“In every beginning lives a magic, protecting us and helping us to live.”
HERMANN HESSE
ABOUT ME
ABOUT ME
Dr. Helma Mair has been working as a therapist since 1997. She has trained in several therapeutic modalities and holds a Master’s degree in Somatic Psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and a PhD from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
In her doctoral dissertation, Helma explored the experience of safety in psychotherapy from the client’s perspective and identified key elements that contribute to this central aspect of the therapeutic encounter.
She has contributed a chapter on the importance of the body in the experience of safety in The Routledge International Handbook of Embodied Perspectives in Psychotherapy (2019) and published an article on attachment safety in psychotherapy in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research (2020).
To complement her healing work, Helma practices Aikido, a Japanese self-defence system, in which she holds a fifth-degree black belt.
Helma is available for private sessions by appointment.
EXPERIENCE
Helma not only has a background in somatic psychology, she also has extensive training in several different approaches to shock and developmental trauma, including Somatic Experiencing (SE; Peter Levine), Neuro-Affective Relational Model (NARM; Larry Heller), and Organic Intelligence (OI; Steve Hoskinson). Helma has also trained in Integrative Energy Therapy, a gentle and non-invasive form of connecting individuals with their internal experience at an energetic level.
She has served as an assistant to SE, NARM, and OI trauma trainings nationally and internationally.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, PhD in Clinical Psychology with a Specialization in Somatic Psychology
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Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, M.A. in Clinical Psychology with a Specialization in Somatic Psychology
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NARM Practitioner (Neuro-Affective Relational Model)
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OI Mentor (Organic Intelligence)
SPECIALITIES
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Attachment issues
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Relationship issues
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Identity issues
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Grief
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy (IAHIP)
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United States Association of Body Psychotherapy (USABP)
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Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (SETI)
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NARM Training Institute
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OI Training Institute
CONTACT ME
If you'd like to make an appointment, please contact me by phone or e-mail. Sessions are offered face-to-face or by video/phone.
PHONE
Mobile: 085 7049494
International: +353 85 7049494
Landline: (01) 284 1906
International: +353 1 284 1906
ADDRESS
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland