tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70820669627970747162024-03-05T04:44:37.408-08:00East West Center for Counselling & Trg., ChennaiOur Workshops/ Training/ FeedbackCenter For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-59117130291161289922023-01-21T23:58:00.001-08:002023-01-21T23:58:56.102-08:00Counselling Skills training workshop - January 2023<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUuGCRny3ciVGR7AxjwRIqp_yEZsUmzmNMzjP8Ot3jRicYPz2yi2dHveQSTXkqQm8ft3YILOUzAbJmhcQ9jnZZZX9KfFoe_RQUinkm1IZi_khNzYSUCnmQ5E4oHdeRhqNIl07JSNtzWNJSIW960KAE_nJ9ODYqmHDv0UgSoa6FZpooc9dtGFoDQzVVrg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="1490" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUuGCRny3ciVGR7AxjwRIqp_yEZsUmzmNMzjP8Ot3jRicYPz2yi2dHveQSTXkqQm8ft3YILOUzAbJmhcQ9jnZZZX9KfFoe_RQUinkm1IZi_khNzYSUCnmQ5E4oHdeRhqNIl07JSNtzWNJSIW960KAE_nJ9ODYqmHDv0UgSoa6FZpooc9dtGFoDQzVVrg" width="245" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 21, 2023 marked the end of a four-day training program by East West Center for Counselling and training for Nirangal and their collaborators. We had 12 participants. The training focused on creating a cohesive group environment and a safe space for our future counsellors among the LBBTQI+ community.</span></span></p><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /></span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The training covered many of the basic concepts of counselling, from counselor skills and relationship building between the client and counsellor, to developing a good counseling atmosphere. Our aim was to provide the participants with the knowledge and experience they need to become successful counsellors.</span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /></span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The collaboration between Nirangal and East West Center for Counselling is an ongoing relationship and this training is just one of many that have been put on in the past. The training was a great success and the participants left with a better understanding of the counselling process and a stronger commitment to the profession.<br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /></span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;" /></span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Counselling is an important part of mental health care and having well-trained professionals is essential to providing quality, compassionate care particularly among the LGBTQI+ community. We are proud of the work we did with Nirangal.</span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkyRvBYPqzhsKomqVaL7PC9GuNlGm-N_z-P5vQkMrkVCQ-bCmb3kmB8XTZc8c9HfGcks5TzmSrvWv4qEr_y83ZmZKQjhA7hm8KAwJ5NwVoF48t4yOVHhbWwJzKitBzJoWAC6yFDONNCc6r/s320/Counselling+workshop+Chennai+%2526+Psychodrama+workshop+Mumbai+2019+%25285%2529.png" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Counselling aids one to express their emotions and it promotes well-being in the society. It facilitates individuals to be self-sufficient and to be connected with social environment and to gain insights about their feelings, thoughts and behavior about oneself. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As there is an increase in day-to-day stress levels, and stress-related illnesses have increased – the numbers who need counselling has also increased. To match the demand for counsellors, East West Center For Counselling and Training organized a workshop for those who have the aptitude and the need to use counselling skills in their work. This was an experiential learning in counselling and it provide an opportunity for the participants to sharpen skills and also to refresh counselling ideas. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Counselling skills training workshop was conducted on 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st October, 2021. The timings of the workshop was from 10 am to 4 pm. A total of 12 participants took part in this workshop. various counselling skills were taught both theoretically and practically. Mock sessions were conducted for the participants to learn and implement the skills learnt. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">Venue: Chennai</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Facilitator:</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Magdalene Jeyarathnam</strong>- Certified Psychodramatist</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">she is an expressive arts therapist and a board certified Psychodramatist and psychodrama trainer. She works with individuals, couples and groups including family groups in India. Magdalene has more than 25 years of experience in working with addiction, HIV/AIDS, and mental health issues, she has worked with several state and central government agencies in India, she has also worked with UNICEF and WHO as consultant on various counselling projects. She is the founder of East West Center for Counselling which is an Expressive arts therapy center providing therapy services to schools, universities and organisations; She also founded the Indian Institute of psychodrama which is the first psychodrama training institute in India, since 2009. She works with corporate trainers, therapists, and those from marginalised communities in India – sex workers, prisoners, People living with HIV, LGBTQ+ communities. She is currently pursuing her doctoral study.</span></p></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29d5t61A4cKzhjcoXqWD4_uM4G0IIty2mZjmexBL-czULBlV7c0Nl_nWexy476vAjNnvS-V9rZABr0ZiMZrT5vPyfhgbNx3hP1V_V7ToWL-mry7qgRu_CGKTA4t4E0gRjxXyXm895hTu0/s1600/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-25+at+4.08.57+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29d5t61A4cKzhjcoXqWD4_uM4G0IIty2mZjmexBL-czULBlV7c0Nl_nWexy476vAjNnvS-V9rZABr0ZiMZrT5vPyfhgbNx3hP1V_V7ToWL-mry7qgRu_CGKTA4t4E0gRjxXyXm895hTu0/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-25+at+4.08.57+PM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_HD_O6pfUqXy2kks3HDZoD24EuucpTSkvM2l1VG9or9Vs1a1WD7j-teLEu9Mp6zG6VfzM3Os0jSluRKyR_B4TfcPT-O1MD-Mrjxd-5QqI8q1mD30iiiFfV2W3HCzqmtl7aWAfdn9bJwb/s1600/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-25+at+4.07.25+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_HD_O6pfUqXy2kks3HDZoD24EuucpTSkvM2l1VG9or9Vs1a1WD7j-teLEu9Mp6zG6VfzM3Os0jSluRKyR_B4TfcPT-O1MD-Mrjxd-5QqI8q1mD30iiiFfV2W3HCzqmtl7aWAfdn9bJwb/w285-h214/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-25+at+4.07.25+PM.jpeg" width="285" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASrgPzPJE9Qg9M-vJnvxrjyvn1pMCI6ILtun7WTyQ8M4lzinX7y0ivLSN7qt_-xd05CvEOhfzpn3fPfD4hL5YpdMv_JETsK67RKYcFeUqmj06CE6FAWsv9h7HD9Z_Qufq1XKtPlWU9xMK/s1600/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-25+at+4.08.10+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASrgPzPJE9Qg9M-vJnvxrjyvn1pMCI6ILtun7WTyQ8M4lzinX7y0ivLSN7qt_-xd05CvEOhfzpn3fPfD4hL5YpdMv_JETsK67RKYcFeUqmj06CE6FAWsv9h7HD9Z_Qufq1XKtPlWU9xMK/w270-h222/WhatsApp+Image+2021-11-25+at+4.08.10+PM.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India13.0826802 80.2707184-15.227553636178845 45.114468400000007 41.392914036178844 115.4269684tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-89014039703495889512021-09-29T04:52:00.003-07:002021-09-29T04:53:54.144-07:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b> <span style="font-family: arial;">STORY OF THE SOUL</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Storytelling is an art that uses facts and narrative to convey something to the audience. Thereby, it enables the individual to embrace and own the story of their lives. Whereas, psychodrama is a deep spontaneous action method that helps the individual to gain insight into their lives. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thus, the combinati<span>o</span>n of the profound personal engagement in storytelling, and the equally profound exploration of image and character uncovered through psychodrama made this 4 session workshop unique and significant. The workshop was conducted on </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6th,13th, 20th, 27th of August 2021 (Fridays) at 6:00pm to 8:00pm. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It was facilitated by Laura Simms and Magdalene Jeyarathnam.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Laura Simms is a</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Storyteller, Writer, Humanitarian, the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Artistic Director of the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center in NY and also the founder of The Center for Engaged Storytelling (new). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Magdalene Jeyarathnam is a </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Certified Psychodramatist, Expressive Arts Therapist and the Director of the Indian Institute of Psychodrama. she is also the Director of the East West Center for Counselling and Training (an Expressive Arts Therapy Center based in Chennai, India); and a co-founder of the Expressive Arts Therapy Association of India.