Hamsadhwani- CounselingA way out of suffering

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What is HamsadhwaniA learning organization, specializing in

communicationsFacilitating interpersonal communicationsBetween people – in family, institution or

organizationTo support people express themselves and

allow free flow of ideasResolve issues and make people happier and

more healthy

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Based on?Collaborative dialoguesAppreciative Inquiry

Largely

Ideas drawn from Social Constructionism

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Counseling program with three specializationsPre-adolescentAdolescentMental illness

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Who can learn?

Pre-adolescents and adolescent counseling

Someone who directly deals with the population

Parent, teacher, counselor, social worker (NGO) or anyone else

Someone who intends to work with pre-adolescents and their issues in future

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Counseling in Mental illnessWho can be part of it Parent or family care-

giverGuardianSomeone with a mental

illness diagnosis, who later wants to work in it

Social workerNursesSomeone with a PG

degree, above 30 years of age

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What is special about this courseOther courses Hamsadhwani CoursesLargely rooted in a single

discipline – PsychologyMost counseling trainees get

theoretical training + ideas about how to guide people

Trainees learn ideas and start the counseling practice with others, without questioning their own issues first.

Mostly based on behaviourism

Draws ideas from many social sciences: psychology, sociology, linguistics and more

Practical training offered as part of learning, no guidance. Other resources from existing environments

Mostly based on collaborative dialogues, from postmodern perspectives

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Why is this counseling so population specific?Children and young adults form a bulk of

population in IndiaThey do not have adequate resources for optimal

development in a vast majority of casesIf counseling is made general, it does not serve

the purpose of specific groupsTo understand a particular group we need to

study its issues in great detail and depthNo one counseling course can do justice to all

population groups, without probing into the subjectivity of their experiences

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Why are you not dealing with other populations?We will deal with other populations in due

course after our first courses become more rooted and thorough.

Depending upon requirement, we will create more courses for other groups such as women, those living with life-threatening or terminal illnesses, geriatric populations, HIV, LGBT groups, and many others.

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Can you tailor-make a course as per our requirement?Yes we can customize a course depending upon

your requirements you have Also, offer it in a shorter span than six months, if

we are not present in your cityIf we do not have a course that meets your

requirement yet, we are even willing to create it for you, in consultation with you

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Other optionsWe offer some of the course material in the

form of workshops to specific groups of people

By assessing their needs By picking up the most relevant issues for

them and putting them into a short span of a day or two days

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Is this a certifying course?Yes, all courses are certifying courses, though

not based out of a university.Knowledge is not always created in a

university setting.Knowledge creation happens at many levels

in society, also outside of university departments.

This is one such venture.It is as advanced if not more than a

traditional course because it is not confined to disciplines alone, but has ideas coming from many convergent directions.

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Our Motto being

Power through Knowledge

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With a goalto create pathways for communications within people and between people at every level.

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Communications

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