Counselling workshops in Chennai

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Dear Forum members,

Center for Counselling - Chennai is offering a series of 4-day

workshops one each month.

We run 4 -Day workshops at our office every month on various topics

related to counselling. These workshops have limited seats of 12 participants

per workshop. These workshops are for individuals who might be thinking of

counselling as full time or part time career or may add to the skills in their

own professions like lawyers working in family courts, workers from

organizations working with disabilities/ issues such as HV/AIDS, doctors, other

health Care

Professionals, etc.

All of the workshops will feature participatory learning through

small-group discussions, exercises, and activities, including role-playing of

counselling situations.

This is to inform you of the dates of our upcoming workshops:

MARCH:

Introduction to Group Counselling 29th of March till 1st of April

In our setting with limited resources and where the counsellor client

ratio is high; Counsellors if trained could use group counselling and have

individual sessions when absolutely necessary. This workshop teaches some

skills in doing Group work, understanding Group dynamics and group processes and

the different stages of a Group,

APRIL:

Dealing with Mental Health Issues: 26th to 29th of April

Counsellors could be trained on the various mental health issues like

depression, suicide, low self esteem, etc, Techniques like problem solving,

breathing exercises, improving self esteem etc. Some assessment and intervention

tools will go a long way in improving the

counsellor's ability to identify mental illness and to deal with

these issues professionally.

MAY:

Addiction Counselling 24th to 27th May

The role of the counsellor in handling substance abuse, understanding

the concept of addiction as an illness that needs to be treated. The emotional

and physical dependency of substances that are abused. This training is

particularly relevant in our context where we are dealing with people living

with HIV/AIDs PLHA who are on ART but are still unable to stop alcohol/ drugs.

JUNE:

Adherence Counselling 28th to 1st June

Most material so far on adherence counselling deals with the clinical

aspect of ART.

Adherence counselling on the other hand is a process that requires 3

or 4 sessions with the counsellor before starting ART for the clients. This

workshop will help the counsellor identify the various aspects that they need to

discuss with the client before ART begins.

It involves the counsellor employing certain skills in handling these

sessions.

JULY: Stress and Anger Management – 26th to 29th JULY

We work in teams and must learn the art of identifying stress and

learn effective ways of relieving the same. Counsellors in most settings - NGOs

or working for the government are involved in building their teams. When

counsellors see illness and death on a regular basis, it is possible for

counsellors to face a burn out.

This workshop will help the counsellor avoid such a situation. Some of these

skills could also be taught for clients who are maybe going through stress too.

Video recording and playback will be used for training purposes.

The workshops will be led by Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Founder of the

Center for Counselling. She has worked as a consultant in counselling training,

and curriculum development, for several organization including TANSACS (Tamil

Nadu State AIDS Control

Society), and the Governments of Bhutan, Myanmar and Thailand.

The Workshop Venue is Center for Counselling Office –

18 Radhakrishnan Salai,

9th Street, 3rd Floor, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004.

Telephone numbers: 044- 42080810/ 9884700174/ 9884100135

Email:info@.../

Total number of participants per workshop is 12.

Workshop cost is Rs 2,500, which includes lunch, Tea and training

materials. Accommodation is not included. However accommodation could be

arranged according to the budget of the participant.

Magdalene Jeyarathnam

Center for Counselling

Chennai

e-mail: <magdalene.jeyarathnam@...>