Saturday 15th February, 2025
Presenters: Helen Russell + Dympna Mc Keown
Helen Russell
Training and Awareness Project Manager, BLWA
Helen holds a B.Sc. in Government/Political Science and in 2016 was awarded the CACASS Scholarship of Excellence for her M.A in Criminology, achieving a first-class honours degree from University College Cork. She is module creator, co-ordinator and lecturer on Women, Coercive Confinement and Social Control for the Criminology/Sociology Department at UCC. In her role at BLWA, Helen develops and delivers psychoeducation to a large range of stakeholders including Queens University, the PSNI, the GP Federation and numerous others, her main interest lying within the area of trauma, domestic violence, coercive control, and interpersonal relationships in post conflict Northern Ireland.
Helen has much experience as a practitioner in the field of domestic violence, having worked with women and children and as a women’s refuge manager and as a client support worker.
Dympna McKeown
Counsellor BLWA
Dympna has worked for Belfast and Lisburn’s Women’s Aid for the past 13 years. Her area of work is to provide safety and support for women and children who experience domestic/sexual violence.
Previously she was co-director with Counselling Training Consultancy, she has also worked as a counsellor with Lifeline, New Life Counselling and was a tutor delivering HND in Counselling and Psychotherapy for City and Guilds.
She also has previous experience working in the fields of Suicide, trauma, addiction, and in the delivery of community-based training.
Date: Saturday 15th February, 2025
Time: 10am-12.30pm
Venue:
Friends’ Meeting House
Frederick Street
Belfast BT1
Limited Parking Available
Tea/coffee available mid-workshop
Call 07775947991 for further details
Cost: Members £10 | Non-Members £15
CPD Certificate supplied
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