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8t9iTl2Pqvvcy-rRSTocCZgRN4uFthfAXVwEj_N3pXxYtvnSY8brUp7z8MQO7ZRpENjSypOEheqkucBdFb_9zL2mM1LgMS03SfdQh1VKWm4FJaCtGVN-8NgItEwPBA_lT3nH0VB_Hoe1/s2048/Story+of+the+Soul++%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8t9iTl2Pqvvcy-rRSTocCZgRN4uFthfAXVwEj_N3pXxYtvnSY8brUp7z8MQO7ZRpENjSypOEheqkucBdFb_9zL2mM1LgMS03SfdQh1VKWm4FJaCtGVN-8NgItEwPBA_lT3nH0VB_Hoe1/w357-h506/Story+of+the+Soul++%25281%2529.png" width="357" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India13.0826802 80.2707184-58.79026322306791 -60.354292328836053 84.955623623067908 -139.10427087116392tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-34944101003337790872021-07-12T23:49:00.001-07:002021-07-12T23:49:02.138-07:00Teachers retreat workshop at Kodaikannal International School - 8th July 2021<p> <b>East West Center for Counselling and Training </b>in collaboration with <b>Kodaikannal International School</b> conducted a teachers retreat workshop using Expressive Arts Therapy. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1024" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEileiOcw_5oVD6fz-Nii0BNNoezs45DzhCYk3bNJ7GnXAWco8urbmUK5i_AHClt6gGHCBjVLGSIaXKtmJfjcz5rqdQmmBvgfwEnsrUOCSZK95V_KA4ngEJWCVKWv7a49fjflTsoxbqp7hwZ/w640-h334/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-29+at+9.41.29+PM.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>India’s LGBTQ struggle and breaking down diversity barriers</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b>Registration link: <a href="https://forms.gle/er9VDfLYDbLt9KLe6">https://forms.gle/er9VDfLYDbLt9KLe6</a></b></div></div><p></p><p>India – ancient or modern have acknowledged sexual orientation exercisable by an individual though the same have been dogged with struggles of discrimination and criminalization. However, these are changing times and there is an acknowledgement that sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore those with different orientations have a right to live just like anyone else, which is part of the right of life. Multinational research firm IPSOS LGBT+ Pride 2021 Global Survey released this year reflects the changing nature of the Indian Population where sexual orientation reflects identification of at least 2% of the population to genders other than male or female and these include transgender, non-binary, non-conforming, gender-fluid and others. Further the report reflects that about 3% of the Indian Population identify as homosexual and 9% identify as bisexual with 1% as pan sexual and 2% identifying themselves as asexual. Hence we are looking at a population of 17%, which is no mean number, identifying themselves with different genders and sexual orientations. This 17% of the population have had to hide or deny or evade their sexual preferences and identity as society might call them unusual or not in conformity with the ordinary. This struggle with their inner selves has led to several battles with authority, selves society and family, one of which recently culminated into a victory of sorts with the Supreme Court of India decriminalizing Homosexuality and considering any discrimination or criminalization due to sexual orientation to be unconstitutional and an infringement of the rights to autonomy, intimacy, and identity and above all the fundamental right to privacy. The Supreme Court also directed the Government to take all measures to properly broadcast this message among the public to eliminate the stigma members of the LGBTQ community face.</p><p>Today CII-IWN bring in this very important discussion where though the judgment did open a world of possibilities for this group, the societal acceptance has not changed. The discrimination continues and acceptance of sexual orientation to be a right by choice and preference is not forthcoming. Individuals struggle and hesitate to come out or freely live their sexual orientations and paths or support partners they have come to love. This hesitation is more identifiable or visible at the workplace. Today as the discussion on diversity has taken greater proportions and there is recognition of the fact that workplace has no place for one section or only a singular population to be visible, this dialogue or discussion on diversity needs to encompass that diversity is about humanity, it is about visibility and its about acceptance that an individual is known for their accomplishments or talents, they be identified for their work and their paths and the same should have little to do with gender, sexual orientation, class or caste.</p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-61787350111502930032021-06-23T01:11:00.001-07:002021-06-23T01:11:19.511-07:00Breaking the Silence: PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATION- 30th June 2021 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAQVpDPgfl-X29nUBObGQy6QBcF362suK3S94VVlK38Sw2OBxJJBhtKvaYStiGf3qASshGuq6WHpnhnniz2PMXfK4NZtvVw7ZgJgIucChXsjwRPHKll7VNR5jYXNV9CnSdoLwiIyyD9Om/s600/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-23+at+9.41.48+AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAQVpDPgfl-X29nUBObGQy6QBcF362suK3S94VVlK38Sw2OBxJJBhtKvaYStiGf3qASshGuq6WHpnhnniz2PMXfK4NZtvVw7ZgJgIucChXsjwRPHKll7VNR5jYXNV9CnSdoLwiIyyD9Om/w640-h214/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-23+at+9.41.48+AM.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General Chennai cordially invites you, your friends, and colleagues to our Pride Month commemoration program “Breaking The Silence,” that includes a screening of American Film Showcase (AFS) short documentary “Share” followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers Barna Szasz and Ellie Wen and protagonist Tim Chau. Moderated by Magdalene Jeyarathnam, Expressive Arts Therapist & Psychodramatist the discussion will focus on LGBTQIA+ perspectives on identity, family, and communication. </p><p><b>Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 </b></p><p><b>Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. </b></p><p>All interested individuals are requested to register at <a href="http://bit.ly/BTSJ30">CLICK HERE </a> with their First Name, Last Name, College/University Name, Contact Number, Email Id, and City to receive an invitation for the film screening and discussion. Registered participants will be provided a ticket to watch the short documentary anytime between June 26 9:30 a.m. IST to June 30 10:00 p.m. IST via Eventive platform. Please register at the earliest as the slots are limited and participation is on first-come-first-served basis. </p><p>About the American Film Showcase (AFS): The American Film Showcase brings award-winning contemporary American documentaries, independent fiction films, and documentary know-how to audiences around the world, offering a view of American society and culture as seen by independent filmmakers. Funded by a grant from the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and produced by the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA), the Showcase highlights the value of film in fostering understanding and cooperation, dialogue and debate. </p><p> About AFS documentary “Share”: Share is a short documentary following Tim, an Asian-American 18-year-old, who has 3 million followers on Instagram (@3.1415). He lives online, grabbing his phone first thing in the morning and even taking baths with it sometimes. Although Tim usually shares funny memes on his massively popular page, he occasionally posts about mental health. As the film explores his reason for these posts, we discover that he has created a different identity for himself online than in real life. Will he be able to reconcile the two identities? Tackling issues of identity, family, and communication, the film is a heart-breaking yet ultimately uplifting story about a Generation Z teenager at an important crossroad in his life. </p><p> </p><p>For any questions or clarifications write to ChennaiAmCenter@state.gov. We look forward to seeing you all at the screening and panel discussion. </p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-14241034244545211372021-06-21T21:16:00.002-07:002021-06-21T21:16:40.598-07:00Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy - Transgenerational Trauma <p>East West Center for counselling & Training conducted a joint diploma program with the Department of Psychology, Women’s Christian College (WCC), Chennai offering Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy (DEAT). Expressive Arts Therapy (EAT) is an integrated approach that combines modules of Psychodrama, Art therapy, Dance/ movement therapy, storytelling as therapy, Music therapy, Counselling, and Expressive Arts Therapy.