What we do

We provide safe holding for the individual or couple to explore what it is that has happened for them. This means co-creating a relationship where there is the safety to explore anything that has caused distress for the individual. In that exploration, the mentor holds a warm, encouraging stance in which the aim is to support the clients wish to meet their needs going forward. Central to this is validating the individual's lived experience, reflecting on what this was like for them. The mentor endeavors to stay present to the individual while there is an exploration into the warm, caring responsiveness they need now and going forward.  This creates the conditions needed for the full breath of the experience to emerge from unconsciousness to consciousness and with that for the individual's empowerment to be nurtured. 

Educated to Masters level, the evidence base and educational foundation of the training, qualifies the mentor to work psycho-therapeutically with an individual to explore a broad range of issues including, and not limited to, experiences of:

• Depression, self harming and suicidal ideation
• Anxiety
• Experience of being bullied and the challenge of using bullying behaviours
• Somatic illness
• Grief
• Parenting and co-parenting 
• Couple conflict- finding meaning and creating resolutions
• DSGBV 
• Coercive Control
• Trauma ( developmental, current and inter-generational)
• Adverse Childhood Experiences ( ACE's)
• Shared-vision supervision for Relationship Mentors ( group and individual)

How we do that:

We are committed to ensuring the confidential, and non-judgmental listening to our clients. We are committed to maintaining our own levels of ongoing education in this field. We engage with highly experienced supervisiors on a regular basis as well as ongoing CPR. This is to ensure the quality of the relational depth we provide is prioritised and nurtured as well as is possible. We maintain fully validated membership of our professional body, IARM (www.iarm.ie )