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Summer school in art therapy
A summer school in art therapy next month in Cork city offers people an insight into how art therapy works and helps them gain practical experience in a group context.
Now in its 18th year, the Art Therapy Summer School at the Crawford College of Art and Design runs from July 5th-9th. Contact Crawford College on tel: 021-4966777 or ed.kuczaj@cit.ie for more details.
Lecture on effects of acupuncture
The clinical effects of acupuncture and choosing acupuncture as a career are the themes of a free public lecture on Saturday at 2pm in Milltown Park Campus, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin. Following that talk at 3.30pm, psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr Michael Corry will speak about treating depression without drugs in the same venue. Cost €30.
Both events are part of an international conference on traditional Chinese medicine entitled Harmony and Wellness for the 21st Century. Tel: 01-8574040 for more details.
School of personal development
Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, founded a psychological theory which focuses on the goals and purposes of human behaviour. The Adlerian Network of Ireland hosts an annual summer school of workshops in personal development for parents, teachers, counsellors, social workers and childcare workers. There is also a programme for children aged 5-11. This year's school runs from July 7th-10th at the Loreto Secondary School, Clonmel, Co Tipperary. More details and booking on
tel: 086-3989513. See also www.adler.ie
Exercise guidelines for adults
Every adult should accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate intensity physical activity on most days of the week.
These are the current guidelines on healthy levels of exercise which emerged from last week's Nutrition Society annual meeting at University College Dublin.
"There is growing evidence that small amounts of exercise throughout the day can be as beneficial as putting aside a chunk of time to get active," says Dr Marie Murphy, of the University of Ulster, School of Sports Studies, who spoke at the meeting. For more details, see www.nutritionsociety.org
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