Disability psychotherapy is a specialised form of psychotherapy tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals with disabilities.
It recognises the complex interplay between the biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors that affect disabled individuals and aims to provide comprehensive mental health supportĀ
Learn More about DPIDisability Psychotherapy Irelands Aims:
Raise awareness of disability psychotherapy in Ireland
Provide training opportunities for clinicians wishing to work psychotherapeutically with people with disabilities.
Provide continuing professional development events and specialist clinical supervision for clinicians working psychotherapeutically with people with disabilities.
Create a network of peer support for professionals working therapeutically within the field.
Advocate and lobby for access to therapeutic treatments for people with disabilities.
Collaborate with disciplines of psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatry, their training bodies and accrediting bodies, to work towards representation of disability psychotherapy within core training.
Development and dissemination of research into the efficacy of psychotherapy for people with disabilities.
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