Marianne Araujo Marcote
I practice as a private creative psychotherapist and as a group facilitator from a transpersonal soul-centred perspective, to promote individual and collective healing through deep exploration and embodiment of our Inner Self.
I am a fully IACAT registered Dramatherapist since 2014 and Creative Supervisor, Transpersonal Therapist and Performer. In a teaching capacity I worked as Interim Director and Lecturer at the Dramatherapy MA programme in Maynooth University, Ireland. My academic research as part of my Honours Degree in English focused on Trauma Studies: Postcolonial Literature and Poetry.
My current work is Informed by the principles of psychosynthesis, transpersonal psychology, therapeutic ritual, somatic and energy therapy, and creative embodiment.
Therapy Space
The therapy space offers us a mirror where we could see ourselves for what we really are, realising that we are more than our story. It is a space to process life, to heal wounds, to be vulnerable and grow stronger. It is a space where is safe to explore the direct link between our whole creative Self (body, mind and soul) and our mental health and wellbeing, and it is also a space where we can explore the different roles we play and how these roles can, at times, take us further away from ourselves.
Ultimately, therapy is a space of deep connection to your most intimate self, your real you.
Approach
My approach to therapy is directly informed by over 30 years background in performance practice and research that focused on the connection between body-mind, impulse and action; arts as a vehicle for the exploration and expression of the self. I began my career in Spain, where I was born, and in 1998 I moved to Ireland and cofounded the theatre laboratory nervousytem, which was in operation internationally for 10 years. As a performer and facilitator theatre enabled me to get in touch with something beyond the limitations of everyday life, with something closer to the essence of being — to the inside flame that keeps us alive but that at times gets shadowed by the business and responsibilities placed upon us by ourselves and others. This flame to me represents the transpersonal field, where I believe healing can be found.
Code of Ethics
As a therapist I abide by the code of ethics of the Irish Association of Creative Art Therapists, IACAT, which is the Irish regulating body for all officially qualified creative arts therapists in Ireland. As best practice states, I work under clinical supervision and I always act in the best interests of the client by providing a humanistic client-centred approach; respecting and upholding their confidentiality