Maureen Gallagher, PhD, SEP
Dr. Maureen Gallagher is the founder of Somatic Inner
Relationship Focusing (SIRF), a somatically informed parts
work model. SIRF is rooted in somatic awareness and Inner
Relationship Focusing.
It recognizes the body as transformative, bridging embodied
relationship to partial self states.
Dr. Gallagher is faculty at Somatic Experiencing International,
a trainer in Inner Relationship Focusing, and a Certified
Supervisor in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Her
work is a complement to both traditional psychotherapy and
somatic practices, offering a method applicable to a
spectrum of supportive and healing modalities. She offers training programs open to psychotherapists, somatic therapists, coaches, and those trained in Focusing.
She has been in Private Practice for over 30 years, and has
taught in a variety of settings as a psychologist and
psychotherapist. Dr. Gallagher centers on attachment
related themes in relation to self and others using an
embodied parts work perspective with Internal Working
models.