BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE

(June, 2017)

NAME: Michael M. DelMonte

ADDRESS: 10 Trafalgar Terrace, Monkstown, County

Dublin, Ireland

TELEPHONE: 280-4477 (home); 086-8846548 (mobile)

E_MAIL: delmontemm@yahoo.ie, mmdelmonte@gmail.com

DATE OF BIRTH: 20th September, 1947

MARITAL STATUS: Married with three children

EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS: B.A. Mod. (Honours) in Genetics Trinity
College, Dublin, 1970

Higher Diploma in Education (Honours)

Trinity College, Dublin, 1973

M.Sc. (by Research) in Psychology

Trinity College, Dublin, 1976

B.A. Mod. (Honours-equivalent) in

Psychology Trinity College, Dublin, 1978

Ph.D. (by Research) in Psychology

Trinity College, Dublin, 1982

M.Psych.Sc. in (Constructivist)
Psychotherapy University College,
Dublin, 1986

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

1. The Psychological Society of Ireland

2. The Clinical Division, Psychological

Society of Ireland

3. The British Psychological Society

(retired)
 4. Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy

5. Irish Council for Psychotherapy

6. European Personal Construct Association

7. Association of University Teachers of

Psychiatry

8. The International Psychosomatics Institute

9. The Irish Analytic Psychology Association

10. College of Psychoanalysts in Ireland

INTERESTS: Photography; Cinema; Theatre; Chess;

Hiking; Swimming; Horse-riding; Nature;
Classical music; Jazz; Reading; Languages;
Archaeology; Architecture; History; Art;
Travel; Languages; Socialising

LANGUAGES: Fluency in English, near fluency in French

and Dutch; semi-fluency in Italian; some
knowledge of German, Irish and Spanish

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:

1966 Obtained the Leaving Certificate (Honours)

at the High School, Harcourt Street,
Dublin.

1970 Obtained B.A. Mod. in Natural Sciences,

majoring in Genetics (and later again in
1978 in Psychology) from Trinity College,
Dublin.

1973 Obtained the Higher Diploma in Education

(1st Class Honours) from Trinity College,
Dublin.

1976 Completed an M.Sc. in Psychology (by

research) from Trinity College, Dublin.
 1977.84 Attended several in-service training
courses, e.g. on clinical hypnosis,
autogenic training, counselling and
psychotherapy.

1982 Completed my Ph.D., Department of

Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin.

1982.84 Participated in weekly seminars on

psychotherapy in Garden Hill House, St.
Jamess Hospital, Dublin.

1984.86 Did a Masters Course (M.Med.Sc) in

(Constructivist) Psychotherapy, Faculty of
Medicine, University College, Dublin. The
course was conducted in the U.C.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Garden Hill
House, St. Jamess Hospital, Dublin.

VOCATIONAL HISTORY:

1970.72 Worked as Research and Production

Assistant with Amuigh Faoin Speir making
educationally orientated documentary films
for Radio Telefis Eireann and the BBC.

1973.76 Taught Science, Mathematics, Biology and

Photography to second level and adult
classes in Ballyfermot Vocational School,
Dublin.

1974.84 Involved (part-time) in educational

innovation programs with the Curriculum
Development Unit, Trinity College, Dublin.
This included field work abroad.

1976.77 Research Fellow in the Department of

Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin. Did
research on heavy goods vehicle driver
stress.

1977.78 Taught Psychology to the Social Parents

of Stewarts Hospital, in Ballyfermot
Vocational School, Dublin (part-time), as
well as Biology.

1977.84 Did (part-time) clinical work and research

in the Health Care and Psychosomatic Unit,
Eastern Health Board Research Department,
 St. Jamess Hospital, Dublin. Involved in
the St. Brendans Hospital resocialization
project research.

1978.82 Taught Psychology to adult night classes

in the College of Commerce, Dundrum,
County Dublin (part-time).

1979.84 Worked as a Guidance Counsellor with the

County Dublin and the County Kildare
Vocational Education Committees. This
involved psychometrics, as well as
personal, social, vocational and
educational counselling.

1984.86 Worked as Senior Psychologist in the

Psychosomatic Unit, Eastern Health Board
Research Department, St. Jamess Hospital,
Dublin. My responsibilities included
psychotherapy, assessment, research and
teaching medical and paramedical staff.
The research involved the rehabilitation
of the psychiatrically, mentally and
physically disabled patients placed with
the Rehabilitation Institute, Dublin.

1986-12 Employed as Senior Clinical Psychologist

(in association with the Trinity College
Professorial Unit) by St. Patricks
University Hospital, Dublin. (From 2002 as
Principal Clinical Psychologist). This
position involved psychotherapy,
assessment and research, as well as
psychotherapy supervision of trainee
Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatric
Registrars. For the latter I held
fortnightly Balint Groups from 2012 to
present.

I also taught pure and applied Psychology

to Trinity College medical students,
student nurses, psychiatric registrars,
and trainee Clinical and Counselling
Psychologists. In 2012 appointed Clinical
Senior Lecturer (part-time) in Psychiatry,
Trinity College, Dublin.

The research involved assessing learning

disability levels among the psychiatric
patients of St. Jamess Hospital.
 Since 1986 I ran weekly courses in
psychotherapy for the staff of St.
Jamess, St. Patricks and St.
Edmundsburys Hospitals. This involved
aspects of individual, marital, family and
group therapy, as well as basic
counselling skills. I have also held
Personal Coping workshops for doctors,
nurses, physiotherapists and occupational
therapists (e.g. for the Irish Cancer
Society). I also taught models of
psychotherapy on the University College
and Trinity College courses for Clinical
and Counselling Psychologists.

1989.92 Taught psychotherapy and counselling on

the Trinity College, Dublin Diploma in
Counselling Psychology and the Masters
in Counselling Psychology courses.

1991-07 Taught psychotherapy on a part-time basis

to the University College, Dublin,
Masters in Psychological Science in
Psychotherapy course (up to 2003); the
Irish Institute of Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy, and the Irish Psychiatric
Training Committee. I still supervise
other psychotherapists and run workshops.

Publications
Published circa 90 research, review and theoretical
articles in journals and professional books, and
have acted as a consultant reviewer and/or editor
to:

1. Psychology Reports
2. Perceptual and Motor Skills
3. International Journal of
Psychosomatics
4. Australian Journal of Clinical
Hypnotherapy and Hypnosis
5. Applied Psychology: An International
Review
 6. Irish Journal of Psychological
Medicine
7. Journal of the Irish Forum
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
8. British Journal of Medical Psychology

I edited a book entitled The Embodiment

of Mind: Eastern and Western Perspectives
Eburon Publishers, 1998.

I have been an invited guest speaker at 24

international psychology conferences.

Some Extra Commente

2001-12 Honorary Professor of Psychology,
University of Flores, Buenos Aires.

2002 Awarded European Certificate of

Psychotherapy

2002 Appointed Principal Clinical Psychologist

to St. Edmundsbury and St. Patricks
University Hospitals.

2003 Admitted to the Fellowship of the

Psychological Society of Ireland.

Current occupation
2012 to 2016: Appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer,
Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin.

2017 to present: Appointed Adjunct Associate Professor,

Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin.

Conduct mindfulness and psychotherapy

Workshops nationally and inter-
nationally

Lecture (part-time)in mindfulness and in

psychotherapy in University College,
Dublin, Departments of Psychology and
Psychiatry.
Conduct psychotherapy (part-time)

Conduct psychotherapy supervision (part-

time)

Conduct Balint Groups for Psychiatric

Registrars in St. Patricks University
Hospital, Dublin

Write articles on psychotherapy and on

mindfulness