Workshops & Training Programs
2006/2008
 
 
 
Workshops and Training for this years and next years program sees some wonderful workshops aimed at extending practice skills and helping to create a high quality CPD environment for practitioners. The topics covered will include; Treating side effects of Pharmaceutical Drugs, Herb tasting. October 2006 Micro Movement Therapy November 2006 Fertility treatment with Chinese Medicine, February 10th 2007 Auricular Acupuncture, March 25th 2007 Facial Diagnosis, 12th May 2007 Also workshops on; Non-invasive paediatric acupuncture, September 2nd 2007 Facial Rejuvenation and Cosmetic Acupuncture, October 2007 Acupuncture Balance Method. September 2008 The invited trainers will be, Jeremy Ross, UK Michael McCarthy, Ireland Dr Celine Leonard,Ireland Dr Raphael Nogier, France Lillian Bridges-Garnier, USA Dr. Stephen Birch, Holland Deirdre Courtney, Ireland Dr Richard Tan, USA We will also be launching a new series of professional certificate training intensives to enable practitioners to specialise and focus their clinical skills. The Workshops Jeremy Ross Jeremy Ross Brochure Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine September 2006 Jeremy Ross has practiced acupuncture and herbal medicine, in both England and USA, since 1977. He teaches in both Europe and North America, sharing both his great theoretical knowledge and his long practical experience. Originally trained as a biologist he specialized in plant physiology and biochemistry. A member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists he is a graduate of both the Chinese and Western systems of herbal medicine and for 15 years, has specialized in developing a new integrated system of herb combination that brings together concepts from Western herbal traditions, Chinese medicine, and phytopharmacology. He has authored a number of seminal texts including Zang Fu: The Organ Systems of Chinese Medicine, 1986, Acupuncture Point Combinations: The Key to Clinical Success, 1995 and more recently Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine 2003, a work of one thousand pages and 150 herb combinations. Jeremy Ross will give a two day workshop on Herb Tasting to treat disease and Treating the Side effects of Drugs with herbs. Jeremy Ross is at the forefront of the development of a new integrated system that incorporates concepts from the western herbal tradition, Chinese medicine, and modern pharmacological and clinical research. The Herb Tasting workshop presents a new expanded concept of the taste properties of herbs to treat the new patterns of disease in modern society. The second day will look at the side-effects of some commonly used conventional drugs. These will be classified into Chinese syndrome groups. Western herb combinations will be given to treat these drug side effects in terms of Chinese medicine so that practitioners can immediately use these combinations in clinical practice. Michael McCarthy Michael McCarthy Brochure Micro Movement Therapy (MMT) November 2006 On the 25th November ‘06 Michael McCarthy MA (ThB) will teach Micro Movement Therapy techniques for the alleviation of Head, Neck and Shoulder pain and stiffness in a one day interactive Workshop. It is aimed at Therapeutic Bodyworkers of all genres, Acupuncturists, Herbalists, Homeopaths, Cranial therapists etc. Michael has been a teacher and practitioner of Therapeutic Bodywork, Chinese Medicine and Qi Gong for over fourteen years and during this period he has taught and lectured in the UK, Europe, China and Ireland. According to Michael the Head, Neck and Shoulders (HNS) can be viewed as a system of contra-lateral oppositional arrangements of ligaments, muscle and fascial tissues which holds the head in a dynamically balanced relationship with the rest of the body. Focusing on the HNS we will look at movement and functionality in the musculo-skeletal and myofascial relationships inherent in this system. In this interactive workshop students will be brought through the basics of the technique of releasing the neck, with particular attention being paid to reflective processes in practice, centering and grounding techniques, palpatory literacy in practice, the breathing wave, the axis of movement, resitance, ‘bind’, and release. Currently, Michael is a director of the Institute of East West Medical Sciences, Chair of the Irish Herbal Practitioners Association, a board member of the National Herbal Council, the Irish Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine and the European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Thieme Almanac of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine an international annual review and analysis of East Asian Medicine. Celine Leonard PhD. Celine Leonard Brochure Infertility Workshop - Chinese Medicine with IVF and ART 3rd/4thFebruary 2007 Buy Reference Books for this subject In this Workshop Dr. Leonard will draw from her long experience of working in a conventional modern medical setting where she uses a traditional chinese medicine approach in helping women to conceive. She will look at all aspects of reproduction from a Chinese medicine perspective and how she manages to interface with the modern approaches of In Vitro Fertilisation and Assisted Reproductive Technology. Dr Leonard qualified in the UK as an acupuncturist in 1987 and as a practitioner of Chinese Herbal Medicine in 1998.  She began to specialise in gynaecology from 95 onwards because of her work with a consultant gynaecologist on the treatment of women with endometriosis.  In 2002, she joined the team of the Merrion Fertility clinic and began to work to assist women through the processes of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), building up expertise in appropriate intervention in the processes of ART, including IUI and IVF.  She is a lecturer in gynaecology in various colleges here and in the UK.  She is Chair of both the Irish Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine and the National Herbal Council.  