Division of Work & Organisational Psychology

Further to our AGM at the beginning of the summer, I would like to update you on the Division of Work and Organisational Psychology (DWOP) Committee for 2008.

Committe Members 2009

Chair: Peter Clarke (also working on Supervised Practice)

Chair Elect: Kathryn McCarthy (also head of CPD sub-committee)

Secretary: Yseult Freeney (also CPD committee)

Treasurer: Eric Brady

Membership Secretary: Ciara Bolger (also CPD committee)

Other Committee Members:

Membership & Supervised Practice: Joan Tiernan

Public Relations and External Relations: Eunic McCarthy, Ian Clifford, Jerry Dixon & Shane Barry

Ordinary Members: Carmel O'Neil & Edel Moloney

The DWOP Committee meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

We also organise evening seminars on a regular basis on topics of interest to our members.

All of the DWOP organised events are advertised via e-mail to our members, and via the DWOP link on the PSI website. You will also find advertisements in our DWOP newsletter entitled Voices on the Edge, which is published three times a year. If you would like to contribute to this newsletter, please let us know.

Finally, we have organised two DWOP symposia for this years PSI conference, which promise to provide food for thought, and we look forward to seeing you there.

If you are interested in becoming a DWOP member, or would like to contact us about any issue, you can e-mail us at dwop@psihq.ie or contact Sheila Kennedy in the PSI offices. We look forward to working on your behalf over the coming months.

The DWOP Workshop in "Change Management"

The Division of Work and Organisational Psychology are holding a workshop on "Change Management" on Saturday the 15th of October, in the PSI Offices Dublin.

For full details please click here

The Division of Work and Organisational Psychology Inaugural Conference 2007

Please click here for information on the Conference

The BPS 2007 Learning a Living Programme

The BPS 2007 Learning a Living programme was launched at the DOP Annual Conference in January with a very successful taster workshop. The masterclasses and workshops have been carefully selected and offer specialist training and development at competitive prices. Members of the Work & Organisational Psychology Division of PSI will benefit from the DOP Member rates advertised on the website. The 2007 programme runs from April – October. Please visit the BPS website for full programme details www.bps.org.uk/events/dopws07.

February CPD event presentation

Implementing New Approaches - Aine Gray

November 08 CPD event presentation

The inaugural DWOP Coaching Psychology Group (CPG) CPD Presentation on “Coaching and Stress Management – A Tool for Wellbeing” was given by Hugh O’Donovan, Chair Elect of the Coaching Psychology Group in Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin on Tuesday 18th November 2008. For full details please click here

March 09 Conference: Workplace Coaching: Empowering and Engaging Employees through a Difficult Climate - Presentations

Please click here for the Delegate list.

Please click on the below links in order to access the presentations:

Anita Radley. Emotion Regulation & Social Competence: Consequences for Entrepreneurial Social Capital

Prof. David Lane - Middlesex University. Constructing stories - a time of crisis or a time of change: helping clients to choose change.

Dr. Finian Buckley - Dublin City University Business School. Trust Within & Beyond the Coaching Process.

Gill Parsons - OPP. Using coaching to develop authentic leadership.

Peter Bluckert - PB Coaching. Holding the space: Balancing the strategic and intimate in today's coaching conversations.

Robert Freese - Deloitte Human Capital & Shift Theatre Company. Virtual Conversations

DWOP's Coaching Psychology Group

DWOP’s Coaching Psychology Group (CPG) was established in April 2008 and is a professional Group for Psychologists, Coaches, Coach Trainers/Providers and Academics.   We are committed to raising the standards and professionalism of Coaching.

As Ireland’s only Coaching Psychology Group, we have a professional Code of Conduct, frequent CPD events and Forums and other member focused services. DWOP’s CPG has a growing membership and is run by psychologists and non-psychologist coaching professionals.

Membership is open to PSI members interested in coaching.  We also welcome non-psychologists who are interested in the appropriate application of psychological theory and methods to coaching practice.   The required PSI category of membership for non-psychologists, who join the Coaching Psychology Group, is that of ‘Correspondence Subscriber’.

Slide Presentations

To view slides from the presentation by Dr. Damian Davy on Cognitive Behavioural Coaching please click here

To view slides from the presentation by D. Arlene Egan on Coaching Models please click here

DWOP CPG Officers 2010/2012:

Chair: Hugh O'Donovan
Chair Elect: Ruth Mullally
Treasurer: Margaret O'Donnell
Secretary: Frances O'Neill
Membership Secretary: Joan Tiernan
Past Chair: Carmel O'Neill

Elected Committee Members:
Prof. Eunice McCarthy; Dr. Arlene Egan; Marian Lee; Albert Osthoff (Student Liaison Officer); Gay White; Dr. Joan Tiernan(Membership Secretary); Grainne Carrickford-Kingston; Carmel O’Neill; Karen Lopez (CPD Co-Ordinator); Jerry Dixon

Annual Membership Fees:

The Group is inviting all those with an interest in the professionalism of Coaching to become members.

Please click here for DWOP CPG application form

Please click here for more information on DWOP

Please click here to contact DWOP

Please click here for some useful contacts

Please click here for the latest DWOP Coaching Psychology newsletter

May 17th 2011

Coaching Supervision Seminar

The Division of Work and Organisational Psychology Coaching Psychology Group (DWOP’s CPG) is holding the following seminar on “Coaching Supervision”.

For further information please click here

June 18th 2011

DWOP’s  Coaching Psychology Group is hosting the 1st International Congress of Coaching Psychology (Ireland) on the 18th April 2011 in the Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin.

The theme is, "Navigating complexity and change through coaching psychology."

For further information please click here

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