Workshop on Mental Health - April 2008

“The workshop had an equal balance of information on mental health and mental illness and enabled to get insights into the problems as well as the solutions …………..…. The different types of treatment for the mental illness and the well being measures for a sound mental health was a valuable learning ………………..The concepts were explained in simple way ………The activities helped to understand the concept in a more easier way………………..Excellent hospitality ……..” Ms.Cynthia Xavier, Stella Maris College student of M.Phil Social Work. 

Certificates distribution and Feedback

“The Workshop was excellent , informative and very useful…………….Learnt on the counselling aspect of dealing with mentally ill people……… Liked the methodology and it was fun…………….Wonderful hospitality…………….” Mr. Mohan Babu, Counsellor, Hopers Foundation.  

 “The workshop was very useful for me …………….. Learnt about Mental health and the various other topics …………I liked the methodology …………..The hospitality services were fine ………..” Mr. S.B.I Nathan, Manager,Child Haven International, kaliyampoondi, kancheepuram District.

“The workshop was good and very useful …….. Learnt about on mental health and mental illness and the counsellors approach towards handling various issues ……The methodology was wonderful and we enjoyed it ……….The hospitality and arrangement of the training programme was really good…………”Mr. G.Viswesvaran,  Hopers Foundation.

“This workshop on Mental Health was very useful to me …………. Learnt on mental health , mental illness, depression, self esteem, anxiety, autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, hyper activity  and a lot more……………. The methodology included personal sharing, group discussion, individual presentations, brain storming methods, practical sessions etc……………..” The hospitality was very good   …………..” Ms. Sankari, Sahodran, Chennai.

“The workshop was very good …………….. Learnt about  mental health , mental illness, mental retardation, stress management, bipolar disorder, problem solving techniques, etc ………The games and group discussions conducted for all the four days were very good………. The food was really good ………..” Mr. C.Sudhakar, Sahodran, Chennai.

Certificates distributed by Adhilakshmi advocate, High Court

“The workshop was good and informative ………Learnt various  aspests of mental health and mental illnesses………..The games were good ……… Good hospitality” Mr.Padamanaban - Child Haven

“The workshop sessions were informative and easy to learn ……. The sessions enabled us to implement the techniques practically with regard to the problems our clients are living with………………… Learnt many games and activities ……………Excellent hospitality” Mrs.Nalini Mothi, Director from Asha Kirana Hospital, Mysore 

“The sessions was very useful to my own personal life and was informative ………..Learnt a lot on mental illness and mental well being……….. I liked the games and activities that were conducted during the sessions ………. Thank you very much for all the services….” Mr.J.Ramakrishnan, Child Haven

“The workshop was very nice……….. Learnt about mental illness, how to improve self esteem, managing our stress, the difference between Mental Illness and Mental Retardation, and the different kinds of therapies used ………….I liked the methodology ……Good hospitality services…………” Mr. Kamalakannan,Child Haven International 

Mental Health Workshop - Day 3 - April 28, 2008

Group Discussions  in progress - Mohan from Hopers Foundation in discussion with Nalini from Asha Kirana, Mysore and Kamalakanan from Child Haven, Kancheepuram Dt, Tamil Nadu.

Cynthia from Stella Maris College, Chennai, Padmanaban from Child Haven and Sudhakar from Sahodaran in discussion

Sudhakar from Sahodaran making a presentation

Role play session - Visvesvaran from Hopers Foundation playing client, Sankari from Sahodaran as counsellor and Ramakrishnan and Fr Nathan as observors.

Sankari making her presentaion

Day 2 of the mental health workshop

Participants enthusiastically taking part in an activity.

Sculptors at work...

Workshop on Mental Health

Different activities that took place during the workshop. We had discussions, watched a video, and did exercises.

Our Training Center

Our participants in discussion.

Participants of the workshop on mental health

	Name	Organisation Name and Address
1	S B I Nathan	Child Haven International Kaliyampoondi, Kancheepuram dist 603402
2	Ramakrishnan J
3	Kamalakannan M
4	Padmanaban
5	Nalini Murthy	Asha Kirana Hospital CA 1 Ring Road, Hebbal industrial Housing Area, Mysore Karnataka 570016
6	Cynthia Xavier	Student Stella Maris
7	Shankari	Sahodaran. No.27.Railway Colony 111st Street Metha Nagar. Chennai 29.   Off 23740486
8	Sudhakar C
9	Mohan Babu K	Hopers Foundation 67 Thiruvengadam St., Perambur, Chennai 11 Off-
10	G Viswesvaran

Feedback from Participants about the Group Counselling Workshop

“The workshop was excellent………. Learnt how to handle group therapy sessions with clients , skills and qualities of a counsellor............ Practical based sessions were given during the workshop………….   The hospitality was very good …” 

- Sr. Shobhana, Sneha Sadan,  CCC Center for HIV/AIDS, Dharmapuri dist. Tamil Nadu

 “The workshop sessions were evenly spaced and paced………The sessions were conducted during the apt time ……….. The workshop had strong theoretical materials supported by the excellent sharing and facilitation by the moderator lecturer………. The practical session helped me a lot……………… The methodology such as games and activities were major energizer during the sessions….Excellent hospitality……” 

- Ms.Cynthia Xavier, Stella Maris College for Women Student.

 The workshop had more practical group sessions ……… Learnt how to manage people in group and also to resolve individual problems…….Learnt many new games……..Hospitality was good….”  

- Dr.Kishor Mogulluru, Lepra Society, Jyoti Project, Andra Pradesh

 “The sessions were really good and more informative…...... Learnt how to deal with different groups and different the stages in groups processes……..I liked the method of teaching……….Accommodation and food is really good …” 

- Mr.Ravikumar, Asha Kirana Hospital, Mysore.

  The workshop was very useful ……… Learnt about group therapy, role and responsibilities of a therapist etc ..…….I liked the games which were used in-between the sessions… Methodology used was very good…… 

- Mr.Franklin Sathyanathan.K, Caruna Bal Vikas, Chennai.

 The workshop was more practical and not theoretical……….. Learnt how to manage the group sessions, to deal with the different types of clients………………  Role plays and games were good ………. Hospitality was also good……. 

- Mr.Ramesh Kumar Ayinawalli, Counsellor, Lepra Society, Jyoti Project, Hyderabad.

 Workshop was very beneficial……….Learnt as to how to handle my own target people through group counselling ……… Felt very comfortable …..”

-  Mr.S.Basavaraj , Chennai Street Children Project - World vision, India

 The workshop was very useful …..... Learnt group education, group counselling, stages in group, skills and qualities of counsellors and  how to handle group sessions ………..  The hospitality was good…… 

- Ms.Sankari, Sahodran, Chennai.

 The workshop was very nice and useful…….. Learnt how to apply the group therapy in my own field . The hospitality services were very good ……” 

- Mr.Jayachandran from Sahodran, Chennai

 

Certificates distributed by Eric Miller for the Group Counselling Workshop- Ramesh, Dr Kishor ,Franklin and Shankari

Participants receiving certificates- Jeyachandran, Basavaraj,Sr Shobana, Cynthia and Ravi Kumar