leonie gallagher
A.I.S.T.D. Dip., Accredited Member IACP
Leonie Gallagher trained from the age of three at the Dex McGloughlin School of Dance in Dublin, and continued her studies in Ballet, Modern, Theatre and International Folk Dance at the Deborah Capon School of Dance in Whitstable, Kent.
Leonie danced and sang professionally in the late eighties and nineties and qualified as an associate graduate of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance in 1996. She has been awarded the AISTD diploma.
From 1996 until 2006 Leonie ran her own dance schools in Dublin, Kildare and Wexford. She also taught dance in various primary schools in south Dublin and choreographed many musicals, concerts and ballet displays over the years. She continues to teach in Erk Hall, Rathmichael.
Counselling Qualifications & Experience:
In 2011 Leonie began studies at the The Tivoli Institute in Dún Laoghaire and qualified in 2015 with an Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy. She is fully accredited with the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) and works in accordance with their Code of Ethics. She was a member of the counselling team at An Cosán in Tallaght, Dublin for five years. Leonie currently works in private practice and is actively taking on new clients at this time.
Leonie had always hoped to combine her dance teaching skills with therapy and it was in 2015 & 2016 that she studied The Dance of Life third-level course intensively at the International Institute for Dance Therapy in Tenerife with the esteemed psychologist and creator of the Dance of Life programme, Petra Klein.
Leonie attends refresher Dance of Life courses in Tenerife every year, to maintain her professional CPD levels.
Further information on Petra Klein can be found on her site by clicking here.
Leonie danced and sang professionally in the late eighties and nineties and qualified as an associate graduate of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance in 1996. She has been awarded the AISTD diploma.
From 1996 until 2006 Leonie ran her own dance schools in Dublin, Kildare and Wexford. She also taught dance in various primary schools in south Dublin and choreographed many musicals, concerts and ballet displays over the years. She continues to teach in Erk Hall, Rathmichael.
Counselling Qualifications & Experience:
In 2011 Leonie began studies at the The Tivoli Institute in Dún Laoghaire and qualified in 2015 with an Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy. She is fully accredited with the Irish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) and works in accordance with their Code of Ethics. She was a member of the counselling team at An Cosán in Tallaght, Dublin for five years. Leonie currently works in private practice and is actively taking on new clients at this time.
Leonie had always hoped to combine her dance teaching skills with therapy and it was in 2015 & 2016 that she studied The Dance of Life third-level course intensively at the International Institute for Dance Therapy in Tenerife with the esteemed psychologist and creator of the Dance of Life programme, Petra Klein.
Leonie attends refresher Dance of Life courses in Tenerife every year, to maintain her professional CPD levels.
Further information on Petra Klein can be found on her site by clicking here.
CONSTANÇA MARIA FERNANDES
Constança Maria Fernandes qualified as a massage therapist in 1999 and practiced initially in her native Lisbon, Portugal, working in a medical practice specialising in lymphatic drainage.
She has practiced all over Europe and settled in Ireland five years ago where she opened her own beauty and health therapy clinic in Bray, Co Wicklow.
Constança has studied extensively within the field of healing massage, gaining qualifications in many techniques including cranial-sacral, reiki, magnified healing, reconnective healing and Ayurvedic massage.
She continues to expand her knowledge in the healing field and regularly attends workshops and seminars.
She has practiced all over Europe and settled in Ireland five years ago where she opened her own beauty and health therapy clinic in Bray, Co Wicklow.
Constança has studied extensively within the field of healing massage, gaining qualifications in many techniques including cranial-sacral, reiki, magnified healing, reconnective healing and Ayurvedic massage.
She continues to expand her knowledge in the healing field and regularly attends workshops and seminars.