Maureen Gallagher PhD Reviews
Customer Reviews from maureengallagherphd.com
Somatic Experiencing™ Faculty and Case Consultant
Inner Relationship Focusing Trainer
Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and Supervisor
Certified Psychoanalyst and Supervisor
Customer reviews of Dr. Maureen Gallagher’s courses and Psychotherapy Practice.
“Maureen is an extraordinary knowledgeable teacher. Her ability to hold space either online or in person is in resonance while holding clear boundaries and presence. Learning from Maureen is safe and always welcoming. Am deeply grateful to learn from Maureen's expertise clinically and experientially. Maureen' work has impacted me to trust my own process and to lean into the way I work. It has been nurturing and educational in my life. Thank you very much Maureen.”
— Ilse, Teacher of Voice & Movement, Somatic body therapy
“My professional practice has improved, and I have a mentor that is still ahead of me in my professional practice. I like the stability I have been able to receive of having someone there to go to for support.”
— Yoshie, Psychotherapist
“Maureen’s teaching is a gift! Her intelligence and ability to impart knowledge are hard to find. I am a more thoughtful and reflective practitioner. I am more in touch with my own physical or sensational reactions to input (resonance) and I also know to be the best practitioner I can be, I want to be constantly learning.”
— Deborah, LISW in private practice
“[This work allows] much deeper access to difficult and unknown material in the patient. Maureen’s model and teaching creates a safe and effective approach to the work. Thorough and passionate are key words to how I experienced learning with Maureen. I am capable of listening for and providing adequate support for the patient to stay with and explore rich and healing therapuetic moments.”
— Vincent, Psychotherapy
S/IRF Course Reviews:
Finding myself stuck with certain clients, despite years of deep work, and realizing the importance of somatic work drew me to The Embody Lab, where I first met and was taught IRF 1 and 2 by Maureen. I immediately found Inner Relationship Focusing deeply helpful in working with my clients to begin to access previously blocked parts. It has made my work much more rich and helped by grow so much, both personally and professionally.
— Elisabeth, LMFT in private practice
“Maureen's teachings are clear and meticulous, safeguarding the integrity of the material she teaches. Her teachings are practical and can be integrated into my work seamlessly.
Studying SIRF with Maureen led me to do my own personal S/IRF work which shifted my sense of myself considerably leading to clearer and more organic ways of living my life and doing my work. Studying SE with her has shifted to course of my career and the way I work with clients.”
— Shideh, Psychologist, Educator
I hear your voice so often when I am working with clients and my clients are benefiting from my knowledge of IRF (with somatics, EMDR and parts work). It was just the missing piece I needed. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with the world.”
— Christine Monroe, Marriage and Family Therapist
“[Through IRF] there was a deepening of surprisingly transformative experience accessed in somatic experiencing training with my struggles with chronic dissociative experiences. IRF is a powerful, always available tool that helps me restore self-cohesion. I feel less anxious and more able to calmly manage my 'system'.”
— Annonymous
“I use both Somatic Experiencing and IRF daily when I work, in addition to Integral Somatic Psychology interventions.”
— Helen, Psychotherapist and bodyworker
“It has definitely opened me up to new ways of being I had not previously thought possible. I feel more relaxed and interested in life. Less guarded and protective of self.”
— Mary, SEP/LMBT
“Already I am more aware of my own embodiment and draw on tools from IRF and SE in my teaching and my individual pastoral encounters.”
— Leah, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care
Inner Critics Reviews:
“I’ve found a great deal of comfort having gained the understanding that my inner critic isn't a voice with words, but is a set of physical symptoms and feelings, so that now I can work with it directly instead of ignoring or dismissing the sensations.
I’ve also noticed some physical relief from the chronic inflammation in my digestive tract. As I give more space and attention to the subtle, non-verbal ways my Inner Critic works in my body, I’m hopeful this ongoing awareness will continue to support healing.”
— Anonymous
Self Sabotage Course + Coaching testimonials
“I actually don’t experience inner criticism anymore”
"The volume of my self-criticism has gone way down, almost extinct. And when it does show up, I know exactly what to do - relate, be with (not fix or exile).”
— Anonymous
“I've been a student of Maureen's for years, and find that her teaching style and expertise are the perfect fit for me. I was amazed by how quickly the self-sabotaging pattern that had kept me stuck for years began to unwind through this 6-week course. Inner Relationship Focusing not only addressed what I came in with—it gave me a tool I’ll carry forward for life. And, as an executive leadership coach, I’ve also started integrating it into my own work with clients, and the results have been powerful.”
— Alison Deutsch