My name is Fionnuala Hoffmann. I’m a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer based in Berlin. I’m from Ireland originally but Germany has been my home for over 25 years.
I first took part in a Positive Discipline workshop in 2016 and was immediately impressed by the simple yet respectful and empowering tools I learned in class. I saw an immediate improvement in cooperation at home with my own kids and was so inspired by the positive changes that I gave up my regular teaching job to become a Positive Discipline Educator. I’ve been facilitating workshops for parents and teachers since 2017 and as a Trainer now also lead certification workshops. I’m an active member of the Positive Discipline Association hosted the European mentor group for several years. In 2022 I co-founded PDaD, the German network of Positive Discipline educators and oversaw the publication of the first German translation of 'Positive Discipline,' which was published in December 2024.
I’m passionate about the power of this unique child guidance model to fundamentally improve adult / child relationships and look forward to sharing it with you.
EDUCATION / further training:
Introduction to Adlerian Counselling
Adlerian Society of Wales
2023. Online course. 30 hours.
Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitator (EPW)
Dina Emser & Yogi Patel,
2022. Lisbon, Portugal
Certified Positive Discipline Trainer (CPDT)
Advanced Candidate Training.
2019. University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Certified Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educator (CPDECE)
2018. PDA Think Tank with Steven Foster, Paris, France
Encouragement Consultant
Master Training with Lynn Lott (Co-Founder of Positive Discipline)
2018. Barcelona, Spain.
Certified Positive Discipline Classroom Educator (CPDCE)
2017. Positive Discipline UK Joy Marchese
Podcast Interview with Alyson Schafer
Group Dynamics, Facilitation and Group Therapy
2017. Dr. Karen John - In assoc. with the Dublin Adlerian Psychology Group
Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator (CPDPE)
2016 Positive Discipline of Connecticut USA
Carol Dores & Mary Nelsen Tamborski, USA
Certificate in Adlerian Principles for personal and relationship growth.
London, UK - 2016
Dr. Jane Nelsen (founder of Positive Discipline) In assoc. with Positive Discipline UK
Courses at ICASSI
International Committee for Adlerian Summer Schools and Institutes
All courses are 10 hours in duration unless specified otherwise.
2024 - Kall, Germany
Leadership in Action - Karen John
Individual Psychology: Concepts, Theory, and its Development - Hallie Williams
Me and my lovely colleagues at the Positive Discipline Think Tank at Butler University, Indianapolis, USA - 2017
2023 - Dublin, Ireland
Cooperation in Families and Systems - Calvin Armerding
Social Equality in Action - Karen John
Art Therapy and Lifestyle - Uti Landscheidt
Trauma Therapy and the Body - Anthea Millar
2022 - Wageningen, The Netherlands
Adaptive Reorientation - Dr. Paul Rasmussen
Selbsterfahrung - Dr. Zivit Abramson
2021 - Online (9 Hour Courses)
Emotions and Private Logic - Dr. Paul Rasmussen
Early Recollections - Dr. Marina Bluvshtein
2019 - Sibiu, Romania
Adlerian Play Therapy - Dr. Terry Kottman
Gender and Personal Identity - Bruce Tate
Certificate in Adlerian Principles for personal and relationship growth with Jane Nelsen. London, Sept. 2016
2018 - Bonn, Germany -
Individual Psychology in the Workplace -
Dr. Eva Dreikurs Ferguson
Understanding Human Development -
Dr. Marina Bluvshtein
20 Hour Course:
Adler, Crucial Cs and Life Tasks -
Dr. Betty Lou Bettner
July, 2017 - Butler University, Indiana, USA
10 hour courses:
Adlerian Parenting Today - Alyson Schafer
The Art of Encouragement - Yoav Shoham
General
Introduction to Compassionate Inquiry - A Healing Approach to Trauma
Sept 2021 - 4 Hour online experiential workshop with Dr. Gabor Maté
NLP Basic Introduction Course, NLP Institut Berlin - 2008
(CELTA) Certificate in Teaching English to speakers of other languages (Grade A) - 2003
International House Budapest - University Of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations
BA Degree in Applied Psychology - University College Cork, Ireland - 1989