Diploma in Group Facilitation

The 2026 course is starting on the 30th May 2026 – Applications are now OPEN!

This Diploma course is for therapists, supervisors, facilitators, managers or chairpersons who work with groups professionally, or who wish to do so.  The training consist of five highly experiential modules facilitated by our esteemed team of trainers, Robin Shohet, Majella Ryan and  Michelle Fahy.

Course Overview

This course is for therapists, supervisors, facilitators, managers or chairpersons who work with groups professionally, or who wish to do so.  As much of our lives has been spent, or is currently spent, in family, social, and professional groups, an understanding of how groups work and how to facilitate, understand them or simply manage oneself within them is an important life skill.

The Diploma training consist of five modules (between May 2026 and January 2027) facilitated by our esteemed team of trainers, Robin Shohet, Majella Ryan and  Michelle Fahy.

This is a highly experiential training course and cover such topics as:

  • Pre-group contracting.  Inclusion and exclusion.  How is membership decided?
  • Clarifying expectations.  Differing investments and commitments. Stakeholders and boundaries.
  • Creating safety, managing anxiety.
  • Roles in groups.  A systemic view.
  • Transferences, projections, and projective identification
  • Use of self to facilitate
  • Stages of groups and understanding group dynamics
  • Limiting mind sets and behaviours in groups.  Working with conflict and avoidance.
  • Creative techniques – sculpting, constellation work.
  • Techniques for creating positive outcomes, including Appreciative Inquiry
  • Interconnectedness.  A spiritual dimension.

The July module, hanging out with Robin, will engage you in a deep dive within, into a space of not knowing – a personal experience in group process that you will not ever forget! Come prepared to fully engage and learn about yourself and the power of a facilitated group experience.

Upcoming Dates:

2026 Course Dates: 30th – 31st May 26, 17th – 19th July 26, 3rd – 4th October 26, 21st November 26, 9th – 10th January 2027. All modules, except for the October one, will be in CTC’s Limerick centre. The October module will be held in CTC Westmeath venue. The course runs for the full day (10– 5.30pm) on all scheduled dates, except for Day 3 of Robin Shohet’s module which ends at 2:30pm.

All learners are provided access to the Moodle platform for supplementary materials, session handouts, academic writing supports, and more.

All modules, except for the October one, will be in CTC’s Limerick centre. The October module will be held in CTC Westmeath venue.

 

Children’s Therapy Centre,

Stewart House,

Lonsdale Road,

National Technology Park,

Plassey,

Co. Limerick,

V94KN70

 

Children’s Therapy Centre
Tír Na nÓg
Slievenagorta
Ballymore
Mullingar
Co Westmeath

N91 CC65

Robin Shohet is co-founder of the Centre for Supervision and Team Development (www.cstd.co.uk) and has been supervising and facilitating groups since 1976.  He has written and edited many books on supervision – the two latest being In Love with Supervision and Supervision as Spiritual Practice. He is a student of A Course in Miracles and The Work of Byron Katie and has facilitated two international conferences on forgiveness. Robin delivered CTC’s previous Diploma in Group Facilitation which provided phenomenal personal and professional growth experiences for all participants! Robin has agreed to facilitate on this course again this year despite his retirement – we are both honoured and excited to have this final opportunity to experience his unique facilitation style and his incredible capacity to elicit process at the deepest levels!

 

Michelle Fahy (MIACP; MEAIP) has worked as a group process facilitator for CTC for over eight years and also serves as a part-time trainer, wellbeing coordinator, and equality & diversity officer. She is an experienced biodynamic and creative psychotherapist, group process facilitator, integrative clinical supervisor, and personal leadership & executive coach. Michelle holds an MA in psychotherapy, an honours B.A. degree, a diploma in Montessori, and a higher diploma in education. She has also undertaken extensive training in areas such as couples therapy, gender and sexual diversities, neurodiversity, and group process facilitation among many other trainings in both Ireland and abroad. With over 25 years of experience facilitating groups, Michelle has worked across a broad range of settings, including development groups, outreach programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and positive mental health promotion. She has engaged with individuals at all stages of life, from children and adolescents to adults, couples, families, and groups, both in private practice and within community, corporate, and training sectors. Additionally, she has worked across all levels of education, from Montessori to third level. Michelle strongly advocates for experiential and creative methodologies as fundamental to fostering empowerment, inclusivity and body-mind harmony.

 

Majella Ryan S.I.A.C.P is a very experienced child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist. She has a strong interest in supporting healthy attachments. She worked for many years as a Group Process Facilitator in CTC. She specialised in working creatively with clients. Her original psychotherapy qualification was from the Centre for Biodynamic and Integrative Psychotherapy in 1998. She is employed as a Student Counsellor in the Technological University of the Shannon in Limerick. She has worked in a variety of settings including private practice, a family therapy service and a child sexual abuse treatment service for 20 years, where she held various positions including Head of Therapy and National Clinical Director. Majella is a supervisor for play therapists, creative arts therapists, and child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapists as well as social workers and social care workers. She consults and provides training to organisations who work therapeutically with children and families.

This course is  suitable for therapists, supervisors, facilitators, managers or chairpersons who work with groups professionally, or who wish to do so.

  • Standard Course Fee is €1900.
  • A non-refundable application fee of €50 is due at appliaction satge. This fee deducted from the overall course fee for succesful applicants
  • Payment Plans available for those who want to pay in instalments

 

 

 

 

 

The course fee is €1900. €50 is due at the application stage, this is included in the €1900 course fee. Each student is responsible for full payment of course fees, regardless of level of attendance. CTC offer three different payment options. Students must select their payment option when they accept their place, payment is due within two weeks of this. Places cannot be held without payment.

 

Option 1: €1900 Pay in Full

  1. €50 Application Fee
  2. €1850 Registration fee due within two weeks of acceptance of offer

Option 2 – €1950 Pay in Six Instalments

  1. €50 Application Fee
  2. €500 Registration fee due within two weeks of acceptance of offer
  3. €350 via Standing Order one month later
  4. €350 via Standing Order one month later
  5. €350 via Standing Order one month later
  6. €350 via Standing Order one month

Option 3 – €1990 – Pay in Eight Instalments

  1. €50 Application Fee
  2. €500 Registration fee due within two weeks of acceptance of offer
  3. €240 via Standing Order One month later
  4. €240 via Standing Order One month later
  5. €240 via Standing Order One month later
  6. €240 via Standing Order One month later
  7. €240 via Standing Order One month later
  8. €240 via Standing Order One month

ALL MONTHLY INSTALMENT PLANS MUST BE PAID BY A STANDING ORDER.

Bank Account Details: 

Name and Address: Permanent TSB, 131 O’Connell Street, Limerick, Ireland

Account Name:        Children’s Therapy Centre

Sort Code:          99 07 23                   Account Number: 86173408

Swift code:         IPBSIE2D                  IBAN – IE49IPBS99072386173408

 

Terms and Conditions

€50 application fee and €350 deposit included in the initial payment are non-refundable. All fees are non-refundable within one month of the course dates. Prior to this, fees paid outside of the application fee and deposit are refundable.

Application Process

Please complete the online application linked below.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Warmly,

Siobhán & Team CTC

Children’s Therapy Centre (CTC) is Ireland’s longest established leading provider of training in the field of Play Therapy, Therapeutic Play, and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
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Children’s Therapy Centre
Stewart House
Lonsdale Road,
National Technology Park,
Plassey, Limerick.
V94 KN70, Ireland
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