Counselling Corner
For young adults
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Presentation Intended
for
• Students
• Staff
• Parents
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Introduction to Counsellor
Director: Prerana Dham Counseling Centre, Pune
Education
B.A. with Hons. In Psychology from Ruparel College In 1979.
M.A. from TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES BOMBAY
Activities/Interests
•Founder member of N.G.O. Swadhar Pune for Destitute women and Children
with over 50 alternate schools for school drop-outs, Mohor- day and night
creche and education for 60 sex worker’s children .
•Run my own clinic Prerana-Dham counseling centre and conduct workshops for
children, parenting , Premarital counselling and Marital counseling.
•Director and founder of NrityaPrerana Bharatnatyam Dance Institute for last
26 years and an established Bharatnatyam Danseuse having performed on
National TV,several dance ballets like Kunti –Ek-Katha, Deepshikha,NrityaRamayan, Freedom etc and have performed both in India and abroad.
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What is Counselling?
• Counselling is commonly known as talking therapy.
• Gives you the space, time, and opportunity to
explore issues which you believe are imposing on
you or your life in an unhelpful way.
• The way we react as individuals to people or
situations is often governed by things that have
happened in our past as young as under five years.
They may be hampering our present working
methods or dealing with things and people.
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Why a visit is
recommended
Why one needs to see a counsellor
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You’ll have identified and begun to establish a
career path. But…
• What do you want to do with your lives?
• Are you able to satisfy and maintain personal
relationships?
• If not, the Counselling Corner will provide a
safe, comfortable accepting environment in
which together we will examine issues and how
to deal with them.
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• Some young adults may have minor issues and
need just a little assistance to get back on
their feet and on track.
• Some may have a few serious issues that need
much more significant intervention.
• Some come to prevent problems from
occurring in the future and some come to solve
current problems and to heal from past
wounds.
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• Counselling corner will provide
preventive therapy for our students
to fix problems resolving issues or
repair relationships, to handle
trauma whether with academics,
family, friends, sexual
confrontations, beyond their
individual ability to handle it.
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Typical counselling areas for
young adults
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• Coping with academics
• Dealing with problems with peers and
teaching staff in college
• Bullying
• Difficulty in setting goals
• Difficulty in maintaining a path to the
goals
• Coping skills problem
• Lack of ambition in life
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Work related stress
Work related issues
Responsibility management
Anxiety
Depression
Independence difficulties
Anger issues
Eating disorders or difficulties
Sleeping problems
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• Substance use or abuse issues
• Parental divorce affecting social and
academic performance
• Coping with your move or loss
• Coping with death or bereavement
• Multiple home issues
• Coping with your childhood or
adolescent trauma
• Coping with past abuse- physical,
sexual, emotional or neglect
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• Coping with illness or health related
issues
• General dissatisfaction with life
• Psychosomatic disorders
• Phobia
• Obsessive compulsive behaviour
• Life coaching
• Work life balance
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The aim of the Counselling
Corner
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• Our aim is to provide conditions where
you can get to the root cause of your
problems and will help you deal with this
• We are trained to listen and respond,
helping you find your own answers
without judging you.
• We maintain full confidentiality.
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• Counselling gives you an opportunity to
work through difficulties that are
getting in the way of you leading a full
and productive life.
• Within counselling you will explore your
feelings and gain insight and
understanding.
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• Bottled up feelings such as anger,
anxiety, grief, shame, embarrassment
which can become very difficult to
manage.
• Talking about the issues can help
reduce the pain and dissolve them
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Remember if you’re
stuck, ask for our help.
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• If an egg is broken
by an outside force,
life ends.
• If an egg breaks
from within, life
begins..
• Great things always
begin from within..!
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Together we can!
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counselling.corner@vit.edu
Contact details:
Room No.: 4002 Ground Floor – Building No. 4
Every Thursday 04.30 pm to 06.30 pm
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