Fionnuala Hoffmann - Berlin, Germany
Positive Discipline Parenting and Classroom Trainer.
I was first introduced to the Positive Discipline approach in 2016 when I took part in a parent workshop at my sons’ school. It changed my life, both personally and professionally.
At that time in 2016, I was finding it difficult to motivate my eleven year old and four year old twin sons to help around the house, take better care of their belongings and in short to stop all the messing! I was tired of swinging from between being either too strict with the kids or too permissive and I knew there that had to be a better way. There was!
As soon as I started learning how to use the Positive Discipline approach I noticed an immediate shift in the dynamics at home. The focus moved from friction and competition to the fun of cooperation and we all felt more encouraged. I was so impressed and inspired by the profound wisdom of Positive Discipline that I quit my teaching job to teach it full time and I look forward to sharing it with you!
“I’m passionate about the power of the Adlerian approach to fundamentally strengthen adult / child relationships and I love sharing it with others.”
In 2024 I oversaw the publication of the German translation of Positive Discipline.
Relevant Training:
2023
Certificate in Adlerian Counseling
Adlerian Society of Wales
2022
’Empowering People in the Workplace Facilitator’ (EPW)
D.Emser & Y.Patel. Lisbon, Portugal
2019 - 2022
Certified Positive Discipline Trainer (CPDT)
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Classroom practice across all grade levels at JFK School, Berlin
2018
Certified Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educator (CPDECE)
PDA Think Tank. S. Foster, Paris, France
’Encouragement Consultant’ Master Training
Lynn Lott (Co-Founder of Positive Discipline)
Barcelona, Spain.
2017
Certified Positive Discipline Classroom Educator (CPDCE)
Positive Discipline UK. J. Marchese
Group Dynamics, Facilitation and Group Therapy
Dr. Karen John - In assoc. with the Dublin Adlerian Psychology Group
2016
Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator (CPDPE)
C. Dores & M. Nelsen Tamborski, USA
Certificate in Adlerian Principles for Personal and Relationship growth
Dr. Jane Nelsen (founder of Positive Discipline)
London, UK
Podcast Interview with Alyson Schafer
Courses at International Committee for Adlerian Summer Schools and Institutes (ICASSI)
2024 - Kall, Germany
Leadership in Action - Karen John
Individual Psychology: Concepts, Theory, and its Development - Hallie Williams
Fionnuala and colleagues at PD 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
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
London, 2016
2018 - Bonn, Germany -
Individual Psychology in the Workplace -
Dr. Eva Dreikurs Ferguson
Understanding Human Development -
Dr. Marina Bluvshtein
Adler, Crucial Cs and Life Tasks -
Dr. Betty Lou Bettner
2017 - Indiana, USA
Adlerian Parenting Today - Alyson Schafer
The Art of Encouragement - Yoav Shoham
General:
2021 - Online
Introduction to Compassionate Inquiry - A Healing Approach to Trauma
Experiential workshop with Dr. Gabor Maté
2008 - Berlin
NLP Basic Introduction Course -NLP Institut Berlin
2003 - International House Budapest,Hungary
CELTA Certificate in Teaching English to speakers of other languages University Of Cambridge, ESOL Examinations
1989 - University College Cork, Ireland
BA Degree in Applied Psychology