Exploring relationships and emotions through arts - June 27th, 2020 | Pride month

East West Center for Counselling and Training, along with Orinam organized a session for the LGBTQI+ community. The topic was on "Exploring relationships and emotions through arts" and it was for 2 hours on 27th June, 2020. It was a part of the Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition Pride events 2020. The session had around 15 participants and went really well as all of them got a chance to express their feelings. We wish the community a Happy Pride!

We have ongoing online group therapy sessions for the LGBTQI+ community every Saturday from 11 AM to 1 PM. Contact us to register.

Online session on COVID-19 - June, 2020 | Pride month

East West Center for Counselling and Training along with Queer Wings and Nirangal organized an online discussion about COVID 19 for the LGBTQI+ community, commemorating the Pride month. The session in Tamil happened on June 4th, 2020 and the session in English happened on June 14th, 2020. 

The session had a Therapist, Magdalene Jeyarathnam and a Medical professional, 

Dr. P Kuganantham. Dr. P Kuganantham is the Director of SIMS hospital, Nungambakkam and has been on interviews and discussions in news channels such as NDTV and Pudhiya Thalaimurai for the current pandemic. He is also a part of the team for advising medical policies to the Tamil Nadu government. He has worked as a Health Inspector of Chennai and has served as Director of Infectious Diseases hospital, Chennai. He is an Epidemiologist, has worked extensively with HIV AIDS, and has a WHO Fellowship - Epidemiology, Infectious diseases and AIDS from John Hopkins University, USA. 

Both the sessions had a lot of participants who asked doubts on the virus outbreak and steps to be taken for prevention, and who benefitted from the sessions.