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24 May 2021
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About this Conference
After months of planning we are pleased to confirm the lineup of speakers for the forthcoming virtual inaugural Conference. All of the speakers mentioned are eminent thought leaders and contributors to the field globally and in this country and bring a wealth of academic and practice experience to this conference. This is an exciting opportunity to get up to date with the world of coaching psychology and psychologically minded coaching. The conference will focus on the theory, practice and research of Positive and Coaching Psychology.
Registration is now open.
Special Interest Group in Coaching Psychology
Meet our Speakers
Day One, Thursday, May 20th, 2021
Dr Eddie Murphy is a Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Associate Professor, UCD School of Psychology.
He is a well- known TV Psychologist, where his trusted style, practical, respectful and hope orientated approach has a strong solution focus. His passion and enthusiasm about wellbeing is anchored in evidenced base psychology. He is an author of the best seller ‘Becoming Your Real Self – A Practical Toolkit To Manage Everyday Problems- Penguin Ireland.
Ho was the first assessor for the University College Cork’s Coaching & Coaching Psychology Programmes and won the UEL Best Supervisor Award (2013) and the Coaching Programme Advisor contract at University of Cambridge (2015-2016). Empsy® is the Network founded by Ho to empower people, planet & communities.
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Prof. Reinhard Stelter, Ph.D. in psychology, is Professor of Sport and Coaching Psychology at the University of Copenhagen, visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School, and a coaching practitioner, supervisor, lecturer, workshop leader and facilitator in private practice. His latest book “The Art of Dialogue in Coaching” (Routledge) has been awarded as The Coaching Book of the Year 2019 by Henley Business School. See more: www.nexs.ku.dk/coaching.
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Lorna Lawless is a Coaching Psychologist and owner of her own Coaching business. She holds a first-class honours M.A. in Coaching Psychology from University College Cork (2014/2015) and a BSc in Psychology from the Open University. She is chair of the Coaching Psychology Special Interest Group for The Psychological Society of Ireland and a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
As a practitioner, Lorna specialises in Mental Toughness, Emotional Intelligence and Flow states. This combination of expertise provides her with a thorough understanding of the psychology of high performance. She has presented her research on emotional intelligence and mental toughness at international conferences.
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Mary O Grady:
Mary has worked within the field of education, training, rehabilitation and disability support for the past 30 years. During her career to date, she has held many diverse roles including; resource teacher, rehabilitation officer, disability advisor, Head of Disability Service in UCC and more recently, as Disability Consultant & Life Coach. Today, she specializes in using psychologically minded coaching approaches to facilitate the potential and enhance the life transitions of young people with diverse abilities and disabilities.
She was involved in the early development of (DARE) the Supplementary Admission Process for students with disabilities to higher education and she played an active role in the Irish Disability Advisors Working Network (DAWN) for many years. Today, she brings in-depth experience, understanding and knowledge of the needs of young people with diverse abilities and disabilities to her work, as a Disability Consultant and Life Coach. She has conducted research on the impact of Coaching and Coaching Psychology on young adults with diagnosis of Autism which is published in the AHEAD Journal. https://www.ahead.ie/journal/issue9
Day Two Speakers
Friday, 21st May, 2021
Prof Stephen Palmer PhD is a Chartered Biologist and Psychologist. He is Professor of Practice at the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He is Coordinating Director of the ISCP International Centre for Coaching Psychology Research, and Founder Director of the Centre for Coaching, London. He is the Honorary President and Fellow of both the International Society for Coaching Psychology and International Stress Management Association. He is Executive Editor of the International Journal of Coaching Psychology and also Editor of the newly launched Journal of Ecopsychology. He has authored and edited over 50 books and has published over 250 articles and book chapters.
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Biography
Pat retired from his post as Clinical Director of the Mental Health Service in West Cork, Ireland, in 2016. He now works on a freelance basis. He trained in medicine, psychiatry and philosophy in Ireland and the UK and has worked in many different settings, and with diverse communities, across the world.
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Dr Alison Whybrow is a Chartered and Registered Psychologist, who consults, coaches and supervises across industries at senior levels and probono with local and global communities. A co-founder of the Climate Coaching Alliance, Alison writes on subjects from complexity, gestalt, regenerative coaching practice and organisational culture.
David is a Chartered Psychologist with extensive experience of leadership development, including the UK financial sector, BT, the NHS and leading charities. He has run leadership workshops in the Middle East, SE Asia and Africa. David developed the Pario employee surveys, 360 feedback and work-preference questionnaires. He is author of ‘The Super-P Leader’ (in press)
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Hugh O’Donovan is a Chartered Psychologist, teacher, author of Mindful Walking, conference speaker and principal practitioner with Hugh O’Donovan and Associates. He is Co-Founder of the 1st Masters in Coaching Psychology in an Irish University (University College Cork) as well as a founder member of PSI, DWOP, Coaching Psychology Group. He is an Honorary Vice President of International Society for Coaching Psychology Group. He is co-author along with his colleague Martin O’Connor, of the soon to be published book; Coaching Psychology for Recovery: Borderline Personality Disorder and Personal Psychological Recovery. Routledge.
Jayson Moran
Jayson’s focus is on performance, productivity & wellbeing. He helps students, professionals and entrepreneurs rise to their challenges, and achieve what’s important professionally and personally. Influenced by numerous psychological schools of thought, he utilizes evidence-based methodologies such as Cognitive Behavioural Coaching, Personality Assessment, Motivational Interviewing and Values Analysis in both his individual coaching work, talks and workshops. Areas of particular interest include procrastination, motivation, confidence, interpersonal relations, stress, productivity and personality. He helps clients better understand themselves, their aims, and to understand and address what’s getting in the way of progress.
Jayson is a full member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and studied psychology at undergraduate level in Trinity College Dublin, receiving his MA in Applied Coaching & Positive Psychology from University College Cork. He is a recently published researcher and his research interests include organizational culture and how best to disseminate positive psychology interventions. He is also an active member of Ireland’s coaching psychology community, being a committee member of the Psychological Society of Ireland’s (PSI) Coaching Psychology Special Interest Group, and the Dublin City Coaching Circle. He is also proud to announce the recent launch of his coaching and performance practice jaysonmoran.com. Jayson also teaches his course ‘Practical Psychology: Self Improvement using the best of Psychological Science’ on “How to achieve your goals using psychological theory, tools and techniques” online. He also founded and runs the popular Meetup Group “Practical Psychology’ which facilitates talks and discussions around popular psychological topics such as stress, procrastination and happiness/wellbeing.
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