Fionnuala Hoffmann
Certified Positive Discipline Trainer - Berlin, Germany
“When I first took part in a Positive Discipline workshop back I was immediately impressed by its simple yet respectful approach. As soon as I tried out the tools I was learning about, at home I saw an immediate improvement in cooperation with my own children. I became so inspired by the positive changes that I decided to give up my regular teaching job to become a Positive Discipline Educator because I’m passionate about its power to fundamentally improve adult / child relationships and I love sharing it with others.”
From Ireland originally, Fionnuala has lived in Germany for over 25 years and has been facilitating workshops for parents and teachers since 2017. An active member of the Positive Discipline Association she hosted the European mentor group for several years and in 2022 co-founded PDaD, the German network of Positive Discipline educators. In 2024 Fionnuala oversaw the translation and publication of the 'Positive Discipline’ in German.
Now available in German!
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 International Committee for Adlerian Summer Schools and Institutes (ICASSI)
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
Fionnuala and PD colleagues at the Positive Discipline Think Tank, 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