</p><p>On the 21st of June 2021, <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hande Karakılıç Üçer </strong><span style="font-family: times, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.6667px;">Psychiatrist & </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Psychodramatist - Expressive Arts Therapist from Turkey facilitated a one day online session for the Diploma students of batch 9 & 10 on the topic <b>Transgenerational Trauma. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc26-9DggF9VlSo1FxulPNwQN8biwVn3GsXMyOU_o3c-Ukf1rUbv6NTv7wrs2lT_fCVs-mVs2jGt8-rknnKnjx1LmEvtYkR4aVAiMUCTG0HjsOypfLl9nmPqIzMqdFospjOEBG_yuFk0N/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-21+at+1.27.21+PM+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="723" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc26-9DggF9VlSo1FxulPNwQN8biwVn3GsXMyOU_o3c-Ukf1rUbv6NTv7wrs2lT_fCVs-mVs2jGt8-rknnKnjx1LmEvtYkR4aVAiMUCTG0HjsOypfLl9nmPqIzMqdFospjOEBG_yuFk0N/w640-h362/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-21+at+1.27.21+PM+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-4004462614112932912021-06-16T03:02:00.001-07:002021-06-16T03:02:09.768-07:00Mental health of LGBTQ through the pandemic - 16th June 2021<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <b>East West center for counselling and training</b> in collaboration with <b>Nirangal </b>is conducting a session in celebration of <i><b>PRIDE MONTH. </b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Title:</b> Mental health of LGBTQ through the pandemic</p><p><b>Time:</b> 5 pm to 6.30 pm</p><p><b>Platform</b>: Google meet (online)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #111111;">Expressive Arts Therapy is the practice of using storytelling, singing, instrumental music, movement and dance, drama, and visual arts, all together; in an integrated way, to foster human growth, development, and healing. </span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: verdana;">It is predicated on the assumption that people can heal through use of imagination and the various forms of creative expression and is an inter-modal therapeutic discipline in which the therapist and client may move freely between drawing, dancing, music, drama, poetry, etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ef; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ef; color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dates: </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #111111; font-family: verdana;">June 2021 : 26th, 27th</span></p><p><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">July 2021: 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Timing: 2 pm to 5 pm </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Course fee: Rs 10,000 + GST</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For further details contact us 9884700104/ 9884700106</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Email us: training@centerforcounselling.org </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiNS5zUku-K4AGqvl7WKp2EHnGuX4BS7YGZxIab48BAHGg98VQf7COtdcsnm6F0cCc38gEpDKXxZA2F00j9xhl8HKjV2AjB-VSRl_3VuYMXfdNRTCvEN8Yq4zM-La4-F_LhCMvT7OBgCT/s2000/Exploratory+Expressive+Arts+Therapy+%25284%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiNS5zUku-K4AGqvl7WKp2EHnGuX4BS7YGZxIab48BAHGg98VQf7COtdcsnm6F0cCc38gEpDKXxZA2F00j9xhl8HKjV2AjB-VSRl_3VuYMXfdNRTCvEN8Yq4zM-La4-F_LhCMvT7OBgCT/w283-h400/Exploratory+Expressive+Arts+Therapy+%25284%2529.png" width="283" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-12185028982329686622021-06-01T02:10:00.001-07:002021-06-01T02:10:41.724-07:00Art therapy sessions for children- Every Saturday<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b><u>EAST WEST CENTER FOR COUNSELLING AND TRAINING </u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKbixS_Tg6QT7q6E3yoXHrGCQbfIMyYrfiK7lixMVBwQPSR9KrkjP_9d7_9CQvlX6qjNSfeIArwIwdMI-2UoYIFXuAElD6ZTngaauv6miyORowV8P6qwje8-n79quvB8QEocKS-ohBBjs/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-01+at+12.16.02+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKbixS_Tg6QT7q6E3yoXHrGCQbfIMyYrfiK7lixMVBwQPSR9KrkjP_9d7_9CQvlX6qjNSfeIArwIwdMI-2UoYIFXuAElD6ZTngaauv6miyORowV8P6qwje8-n79quvB8QEocKS-ohBBjs/w283-h400/WhatsApp+Image+2021-06-01+at+12.16.02+PM.jpeg" width="283" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff9ef; color: #111111; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These expressive art group sessions help children become aware of their emotions and enables them to manage and regulate it. This is a safe space to express themselves through the medium of art.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>REQUIREMENTS:</b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Basic Art Materials (colors pencils/ crayons, A4 paper, pencil, eraser)</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">AGE GROUP: 10 to 15 years</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">DATE: Every Saturday</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TIMING: 10:00 am - 11:30 am</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PLATFORM: Zoom</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">FEE: Rs.100 (per child for one session)</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><a href="https://forms.gle/XPM8rPMf9VjPU4DG9" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</a></strong></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>For further information kindly contact us on 9884700104/ 9884700106</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ef; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Email us : training@centerforcounselling.org/ centerforcounselling@gmail.com</b></span></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-43175992990900563652021-05-15T02:13:00.005-07:002021-05-21T01:08:02.821-07:00Exploring Fairytales through Psychodrama<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; text-align: center;">Indian Institute of Psychodrama</strong><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; text-align: center;">in collaboration with the</span><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; text-align: center;">World Storytelling Institute</strong><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; text-align: center;">is announcing a 5 weekend workshop on “</span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #ffa400;">Exploring Fairytales through Psychodrama</span></i></strong><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; text-align: center;">” </span><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"> A workshop via Zoom – Ten three-hour sessions</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Mulish, sans-serif" style="color: #111111;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Dates</b>: 29th and 30th May and all weekends in June (5th, 6th, 12th 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><b>Timing</b>: 8:30 to 11:30 AM (New York- USA) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"> 2:30 to 5:30 PM (Rome- Italy)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (IST)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">For further information, click </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/exploring-fairytales-through-psychodrama/" style="background-color: #01ffff;">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/exploring-fairytales-through-psychodrama/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Facilitators:</b> Eric Miller and Magdalene Jeyarathnam</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Eric would assist participants to bring to mind and think about the kinds of stories mentioned above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Magdalene as the Psychodrama director would facilitate re-enactment of the characters and symbols from the fairytales. This process assists participants to explore, and find deep messages and interpretations from their stories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;"><u style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></u></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Mulish, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;"><u style="box-sizing: inherit;">About the Workshop</u></strong></div></div></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The classic oral tradition fairytales now known world-wide came into being primarily in Europe, Scandinavia, and the Slavic countries in the centuries after Christianity was implemented, and are composed in-part of re-cycled pre-Christian Goddess lore (note the fairy godmothers, the old women who live in the forest and who have special powers, etc). Fairytales tend to concern the need for the feminine principle (feelings, fertility, nature, love, connection) to join the masculine principle in order to create mature individuals and cultures. Fairytales take place in a magical realm in which all matter can be transformed instantly. This realm is the opposite of the laborious, mechanical, scientific