Senior Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. IACP Accredited.
Biography
Norman Warden’s journey in psychotherapy began with psychiatric nurse training in York, England in the NHS. The highly innovative training was heavily rooted in counselling and psychotherapy principles (the tutors were accredited counsellors) and was at the centre of progressive integrative treatment approaches at that time. After qualification and further training he settled in York working in the acute psychiatric/mother & baby unit followed by St. Andrews Psychotherapy centre as a counsellor and group therapist. The centre provided a therapeutic community approach of a five day week over 4-8 months treatment involving art therapy, psychodrama, small group work and individual, couple and family therapy. In all he dedicated a decade to full-time work within the NHS mental health services in North Yorkshire working as an Individual, group, couple and family therapist. This extensive experience provided invaluable insights and expertise in treating a wide range of severe and complex issues, including unresolved grief, childhood abuse, chronic depression, and anxiety disorders.
In the 1990’s after relocating to Ireland and settling in Galway he began offering courses in counselling and psychotherapy eventually up to professional level, marking the beginning of a long-standing commitment to education in this area. Over the past decades Norman has been deeply involved in psychotherapy training, supervision, and clinical work and particularly in found a highly valued and respected innovative and experiential Foundation course in counselling and psychotherapy giving students substantial personal development experience through Art therapy, body psychotherapy, as well as skills and theoretical insights. Currently, his focus is on providing clinical supervision to trainee and trained psychotherapists and in maintaining a small clinical practice. As an experienced integrative relational psychotherapist he work's from a synthesis of humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive models.
QUALIFICATIONS
European Certificate for Psychotherapy, European Association for Psychotherapy
Post Graduate Training in Counselling Supervision, Psychology Dept., Trinity College, Dublin
Masters Degree in Counselling (Hon), University College Cork
B.A. Training and Ed., (Hon) National University of Ireland Galway
Diploma in Counselling Eigenwelt Institute, Newcastle, UK
Diploma in Groupwork Eigenwelt Institute, Newcastle, UK
Certificate in Counselling Royal Society of Arts, UK
Psychiatric Nurse training, York Health Authority, UK
ACCREDITATION
2009 - Present IACP Accredited Supervisor
1993 - Present IACP Accredited Psychotherapist
2006 - 2025 IAHIP Accredited Supervisor
1996 - 2025 IAHIP Accredited Psychotherapist