Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy

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Chair: Dr Udo Reulbach                                                 Vice Chair: Dr Zulijana Aanastasova

Aims

  • To represent those who practice psychotherapy within their psychiatric practice
  • To promote the development of psychotherapy services in Ireland, including the granting of specialist recognition to consultants with a special interest in psychotherapy.

Click here to view the faculty Terms of Reference

Dates of upcoming meetings in 2023

  • Friday, 10th March @12 noon
  • Friday, 16th June @12 noon
  • Friday, 29th September @12 noon
  • Friday, 1st December @12 noon

Meetings take place online via zoom video conferencing.

College Faculty/SIG and committee meetings can garner 1 internal or external CPD credit per meeting up to a maximum of 10 credits per PCS year.

To contact the faculty

To contact the faculty or if you would like to join, please email Helen Murray, hmurray@irishpsychiatry.ie or call (01) 6618450.

Previous Winners of Faculty Essay Competition

2018 – “In a psychiatric consultation, the health of the doctor is as important as that of the patient”. Discuss – Dr Niamh McCarthy

2017 – “Psychotherapy in the Digital Age: Will human therapists become expendable? Discuss” – Dr Allen Bulfin

2013 – ‘Why psychotherapy skills are essential for the psychiatrist’ – Dr Laura Nagle

Useful Resources

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