realm. In fairytales, just wishing can make it so (sometimes). </span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">The principle of reciprocity is paramount in these stories: Mother Nature rewards kind and generous characters; while greedy characters come to bad ends. Fairytales are mostly coming-of-age stories. Early in a fairytale, the protagonist may seem to be a failure. The protagonist can’t do things like everyone else can — often due to being dense and/or authentic. This sometimes leads to the protagonist being sent away from home. Fairytales present the adventures of young people struggling to make their ways in the world. In spite of obstacles and pitfalls, fairytale protagonists may accomplish tasks, and gain wisdom and wealth. The protagonist may undergo trials which may lead to inner and/or outer transformations. These stories often portray suffering and renewal, and loss and finding of fortune — and of self. Protagonists of fairytales often move to the next stage of life with help from magical allies — friends and teachers found along the way are often essential to the protagonist’s success. The fairytale protagonist often has a deep connection with the natural and supernatural worlds. For example, this character can often understand animal languages. Fairytales typically end with the protagonist’s marriage. Having earned a treasure and a wonderful life-partner, the protagonist is now on track to “live happily ever after”.<br /></span><span><span style="background-color: white;">In this Workshop we would work with nine stories: five fairytales collected by the Grimm brothers in Germany in the early 1800s, one traditional story from England about fairies, and three stories from India. The list of stories is</span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </em><span class="has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #8ed1fc;"><a href="http://here." style="background-color: #01ffff;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.3s; transition-property: all; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;">here</span></em>.</a></span></span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through Psychodrama we would seek to enact and experience the issues, conflicts, and choices of the characters of the stories, and we would seek to discover related elements in our own lives. In the process we might come to understand various perspectives and as a result might gain more empathy and compassion towards ourselves and those around us</span></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWIAFBA05DmHqoqauiRKTKm8j9AnvLyWeWLdsLOCGHtuOGIliKYazS94g5CIETCc6wbl8JyImvIKSYHBya4fJi84cZu95SgSQCOJEaStZ54DqtQhLG_UDVTSKROMgc3gLTGyt3bSFoDx2/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-05-14+at+5.37.47+PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWIAFBA05DmHqoqauiRKTKm8j9AnvLyWeWLdsLOCGHtuOGIliKYazS94g5CIETCc6wbl8JyImvIKSYHBya4fJi84cZu95SgSQCOJEaStZ54DqtQhLG_UDVTSKROMgc3gLTGyt3bSFoDx2/w290-h409/WhatsApp+Image+2021-05-14+at+5.37.47+PM.jpeg" width="290" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMts-c25rGmx1NGUvJn3Imc89SVSEbRO4vNcaHDpu8caRosPR1RpuGWXW6yRk1ORDEaVii4CaaJ4f4JvGmULs-wC-aO_XWJW64QIVieFnJuGfAmyD6K9vvvZBTBT5wtKrWS6uMMtbx3vN/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-05-14+at+5.37.47+PM+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMts-c25rGmx1NGUvJn3Imc89SVSEbRO4vNcaHDpu8caRosPR1RpuGWXW6yRk1ORDEaVii4CaaJ4f4JvGmULs-wC-aO_XWJW64QIVieFnJuGfAmyD6K9vvvZBTBT5wtKrWS6uMMtbx3vN/w297-h421/WhatsApp+Image+2021-05-14+at+5.37.47+PM+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="297" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-49666267298066045302021-03-15T04:36:00.001-07:002021-03-15T04:36:14.400-07:00Experiential session on Expressive arts therapy <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">East West Center for counselling &
Training conducted a joint diploma program with the Department of Psychology,
Women’s Christian College (WCC), Chennai offering Diploma in Expressive Arts
Therapy (DEAT). Expressive Arts Therapy (EAT) is an integrated approach that
combines modules of Psychodrama, Art therapy, Dance/ movement therapy,
storytelling as therapy, Music therapy, Counselling, and Expressive Arts
Therapy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On the 11th and 12th of March, a
presentation was held in the Women's Christian College campus where students
from batches 7 and 8 of DEAT explained their Project work to an audience
chaired by Ms. Magdalene Jeyarathnam, along with Assistant Professor Sruthi
from the Department of Psychology, WCC. Among the audience were students from
the 9th batch of DEAT and interns at the East West Centre who also got an
opportunity to assess the presentations and gained an experiential exposure
into the field of Expressive Arts Therapy through the various activities
conducted by the presenters to demonstrate their work with their respective
target groups. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94dLcy0VLKmNfNuj6lE6JJazPvTlYnEBJu672hPQi_gLDIVypJStAmco-j3wj7OGCN7I0mUyqy-fZUraa9kuCz04du8-GdvQqFw-Cd7BVY-RAyTF9QH1C9YjSlsfi5lcx2v7esuL-JPQR/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-03-13+at+12.25.15+PM+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94dLcy0VLKmNfNuj6lE6JJazPvTlYnEBJu672hPQi_gLDIVypJStAmco-j3wj7OGCN7I0mUyqy-fZUraa9kuCz04du8-GdvQqFw-Cd7BVY-RAyTF9QH1C9YjSlsfi5lcx2v7esuL-JPQR/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2021-03-13+at+12.25.15+PM+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8L8hGp0dWgfuE1SnPxP5A7p2X70XK1hZyDj4-2K6cTiI_qtgUATvMZ6TQsVINK4xs_fVQakeb9U4IkotkkIzpZ6Qv94Mw_cOU72aT0f45YMM09W8WUbUIO85tzXlUP9UciZ_X5WDzvcS/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-03-13+at+12.25.16+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8L8hGp0dWgfuE1SnPxP5A7p2X70XK1hZyDj4-2K6cTiI_qtgUATvMZ6TQsVINK4xs_fVQakeb9U4IkotkkIzpZ6Qv94Mw_cOU72aT0f45YMM09W8WUbUIO85tzXlUP9UciZ_X5WDzvcS/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2021-03-13+at+12.25.16+PM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Some of the presentations were on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Enhancement of self esteem among Middle
Adolescents using EAT;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Enhancement of Self-esteem and Academic
Self Confidence through EAT interventions in Adolescents;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Effectiveness of EAT interventions in
improving communication skills of young children;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Creating free space for children to develop
mindfulness skills using yoga and creative arts;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Enhancement of Self esteem and Self Concept
in early Adolescent girls using EAT;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">EAT for preteens who have experienced
bullying or peer rejection;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Impact of EAT in overcoming homesickness
among residential school children in their early adolescence;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Well-being in transformation: an expressive
arts intervention to look at individual's identity in relation to ecosystem
contributing to well being;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Enhancing emotional health and diminishing
psychological distress in adults working in NGOs through EAT;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Impact of EAT and well-being through
creativity in a population of expatriate women in Chennai;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Enhancing resilience through EAT among
children exposed to traumatic situations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">12th of March also marked the closure of
Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy for its 9th batch which became a memorable
day for the students who had taken up the course as they bid farewell to each
