Thursday, September 18, 2008

Upcoming Counselling Workshops















Center for Counselling in Chennai  announces it’s upcoming counselling workshops

October 2008

Counselling through Human Development

28 Oct Tues to 31 Oct Fri

November 2008 

Handling loss and grief

Nov 28th Fri , 29th Sat and 30th  Sun

December 2008

Crisis Intervention

Dec 27th Sat to Dec 29th Mon

All sessions are 10am to 5pm.

Counselling through Human Development (28th to 31st October) - This workshop will take one through the life-long process of human development. From this workshop one will be able to understand the counselling needs at different stages of human life, and the challenges faced in each stage.

Handling Loss and Grief (28th to 30th  November) - Grief is a natural, healthy process that enables one to recover from terrible emotional wounds. Understanding the nature of grief can help one to better cope with loss. Grief that is left unresolved may trigger depression, alcoholism, drug abuse, or other serious problems.

Crisis Intervention (27th to 29th December) - Crisis intervention can be crucial stage in victims. This workshop will focus on how to help victims confront the reality of what happened, begin to deal with the crisis, go beyond the pain and emotional trauma toward new strength and opportunities for growth and change.


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@centerforcounselling.org

magdalene@centerforcounselling.org

thamilarasi@centerforcounselling.org