Sexual Violence Specialisation Training

Sexual Violence Specialisation Training Course commencing September, one weekend a month.

This is a nine module training aimed at all counsellors/psychotherapists that have completed their Undergraduate or Masters training by next September and who are fully accredited or working towards accreditation.  

Fee - fee for the course is  €1500, which can be paid in instalments.  A non-refundable deposit of €300 is payable on acceptance of application

Course Training Dates - September 17th & 18th, October 15th &16th, November 12th & 13th, December 3rd and 4th, January (2023) 15th & 16th, February 11th & 12th , March 4th & 5th, April 1st and 2nd, April 29th & 30th

Interviews – July 2022 (Successful applicants will be informed by the end of July 2022)

Application form and course brochure can be downloaded - https://rapecrisis.ie/news/News/sexual-violence-specialisation-training…

For any informal enquiries or questions about course content, please email Michelle at michelle.walsh@rapecrisis.ie 

The training comprises of nine modules aimed at giving the participants the knowledge and skills needed to competently understand and work with Sexual Violence.

Module topics -  group work and understanding the rape crisis model of working, setting the scene, the law, SATU and the landscape of sexual violence,  working with rape and sexual assault, working with child sexual abuse, working with emotions and feedback weekend, understanding sexuality, working with the body and understanding male survivors of sexual violence, understanding porn, addiction and working with pleasure

Each module is a mixture of three elements - theory, personal work and skills training, making this training unique and experiential in nature allowing participants the opportunity to explore their own relationship to sexual violence and how to work with the issues that arise in this arena