other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-3184033426928336122021-02-12T23:05:00.005-08:002021-02-16T03:06:22.937-08:00Gender Talks- Mental health and LGBTQIA community, 19th February 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Gender Talks</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Ms. Magdalene Jeyarathnam has been invited to facilitate a discussion on the topic "Mental Health and LGBTQIA </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">community".</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"> This program is organized by Nirangal Organization, Department of Women's studies Bharathidasan University and Open space foundation for the 19th February 2021 from 2 pm to 3.30 pm.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwyDil3L0iUnCpwxCcxeVikNMT-9rwd3Rh7v7xFvwWQfDHXPKr3FDzBZZxCceuv4mGpYlKFM6brhawkSJBoAS7XhMFzu4iNV1lBK-F2ytd1FMAs_08R3Esq0RJkTuxMfbrDWjVWsom06x/s2015/GenderTalk+English+%25234+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1654" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwyDil3L0iUnCpwxCcxeVikNMT-9rwd3Rh7v7xFvwWQfDHXPKr3FDzBZZxCceuv4mGpYlKFM6brhawkSJBoAS7XhMFzu4iNV1lBK-F2ytd1FMAs_08R3Esq0RJkTuxMfbrDWjVWsom06x/w526-h640/GenderTalk+English+%25234+%25281%2529.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-59613039287968869422021-02-11T21:30:00.000-08:002021-02-11T21:30:16.804-08:00Online experiential course on Introduction to Play Therapy, March 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Online experiential course on Introduction to Play Therapy</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">East West Center for Counselling and Training is conducting a <span style="text-align: left;">4 weekend experiential course on Introduction to Play Therapy. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="text-align: left;">This 4 weekends Play therapy training for therapists interested to use Play in their Therapy sessions.</strong></p>
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<p>The training only aims at providing an overview of play therapy concepts and the toolkit, the training will be conducted over four weekends in March 2021, with 3 hours of training on each day of training.</p>
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<p>The entire training will be conducted online. As Play Therapy involves a lot of tactile and kinesthetic elements as part of the toolkit, participants will be required to bring specific materials for each session, failing which, they cannot participate in the hands-on exercises and activities which in turn form the basis for experiential learning.</p><p>Facilitator: Ms. Mina Dilip, certified Play Therapist from Leeds Beckett University, UK, in affiliation with the Association for Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC) and Play Therapy United Kingdom (PTUK).</p><p>For further details visit our website: <a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/online-certificate-course-on-play-therapy-march-2021/">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/online-certificate-course-on-play-therapy-march-2021/</a></p><p>Contact us on 9884700104/ 9884700106</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDUzcfnjTCQllFMXoZwUOCf5H3LVfbF3ChtiPGaUWCx6Rd_nhKa9QfcAfi2Lh7qUpSOHyWu0eHGa_m59T1B0LhEh9oEoZNNVPRwpruckpRNFWze69x-fke78Dj2qzMDeDC7cfVAnTMVNi/s849/PLAY+THERAPY-+Series+V+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigDUzcfnjTCQllFMXoZwUOCf5H3LVfbF3ChtiPGaUWCx6Rd_nhKa9QfcAfi2Lh7qUpSOHyWu0eHGa_m59T1B0LhEh9oEoZNNVPRwpruckpRNFWze69x-fke78Dj2qzMDeDC7cfVAnTMVNi/w452-h640/PLAY+THERAPY-+Series+V+%25283%2529.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-25473943914858803282021-02-10T23:02:00.003-08:002021-02-10T23:02:22.517-08:00Loving Ourselves: Mental health & Self-care for Queer and Trans People<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBCqY_U8g_rTOMY9v9BD370VVyW4SOYaDPb72cFL_hB1H9lN0wYfbMKXxZEULmqeylx_coYwelRON0V4ky3oxvJXorqLxfWjK7oVj2VNg4Xf1k1bbNh_RIeXHGYFpemtOsyP2235GEFHR/s640/ed_graphic_banner_magdalene.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBCqY_U8g_rTOMY9v9BD370VVyW4SOYaDPb72cFL_hB1H9lN0wYfbMKXxZEULmqeylx_coYwelRON0V4ky3oxvJXorqLxfWjK7oVj2VNg4Xf1k1bbNh_RIeXHGYFpemtOsyP2235GEFHR/s320/ed_graphic_banner_magdalene.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Valentine's Day and discussions of love and romance elicit mixed emotions in the LGBTIQA+ communities.</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr">While some of us look forward to celebrating the day with our significant others, for others the day seems no more than a ploy to reinforce heteronormative ideals and further consumer capitalism.<br /><br />Further, memories of relationships that have ended, discomfort with being single, peer pressure, and/or projection of coupledom as a universal life goal, can all contribute to angst, the blues, or worse.<br /><b><br />Magdalene Jeyarathnam,</b> a noted queer- and trans- affirmative counselor, will facilitate a discussion on romantic relationships, singledom, self-care and coping with the V-day frenzy. Participants are encouraged to share their feelings and seek support in a non-judgmental and affirming environment.<br /><br />Saturday, February 13, 2021: 3pm-5pm. Register online at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://tinyurl.com/saathii-feb13&source=gmail&ust=1613109028626000&usg=AFQjCNHT79U7DrlMZvuv9YlWEuvgN9XmLg" href="http://tinyurl.com/saathii-feb13" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">tinyurl.com/saathii-feb13</a>. <br /><br />For more information, email <a href="mailto:leoganguly@saathii.org" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">leoganguly@saathii.org</a> or call +91 99588 95350</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#mentalhealth</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#love</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#wellness</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#selfcare</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#healing</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#queer</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#lgbtqcommunity</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="ql-hashtag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#inclusionmatters</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> </p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-20152817154470481642021-01-31T22:03:00.001-08:002021-01-31T22:03:10.156-08:00I'll show you mine if you show me yours: Working experientially with couples, February 2021<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">I'll show you mine if you show me yours: Working experientially with couples</i></b></p><p><b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Indian Institute of Psychodrama </i>is beginning their S<b>ERIES IV- </b><i><b>I'll show you mine if you show me yours: Working experientially with couples</b> </i>this February 2021<i>. </i>This course is a </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">3-weekend online training for counselors and therapists and other professionals to learn how to move couples from conflict to connection. Working with a couple can be challenging unless both partners are prepared to be vulnerable and share their early wounding. In this workshop we will experience creative ways to guide partners to greater understanding and compassion for self so they can share their vulnerabilities with each other. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>The goal is to externalize their wounded child(ren) so they can get on with the healing process.</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>ALL THERAPISTS AND COUNSELLORS WORKING WITH COUPLES AND RELATIONSHIP ISSUES ARE WELCOME TO JOIN.</i></b></span></p><p><i style="font-size: large;"><b>Dates: </b>6th, 7th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th February 2021</i></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Time:</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>5.30 pm to 8.30 pm Kolkata</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>1 pm – 4 pm Rome</i></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>7 am – 10 am New York</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Facilitators:</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Pamela Goffman</b>, LCSW, TEP, CIRT, Psychotherapist, Psychodramatist and Imago Relationship Therapist.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Ms. Magdalene Jeyarathnam</b>, MSW, CP</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i></i></span></p><p>For further details visit our website: <a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/3-weekends-in-feb-2021-series-iv-working-with-couples/">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/3-weekends-in-feb-2021-series-iv-working-with-couples/</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Diploma in Psychodrama & Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy </b></p><p> “High bred teaching programmes” Dr Daniela Simons president of American Society of group psychotherapy and psychodrama, teaches our diploma students of psychodrama and Expressive arts therapy on 22nd to 24th January 2021.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQhq9sFTNZLPGMvgJu20701hlS4yiqCaMvKlCnZcEQfPRbUwPfvtWXkYBIvLNWTergASHpiDsNc1HzzGSAN2NFzR_PV_hKX6X1jPR-LZ_lCJlObN6_rkcVRlWVlejJGozdFDfSJ0xe5b8/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-01-24+at+10.43.35+AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQhq9sFTNZLPGMvgJu20701hlS4yiqCaMvKlCnZcEQfPRbUwPfvtWXkYBIvLNWTergASHpiDsNc1HzzGSAN2NFzR_PV_hKX6X1jPR-LZ_lCJlObN6_rkcVRlWVlejJGozdFDfSJ0xe5b8/w225-h400/WhatsApp+Image+2021-01-24+at+10.43.35+AM.