ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007
Department - Old Age Psychiatry
Continuing Professional Development and Teaching
Dr. Trudy Meehan (Clinical Psychologist) attended an intensive training course on Narrative Therapy and is
offering Narrative therapy as part of her therapeutic repertoire for patients in the Department of Old Age
Psychiatry.
Jennifer Allen is undertaking professional training in Play Therapy and Psychotherapy. She is currently in first
year of the four-year course accredited by HETAC.
Dr Aideen Lewis continues to develop and manage the Nursing Home Education Programme which is held
annually at the Education and Research Centre of the Hospital and involves multi-disciplinary teaching input.
In addition, Dr Lewis and Dr Trudy Meehan co-ordinated a week-long teaching block (Older Adult Specialist
Week) for doctoral students of Clinical Psychology from UCD and TCD. Feedback from the course attendees
was very positive.
A Challenging Behaviour Workshop for all team members was held in June 2007, presented by a nurse
specialist and clinical psychologist from the Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Service.
Sinead O’Brien, Senior O.T., completed a three year advanced course in group analytic psychotherapy with
the Institute of Group Analysis, Dublin (The School of Psychotherapy, St. Vincent’s University Hospital).
Dr Aideen Lewis and Dr Cooney have given lectures at the “Adult Education and Information Course for Non
Clinical Professionals with an Interest in Health Care”.
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