From 2004 to 2006 she served as Herbal Representative on the Department of Health and Children’s (DOHC) National Working Group on the Regulation of Complementary Practitioners in Ireland. Dr. Raphael Nogier Raphael Nogier Brochure Nogier Method - Ear Acupuncture Workshop 24/25th March 2007. Dublin Nogier Auricular therapy, also known as Ear Acupuncture is a medical technique developed and studied since the 1950’s. The technique works on the neurological properties of the ear. In the ear speculum there is a series of points called "neurovascular complexes" which are linked to the central nervous system, in turn linked to the different organs of the body. When an organ is sick, painful points will appear on the ear. The points are detectable with a pressure tester or using an electric detector. The detection of the points allows a diagnosis and also means that the pain and therefore the functional pathologies can be treated. The standardisation of the nomenclature of ear acupuncture was carried out in Lyon by a working group, set up by the World Health Organisation in 1990 and chaired by Doctor Nogier. Some of the indications for Auricular Therapy are:smoking Addiction, Pain-sciatica, shoulder pain, trigeminal neuralgia, etc., diarrhoea, constipation, migraines, etc. ,some mood disorders: neuroses, depression. Lillian Bridges back in Dublin Face Reading and Diagnosis - 3 Day Training Workshop Lillian Bridges Brochure Certificate in face reading and facial diagnosis 11th May 2007 Buy Reference Books World renowned Facial Diagnosis and Face Reading specialist Lillian Bridges Garnier is coming back to Dublin in May 2007. She will give a three day Professional Training intensive. The course is divided into two parts . The first part will entail an over view and introduction to Face Reading and Facial Diagnosis and part two will provide a more in depth training day for practitioners. Those who have completed the first two days from last year are eligible to participate in the one day intensive. See brochure for details. Due to the many requests she has also agreed to a limited number of private consultations. These will take place on the 14th of May. Please call ( 01) 2092961 to make an appointment. Lillian Bridges is an internationally recognized and acclaimed speaker, teacher and author. Lillian's warmth, humor and insight captivate her audiences and have made her one of the top lecturers at symposia and conferences around the world. A Professor of Oriental Medicine she is known for bringing back the study of facial diagnosis to the field. Founder of the Lotus Institute, she trains students and consults with major corporations. In this interactive workshop students will learn to read signs on the face indicative of and important to our state of health - emotional, psychological, spiritual and physical. In her Training Intensive participants will learn the skills of Facial Diagnosis to help deepen clinical and diagnostic practice skills. Stephen Birch, PhD. Stephen Birch Brochure Pain Free Acupuncture for Children - Hands on Workshop Buy Reference Books 1st/2nd. Sept.’07 Dr.Birch is coming to Dublin in September to give a workshop on Paediatric Acupuncture. Paediatric Acupuncture can be used to treat many chronic and acute conditions commonly found in children: Earache, headache, fevers, allergies and asthma; digestive problems in newborns including colic, diarrhea, and abdominal pain; muloskeletal pain and trauma; nightmares and sleep problems, and bedwetting. Combined with diet it can also be used to treat ADD and ADHD. Generally children do not like being needled. Recognising this fact paediatric acupuncture therapy has developed specialised treatment techniques many of which are non-invasive and thus not uncomfortable or frightening to the child. Specialised instruments have been developed, and great care has been taken in adapting the use of acupuncture and related techniques for the treatment of children. The standard filiform acupuncture needle, the Hao Zhen, is only one of nine historical metal needles described in the Ling Shu chapters of the Huang di Nei Jing (c.-200 b.c.e). Typically these non-standard needles (with blunt or rounded points) are not inserted, but instead may be either held close to the acupuncture point, or brushed gently along the acupuncture pathways over the body using Pressing, Rolling, and Tapping techniques. This makes it a very gentle and relaxing experience for the child and for the parent. Dr Birch is the leading teacher of shonishin in Europe and has studied the method with its founder Yoshio Manaka in Japan. He is the author of several books and scientific papers on oriental medicine and leads the charge in Europe in respect of Acupuncture research. His books include “Japanese Acupuncture: A Clinical Guide.” Which he has co-written with Junko Ida. He has written “Hara Diagnosis-Reflections on the Sea” and “Extroardinary Vessels” with Kiiko Matsumoto. He has also written “Understanding Acupuncture” with Robert Felt” and “Chasing the Dragons Tail” with Yoshio Manaka. These books have become classics of oriental medicine. The method they teach is suitable for most patients, especially those who prefer not to feel needles. The workshop will be taught in a hands on approach to facilitate learning the basic system. Deirdre Courtney Deirdre Courtney Brochure Cosmetic Acupuncture/Facial Rejuvenation - Buy Reference Books Practitioners & Students 13th Oct ‘07 After the success of her last workshop Deirdre has agreed to run a Two Day Practicum in Cosmetic Acupuncture with the emphasis on practice and skills. Deirdre has a Masters Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from “Yo San University” Los Angeles, California, USA. It was here that she was initially introduced to and studied Facial Rejuvenation with Shao Mai Zhong a teacher and clinician of long standing at the College. She has also studied Facial Rejuvenation with Kiiko Matsumoto in San Diego and Magnolia Goh, a western Physician in New York. Deirdre has been a teacher and practitioner of Chinese medicine for sixteen years. She is Principal Acupuncture lecturer at the College of Naturopathic Medicine and runs her practice out of her clinic in Blackrock, Co Dublin. She is also Director of the East West Institute of Medical Sciences and is currently a board member of the European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association and council member of the Irish Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine. She also holds a current licentiate from the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in the US. 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