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-65434155440586282382021-01-13T23:22:00.007-08:002021-01-19T21:31:19.816-08:00Colorful Serendipity- A fortunate discovery of Self, January 28th- 29th 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><b><i> <span style="background-color: black;">Colorful Serendipity- A fortunate discovery of Self </span></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>“Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing.”</b></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><b style="font-size: large;"> –Julia Cameron</b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: black;"></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><i>East West center for counselling and training </i>is</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"> conducting a 2 day workshop on discovering oneself using Expressive Arts Therapy. This workshop is opened to all those who would like to explore Expressive Arts Therapy. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Dates: 28th, 29th January 2021</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Time: 10.30 am - 12.30 pm </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">For further details visit our website: <a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/colorful-serendipity-fortunate-discovery-of-self/">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/colorful-serendipity-fortunate-discovery-of-self/</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Contact us on 9884700104/ 9884700106</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsCNHgMzB6kiUGmnS2e8qlNY-ZbgLy6WgqhgSC4hfZGNf8bMcF35b5lGJwdDZJKLFPJRXnGuB7zNymI7QV4k3O141yeXsuxHoamQGOzugxaGnthT6dNITtZNRvOODG5uRqxT8RhLM6tsW/s2000/Expressive+Arts+Therapy+-+January+2021+%25282%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsCNHgMzB6kiUGmnS2e8qlNY-ZbgLy6WgqhgSC4hfZGNf8bMcF35b5lGJwdDZJKLFPJRXnGuB7zNymI7QV4k3O141yeXsuxHoamQGOzugxaGnthT6dNITtZNRvOODG5uRqxT8RhLM6tsW/w452-h640/Expressive+Arts+Therapy+-+January+2021+%25282%2529.png" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-23667188756256264922021-01-05T22:13:00.003-08:002021-01-05T22:13:24.879-08:00Diploma course in Expressive Arts Therapy- BATCH 10 <p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Diploma course in Expressive Arts Therapy- Batch 10</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">The course is a 1 year Diploma that have modules as Psychodrama, Art therapy, Dance/ movement therapy, storytelling as therapy, Music therapy, Counselling, and Expressive Arts Therapy.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a 14 credits course. You will cover 300 hours class work, 50 hours in assignments, 70 hours on your project, 10 hours of supervision and 40 hours of personal therapy. This is a total of 470 hours.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></span><b style="background-color: #fcff01; font-size: xx-large;">ADMISSIONS ARE OPEN !!!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Website: <a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/deat/">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/deat/</a></span></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSeIVtJHmBG5x93Dt-SN9JWATLLvY7Ea1fmhhC7YH0xjmOJYIcKGBjdY9ljNHaTRmWSJeDgfya2BswEVRkpAxzJq-jg5q-3ZNMebxgAQ5nMzMUQS5HPpqyzdj3st1cHX82_HB_z3Yg2f2/s555/DEAT+flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="392" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSeIVtJHmBG5x93Dt-SN9JWATLLvY7Ea1fmhhC7YH0xjmOJYIcKGBjdY9ljNHaTRmWSJeDgfya2BswEVRkpAxzJq-jg5q-3ZNMebxgAQ5nMzMUQS5HPpqyzdj3st1cHX82_HB_z3Yg2f2/w452-h640/DEAT+flyer.jpg" width="452" /></a></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-13598366844665889052021-01-05T21:53:00.006-08:002021-01-05T21:58:19.181-08:00Certificate course on Storytelling and Psychodrama (40 hours), January & February 2021<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #9fc5e8;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Storytelling and Psychodrama- 40 hour certificate course, January 2021</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #9fc5e8;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Indian Institute of Psychodrama in collaboration with World Storytelling Institute </i></b>presents a 40 hour certificate course on Storytelling and Psychodrama this January 2021. This course will consist of 11 session spread across January and February, where two days of training will take place in each week. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The major goal of the course is to dramatize their personal story/ parallel story / their personal healing story. Participants would be enabled to</span><span style="font-size: large;"> explore, and to find meanings, interpretations, and messages in their stories through Psychodrama (which is dramatizing through roles).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Dates: </b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jan: 13th, 15th/ 20th, 22nd/ 27th, 29th/ </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Feb: 3rd, 5th/ 10th, 12th/ 17th </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Time:</b> 5 pm to 8 pm (3 hours)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Structure of the course:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">40 hours</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">11 (3 hour) Classroom Sessions = 33 hours.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">7 hours of Fieldwork = 7 hours.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Facilitators: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i><b>Dr Eric Miller, Folklorist </b></i>and Counsellor (PhD in Folklore, MSc in Psychology).Director, World Storytelling Institute .</span><span>World Storytelling Institute facilitates training in, performance of, and discussion about, forms of storytelling. Storytelling, in the literal sense of the word, involves social events in which participants can give near-instantaneous feedback to each other. Other ways of presenting stories are of secondary interest to us.<a href="http://(https://storytellinginstitute.org/#stp)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Ms. Magdalene Jeyarathnam</i></b>, Founder Director of Indian Institute of Psychodrama, She is an Expressive Arts therapist and board certified Psychodramatist. She is currently completing her PEP Certification, she is in the international committee of ASGPP and is also on the board of directors of International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Process (IAGP).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDa34LZqzHWySnI_PA8JuP0u0pyPyrgjeolLztEIIU1du0HZsew16G480vsHDkPIm9632f5NDv3viLsb4tHYAFriprld7PrZ6c_ftalVSG4a2cz4uAlLb0pF5-bB0Ke__iqhyMuW9V0xJ/s2048/Storytelling+therapy+in+Psychodrama+-+40+HOUR++%25284%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDa34LZqzHWySnI_PA8JuP0u0pyPyrgjeolLztEIIU1du0HZsew16G480vsHDkPIm9632f5NDv3viLsb4tHYAFriprld7PrZ6c_ftalVSG4a2cz4uAlLb0pF5-bB0Ke__iqhyMuW9V0xJ/w452-h640/Storytelling+therapy+in+Psychodrama+-+40+HOUR++%25284%2529.png" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-33395283784586987512021-01-05T03:28:00.002-08:002021-01-05T03:28:49.076-08:00Christmas special workshop - Expressive Arts Therapy, December 2020<p><b>E<span style="font-size: medium;">ast West Center For Counselling and Training</span></b> conducted a 2 day introductory online workshop on Expressive Arts Therapy, an exclusive Christmas gift for all those who are interested to know of art and its therapeutic effect on them. There was a total of 7 participants who attended this 2 day workshop on Expressive Arts Therapy. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">A chance to help your self uncover parts of “You” through Expressive Arts therapy this Christmas</span></b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Website:</span><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/christmas-special-is-here/">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/christmas-special-is-here/</a></span></b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b></b></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCevYLAndWdF_jhjBy1GA9MV5dyREJQdZ7Y4PsI5gnkfSzPGOzTOPGYYhga2TscTTp1aWRWyrofhJMh8aTJzmuojOE17YovzHrB2ms5OW1FUikp4fqHQAtwVNT3c3c4PFv4bx7dvK-Pqnq/s2000/Expression+through+Arts%252C+December+2020+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCevYLAndWdF_jhjBy1GA9MV5dyREJQdZ7Y4PsI5gnkfSzPGOzTOPGYYhga2TscTTp1aWRWyrofhJMh8aTJzmuojOE17YovzHrB2ms5OW1FUikp4fqHQAtwVNT3c3c4PFv4bx7dvK-Pqnq/w452-h640/Expression+through+Arts%252C+December+2020+%25281%2529.png" width="452" /></a></b></i></div><i><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-90668910729972212642021-01-05T03:20:00.003-08:002021-01-05T03:20:23.069-08:00Integrating Body work in Counselling : SERIES- I in August & September 2020<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Integrating Body work in Counselling</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">East West Center for Counselling and Training began a series with counselling and other art forms used as therapeutic tools in August & September 2020</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">This series was for 4 weekend “<i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">An Online Certificate course on using Dance Movement Therapy in trauma informed approach to Counselling”</span>. