginning of her training as an Occupational Therapist, she mentions "the father of Art Therapy in Britain" Edward Adamson and how the psychiatrist and the art therapist often worked together. Marja's work stretches across five decades. In this episode we can see just how much art therapy grew alongside Marja, as she progressed in her own career. She is a great story teller as I am sure ...

Kerry Walker - Forest Therapy Practitioner

December 05, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 56.6 MB

Kerry Walker is a passionate Forest Bathing Guide, Forest Therapy Practitioner, Forest School Leader and an Art Therapist. She currently lives in the South-West of Ireland, where she experiences the daily language and connection of natures landscape. She feels strongly that this connection with nature and each other is vital at this moment in time.  Her appreciation for nature and art has brought her on creative journey's around the world. She facilitated creative arts programmes focusing...

Anna Shinnors - Dramatherapist

November 20, 2020 23:37 - 31 minutes - 59.4 MB

Anna is a qualified Dramatherapist living in North Kildare, with a Masters in Dramatherapy from Maynooth University (2016). Anna is an accredited member of the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists (IACAT).  Anna offers affordable Dramatherapy sessions for adults and children in a safe and confidential space.  Anna has a high proficiency in Irish Sign Language (ISL) and so can offer Dramatherapy to members of the Deaf Community.  Specialisation is in bereavement and the grief proc...

Mary O'Doherty - Drama Therapist

October 24, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 85.3 MB

Mary O'Doherty worked for many years as a company director with TikityBoo, Childrens Theatre Co. and as drama facilitator and drama teacher. It was her work with the Irish Red Cross in 1992 with child refugees from Sarajevo that inspired her to train as a dramatherapist. After completing her MA in Dramatherapy at NUI Maynooth (2009), she worked with children with the Dyspraxia Association and as a child therapist with Doras Buí. She has been working for the HSE in an acute mental health serv...

Siobhán Nelligan - Síolta Music Therapy

October 16, 2020 23:04 - 49 minutes - 93.4 MB

Siobhán Nelligan is the owner of Síolta Music Therapy. She is an IACAT-accredited Music Therapist specialising with children and adolescents. She is experienced in the areas of child and adolescent mental health, childhood trauma, grief and loss, and developmental disability. Siobhán uses a wide range of creative media in her therapeuitc practice and is currently pursuing further training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist with a specialism in play therapy. She is passionate about th...

Heidi Morrison - Art Psychotherapist

October 10, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 77 MB

This week I interview Heidi Morrison, a registered Art Psychotherapist with the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapies (IACAT). She currently is Secretary for IACAT too. She is an exceptionally gifted visual artist but her latest venture is developing an emerging creative and eco-wellness retreat initiative called Soearth Projects. When we catch up with Heidi she informs us that soearth projects is getting close to being ready to open its doors. Heidi currently provides Art Psychot...

Tracey Costello - Dramatherapist/Social Care Worker

October 03, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 49.9 MB

Tracey has used the arts as a vehicle for change, working with children and adults at-risk within community and educational settings. She has a BA Fine Art, BA (hons) Sculpture and an MA Dramatherapy. Now as a dramatherapist, Tracey runs her own private practice based in and around Dublin's North East Inner City. She also works as a social care worker in a mainstream residential setting with adolescents.  Contact [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Sineád Keating - Mental Health Advocate

September 12, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 88.2 MB

Sineád Keating is a voice for those living with Bipolar disorder. She is a new Mum of twin girls, a wife and a mental health advocate. Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness and is considered to be a mood disorder. Bipolar disorder can be difficult to diagnose because of the intrinsic changeability of the symptoms which accompany it. Sineád courageously sheds a light on what it's like to be the client in therapy. She discusses her personal journey so far and shares her insight on li...

Fran Burns - Dance Movement Psychotherapist

September 05, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 68.9 MB

We are fluid beings - life is a journey chequered by challenge and change. Dance Movement Psychotherapy and Kum Nye relaxation offer powerful tools to support this journey. Fran also brings her experience as a physiotherapist and a child psychotherapist to her Dance Movement Practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aisling Brennan - True Self True Art

August 28, 2020 23:00 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MB

True Self, True Art is an Art Therapy service based in Co. Laois, which helps people to connect to, express and understand themselves and their world. Aisling holds an Honours Masters in Art Therapy from CIT. She also has a B.Ed in Primary Teaching and is currently pursuing a Masters in Applied Spirituality with WIT. Aisling is a council member for the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapies.  https://www.facebook.com/trueselftrueart/ https://www.instagram.com/trueself_trueart/ Ho...

Lou van Laake - Full Circle Playback Theatre

August 21, 2020 22:47 - 44 minutes - 83.2 MB

Lou van Laake is a fully qualified Dramatherapist. She is company lead for full circle playback theatre. http://fullcircleplaybacktheatre.com Playback Theatre is an improvisational theatrical method created through a unique collaboration between performers and audience in which an audience member tells a story and the actors re-enact the story though various Playback ‘Forms’. The actor’s response is a creative, spontaneous, physical improvisation within a framework of structured ritual.  ...

Keith Grogan - Abbeywell

August 15, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 61.4 MB

Keith is an integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist with a strong background in professional theatre. His creative and enthusiastic style is based out of a person centered approach, using numerous supportive models and approaches interchangeably in dynamic response to the Client’s needs as they arise within session and throughout the therapy journey.  Keith operates from his private practice “Abbeywell” from the beautiful town of Graiguenamanagh on the Kilkenny/Carlow Border. He regularl...

Finóla Lawlor - Transformational Coach

August 08, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MB

Finóla Lawlor is a Transformational Coach, based in Kildare. She works with people looking for support and direction as they grow both personally and professionally, creating a space for them to look inward in order to grow outwards. https://www.finolalawlor.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nichola Mooney - Lyrical Wave Drama Therapy

July 30, 2020 22:59 - 32 minutes - 60.7 MB

Todays guest is Nichola Mooney a Qualified Dramatherapist and Drama Facilitator, who offers Creative Drama and Drama therapy sessions in a one to one setting or group setting. Nichola is a member of IACAT. You can find her on YouTube and Facebook. We discuss what support looked like for Nichola during the pandemic and how Covid-19 has not stopped her private practice. She has learned how to adapt and develop new skills. *This interview was recorded over zoom and has the odd minor audio defe...