Therapists Talk Therapy

Ep. 01 | Working Therapeutically Online

Therapists Talk Therapy

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Welcome to 'Therapists Talk Therapy’ – a podcast for therapists, by therapists. Today we talk to Mike Hackett, Programme Leader for Advance Diploma Clinical Supervision at PCI College. He is a lecturer, therapist, supervisor and the current chair of IJCP (Irish Journal for Counselling & Psychotherapy) and regional representative of Ireland at the IASD (International Association for the Study of Dreams). In this episode, we discuss working therapeutically online, something that many therap...

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