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trauma can leave one feeling disconnected from their body, their families and the world around them (Levine, 2010). “Trauma can be defined as a sudden and forceful event or prolonged exposure to stressful life events which overtime overwhelms a person’s ability to respond. Trauma need not always involve actual physical harm to oneself; an event can be traumatic if it contradicts one’s worldview and overpowers one’s ability to cope where one’s sense of safety, hope and agency have severely been compromised. “ A trauma-informed approach comes from understanding the body-mind connection and how the impact of trauma affects the nervous system ,the brain’s neurological processes and emotional regulation. Addressing trauma by integrating body work in counselling can facilitate resource activation and healing processes.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inviting all mental health practitioners and counsellors who wish to integrate arts in their work.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Facilitators: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Katia Verreault</b></i> – Group facilitator, dance movement therapist, dance instructor and Founder of A Moving World-We dance</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Magdalene Jeyarathnam</i></b>, Founder Director of East West Center for Counselling and Training</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYs43LBFBpPPVy47WowcRWKtQhkoePPlzVRc31h2bNDKLbEvPkKj1ERO42cwRRDu1JJPULOZxKRpqYjuLcqD4RmFBRqk5xgOidsVRFw326dDAv_LZtls4FiHrcfIuc1GGOJvUEzvad77BG/s940/Counselling+skills+and+DMT.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYs43LBFBpPPVy47WowcRWKtQhkoePPlzVRc31h2bNDKLbEvPkKj1ERO42cwRRDu1JJPULOZxKRpqYjuLcqD4RmFBRqk5xgOidsVRFw326dDAv_LZtls4FiHrcfIuc1GGOJvUEzvad77BG/w640-h536/Counselling+skills+and+DMT.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-2168711414158740132021-01-04T23:19:00.004-08:002021-01-04T23:26:02.364-08:00SERIES II - Integrating Visual Arts for healing in Counselling Children, October & November 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large;"> Integrating Visual Arts for Healing in Counselling</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">East West Center for Counselling and Training conducted </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Series II- </span><span>Integrating Visual Arts for Healing in Counselling</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>“A trauma informed approach using arts in counselling with children”</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>This is a 4 weekend </span><span>course which was conducted in the month of October and November 2020. The course introduced skills and techniques of using visual art for healing in a trauma informed approach in counselling children. The training paves way to an experiential learning which increased </span><span>practitioners</span><span> tool kit for working with children. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Visual Art and collages give way to understand and expression of the extent of emotions and feelings experienced by the individual or the creator near to perfection than in verbal expressions. Individuals having trouble verbalizing what they are feeling, can mirror their emotions through spontaneous collage. For individuals who are more visually oriented to see and perceive better. Children whose linguistic skill are still developing can use collage to express themselves better. Art is easy, quick, safe and less intimidating to the client who are new or who feel resistant toward Therapy, It does not need specific skill sets, yet tends to be very insightful. It gives the creator a sense of contentment in the end of creating something of themselves which is psychically concrete to feel and see. Facilitates catharsis and self-exploration. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Facilitators:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Mulish, sans-serif"><b>Ms. Roshni Bhatia</b>, Artist and Art Therapist (Bangalore, India)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Mulish, sans-serif"><b>Magdalene Jeyarathnam(Course Director)</b> – Expressive Arts Therapist and Certified Psychodramatist</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Mulish, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Mulish, sans-serif">Website: <a href="https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/integrating-visual-arts-for-healing-in-counselling/">https://centerforcounselling.org/portfolio/integrating-visual-arts-for-healing-in-counselling/</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWPFtpkkh7d61Zr-nPMV-Y65uekPZQwhq5tu7ItuiJmbGiyjT2FHfQd2bX-iIAoxhmKzp-weyx6581_ishyphenhyphen00tRv6rgvWJaenjzqw-3SUD_VBY8hjjd8mzLfiEURr0-WxEIgPK8mT7GcA/s2000/SERIES+II-+Visual+Arts+in+Counselling+%25283%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWPFtpkkh7d61Zr-nPMV-Y65uekPZQwhq5tu7ItuiJmbGiyjT2FHfQd2bX-iIAoxhmKzp-weyx6581_ishyphenhyphen00tRv6rgvWJaenjzqw-3SUD_VBY8hjjd8mzLfiEURr0-WxEIgPK8mT7GcA/w452-h640/SERIES+II-+Visual+Arts+in+Counselling+%25283%2529.png" width="452" /></a></div><br /><span face="Mulish, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: start;"><br /></p>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-15075191728698713702020-10-10T00:46:00.005-07:002020-10-13T03:04:55.006-07:00 WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY- "Perspectives on Positive Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing through Arts"<p style="text-align: justify;"><b> WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY- October 10th 2020</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. World Mental Health Day 2019 - Focus on suicide prevention. According to WHO, in recent years, there has been increasing acknowledgement of the important role mental health plays in achieving global development goals, as illustrated by the inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Goals. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds. People with severe mental health conditions die prematurely – as much as two decades early – due to preventable physical conditions. Despite progress in some countries, people with mental health conditions often experience severe human rights violations, discrimination, and stigma. Increased investment is required on all fronts: for mental health awareness to increase understanding and reduce stigma; for efforts to increase access to quality mental health care and effective treatments; and for research to identify new treatments and improve existing treatments for all mental disorders. In 2019, WHO launched the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health (2019-2023): Universal Health Coverage for Mental Health to ensure access to quality and affordable care for mental health conditions in 12 priority countries to 100 million more people. This year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past months have brought many challenges: for health-care workers, providing care in difficult circumstances, going to work fearful of bringing COVID-19 home with them; for students, adapting to taking classes from home, with little contact with teachers and friends, and anxious about their futures; for workers whose livelihoods are threatened; for the vast number of people caught in poverty or in fragile humanitarian settings with extremely limited protection from COVID-19; and for people with mental health conditions, many experiencing even greater social isolation than before. And this is to say nothing of managing the grief of losing a loved one, sometimes without being able to say goodbye. Given past experience of emergencies, it is expected that the need for mental health and psychosocial support will substantially increase in the coming months and years. This is why the goal of this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign is increased investment in mental health. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>"Perspectives on Positive Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing through Arts"</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hosted by, <b>East West Center for Counseling and Training</b>,</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The reason for hosting the session on this particular day is very important, to spread awareness on the importance of Mental Health and how Art, a creative expression can foster healing and mental well-being. This year's theme for Mental Health Day is, "Increased investment in Mental Health" the initiative was taken up to invest time the most precious asset of every individual to understand and enrich oneself with knowledge on mental health. We had eminent speakers as panelists,</p><p style="text-align: justify;">1) Dr Anbu Durai -Addressed the topic<b> ‘Life – Celebrations of the mind’</b> Dr. C. Anbudorai Mbbs jipmer pondi1989 Dpm Nimhans blore "91 [MD community med mmc chennai 1996] He is currently working with, The banyan, The Hindu Mission and NIEPMD His past experiences involves, As psychiatrist BEML KGF Karnataka Manipal hospital Bangalore Wisdom Chennai Dr Kamakshi mem Chennai Dr Kamraj hospital Chennai Laxmi nursing home Agash Mindzone Vidyasagar Win or win mental health Manashastra As visiting lecturer tutor In psychiatry, psychology &community medicine for nurses, social workers, occupational &physiotherapists, community worker SRM College Balaji dental college Meenakshi college alapakkam CSIM Apollo College of nursing Thai moogambigai BALM Basic training in, Playback theatre, Psychodrama, Expressive arts therapy, Storytelling , Anthroposophy, Anthropological psychiatry, Applied Buddhist psychology, Cognitive psychology, NLP and Open dialogue.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">2) Dr S Janani- consultant psychiatrist completed her MBBS from Vinayaka missions Salem and did her psychiatric medicine from Christian Medical college Vellore. She Practices hypnotherapy extensively and runs her own private establishment, Shraddha dedicated to treating people with mental illnesses in Mandaveli. She addressed the topic ‘<b>There is Nothing Like Mental Health’</b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">3) Dr Eric Miller - Will be focusing on<b> "Emotional Wellness and Positive Mental Health Through Storytelling"</b> in the session. Dr Eric Miller is a Native New Yorker who has settled in Chennai. He has earned a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters degree in Psychology from the University of Madras. Dr Eric co-founded the "World Storytelling Institute" in 2007, and the annual "Chennai Storytelling Festival" in 2013. He directs both. His primary work these days is developing, practicing, and training others in the methods of Storytelling Therapy. Storytelling Therapy methods could also be used for Life Coaching, and for facilitating Personality.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">4) Mrs Kumudam Berkin - Shared on the topic ‘<b>Art and its Healing on Me’</b>. She is a German language translator, interpreter and certified trainer. Self taught artist, Classical dancer and modern jazz exponent. Over 12 years of corporate experience in companies such as Ford, HP and cognizant. Mother of two daughters and currently a freelancer. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The session's moderator was Ms. Magdalene Jeyarathnam ( Psychodramatist and Expressive arts therapist). She is the founder- director of East West Center for Counselling which is an Expressive arts therapy center providing therapy services to schools, universities and organisations and the Indian Institute of psychodrama which is the first psychodrama training institute in India. Magdalene has more than 25 years of experience in working with addiction, HIV/AIDS and mental health issues, she has worked with several state and central government agencies in India, She has also worked with UNICEF and WHO as consultant on projects. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The session time- 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm</p><p style="text-align: justify;">YouTube link: <a href="https://youtu.be/Sc1PEdK9Yrs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Sc1PEdK9Yrs</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi3fQFKwgVwAnkVVdkNxpdcczQ-HDU6mXwVM8Zpk8YRxTNI9d0G04mpneI2Ci67E4_HcfOsVXeSTzgJLAqFQKH0RDhzP8Lacy1tvaOtLM8amlr7P8CEAa3o9ll8gEnP6SB434jZqUEq2N/s1122/WhatsApp+Image+2020-10-10+at+12.00.54+AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="793" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqi3fQFKwgVwAnkVVdkNxpdcczQ-HDU6mXwVM8Zpk8YRxTNI9d0G04mpneI2Ci67E4_HcfOsVXeSTzgJLAqFQKH0RDhzP8Lacy1tvaOtLM8amlr7P8CEAa3o9ll8gEnP6SB434jZqUEq2N/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-10-10+at+12.00.54+AM.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Order of events</b> :</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5:30 – 5:35 - Welcome address by Natalia (Intern from Stella Maris college - Department of Social work)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5:35 – 5:40 - Why mental health day by Keran (Intern from Stella Maris college - Department of Social work)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5:40 – 5:45 - Introduction of moderator and purpose of panel discussion by Johannah( Cousellor EWC) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">5:45 – 5:55 - Dr.C.Anbudorai – ‘Life – Celebrations of the mind’ </div><div style="text-align: justify;">5:55 – 6:05 - Dr.Kumudam – ‘Art and its Healing on Me’ </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6:05 – 6:15 - Dr.S.Janani – ‘There is Nothing Like Mental Health’ </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6:15 – 6: 20 - Dr Eric Miller - ‘Emotional Wellness and positive mental health through
storytelling’ </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6:20 - Question and Answer </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6:25 - Announcements of some important upcoming Art therapy workshops </div><div style="text-align: justify;">6:30 - Vote of thanks by Keran (Intern from Stella Maris college - Department of Social work).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082066962797074716.post-28035558860440990552020-09-16T01:34:00.008-07:002020-09-16T01:37:06.276-07:00MIND MANTRA PROJECT- Orientation to the Fire and Rescue Officers, September 16th 2020<div class="separator">Our Director Magdalene Jeyarathnam and counsellor Johannah Preethika conducted an orientation session for the Fire and Rescue officers as part of the Mind Mantra Project. The session was conducted for two Batch of officers on September 16th one at 9 AM and the other at 12 PM. The officers were directed to do practical work such as Social Atom. </div><p style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE493iD5FTW1G9achPBtH06v002807zV8iQNuzFZg0eyFqC7PCmRF9cRO9pUlEyH4o2MPq_7PH3IvL6de1yDxyjg5661hUfA4Kitgx5vTcW_SVY_3jWLH5jVbPPyo_6GorgZdCt-QlepOD/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.14+AM.jpeg" width="320" /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoMbYLmpuX5vPatfe4I53gDuDZZ6-YkAT3Tlx99YG4MV5E5TLB4Kv13UYitaIchLZ76QD5oBaSsGynYSU2vSXCP6VN93VQH1p7Rza1PWUMdlHMrlUq34FJAF-G4NFcw6b5nIg5iy6j2NT/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.16+AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoMbYLmpuX5vPatfe4I53gDuDZZ6-YkAT3Tlx99YG4MV5E5TLB4Kv13UYitaIchLZ76QD5oBaSsGynYSU2vSXCP6VN93VQH1p7Rza1PWUMdlHMrlUq34FJAF-G4NFcw6b5nIg5iy6j2NT/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.16+AM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0Vb2YXLnUPc6k7OWqUUgePC7SkgfubdtYS-DQ2-VeLKfkGjNjTNBlfasEKgxBuv8dPLPAdnejE21BUHOOQlKhdAvPsl0JXU_OaRKtOJZAwOWEnfrGJ7fUZdBAaIKvOdLd5zpPtmQIlVW/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.15+AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0Vb2YXLnUPc6k7OWqUUgePC7SkgfubdtYS-DQ2-VeLKfkGjNjTNBlfasEKgxBuv8dPLPAdnejE21BUHOOQlKhdAvPsl0JXU_OaRKtOJZAwOWEnfrGJ7fUZdBAaIKvOdLd5zpPtmQIlVW/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.15+AM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnv7ey9pGnGWKuC7m61iM_CkfCpds0EeNcfhwPSK38L_JrF0fN1o6_Wt4hJKur2kK5UhBDCYiBnaEQJv3Hr-Gm-hCbOA7C19iWPH3SgYSgof2l9h6o9xNSeLV-LRGaC_tHELS9I7b9G7a/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.15+AM+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wvf1AG92TBSAh97JicQuU1X6zzbtr2hOXC_GRJsTIDH0M9-CjcSHeJh23KKR70l50b-zuduqIQeCQE9dwvtVHOClWpqjZ1RzD4dJM5m_eJqyIJrPf44rmwU09wQAjhiPQKDBCyktDZHb/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.58.18+AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wvf1AG92TBSAh97JicQuU1X6zzbtr2hOXC_GRJsTIDH0M9-CjcSHeJh23KKR70l50b-zuduqIQeCQE9dwvtVHOClWpqjZ1RzD4dJM5m_eJqyIJrPf44rmwU09wQAjhiPQKDBCyktDZHb/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.58.18+AM.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W1TlHiAFECk622_IYWKZ2SIK0yNETmoB2JnFD7sBIFntYCLiTbpOPwqfjBoNIX0aN_JYnYUUK5XwxU8mqBIjff6XfFLLvyvbk-jPkaDOziB4YmwNqIhjcfMm0bosCPlU4HUfPVDZixNB/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.16+AM+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W1TlHiAFECk622_IYWKZ2SIK0yNETmoB2JnFD7sBIFntYCLiTbpOPwqfjBoNIX0aN_JYnYUUK5XwxU8mqBIjff6XfFLLvyvbk-jPkaDOziB4YmwNqIhjcfMm0bosCPlU4HUfPVDZixNB/s320/WhatsApp+Image+2020-09-16+at+11.57.16+AM+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /><br /><br /></p><br />Center For Counsellinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205014879790185753noreply@blogger.com0