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July
2016 : (Feedback of trainees of the 4 weeks
course - 12th April 2016)
March
2013 : (Letter of Appreciation)
"In America, we talk about Individual
Change and Social Change, but never understood how to
integrate them.
You are already doing here- JGB & Christianpet. You are ahead
of USA"
Garry Hellman
The Director,
Institute
for Psychotherapy and Religion, New York (2004).
"According to the information
available in this ministry, Christian Counselling Centre is a
premier institute for Human relations, Counselling and
Psychotherapy. It has been conducting special counselling courses
for functionaries of the Central and State Government as also
various NGOs in various aspects of Social Defence. The Centre has
been visited by the senior Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice
& Empowerment, to be the chief guest at the International
consultation on counselling"
Mrs.
Asha Das IAS
Secretary,
Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (1999).
"I am to say that His Lordship was
happy to learn about your work in the field of counselling,
psychotherapy and human relations and wished that your cooperation
with the judiciary and legal aid would continue."
For the
Hon'ble Chief Justice of India , 1996
Manju Goel
Registrar,
Supreme Court of India
The Centre has been doing wonderful work
not only in giving training in Counselling and Psychotherapy to
professional counsellors, social workers, etc., but also in acting
as a fountain of all wisdom for human resources development. I am
glad to note that the number of Government departments and
institutions, who send their personnel for training in human
resources development, to the Christian Counselling Centre, is on
the increase.
A.P. Bhatikar,
I.A.S (Former Collector of Vellore)
The Christian Counselling Centre has
acquitted itself very creditably during the ten years of its
existence by imparting training in specialized subjects such as
Counselling and Psychotherapy for professionals as well as
providing counselling service to the needy.
Prof.
G.R. Damodaran,
Former
Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras
The need in the country for mental
health care is such that we will have to take help from many
colleagues who are on the border lines of our profession. The
Christian Counselling Centre has done a pioneering work in this
direction and I pray that it continues to extend its activities
bringing the psychotherapeutic and counselling service to all the
needy.
Dr.
R.L. Kapur,
Prof. of Community Psychiatry &
Head of the dept. of Psychiatry,
NIMHANS,
Bangalore
The topics chosen for discussion in the
conference like counsellor's role in drug abuse and alcoholism,
ecological consciousness, disarmament, health education etc. are
very interesting and most relevant to the times we are living in.
The anticipated interaction between the representatives from
various countries will certainly help in evolving more practical
and meaningful methods of counselling. I send my warm greetings to
the participants and wish the conference all success. (on the
occasion of the first international conference at CCC, Vellore,
1987)
Mr. P. Chidambaram
(Present Honorable Union Home Minister)
Former
Minister of state ministry of personnel, public grievances and
pensions India
What
Do People say about CCC- Over the Years
“Before
this course as a counsellor I only focused on the disorder aspect
of my counselee, after attending this I realized the importance of
Empathy, which is very useful to ventilation from the part of
counselee. So here
after I will focus on empathy for effective counselling”.-
College Professor from Maharashtra (One week Course)
“I
would like share one specific experience of mine. I feel God has
chosen this place for me to get realization of certain things in
life. I will surely
take these insights to work on for the betterment of my personal
growth which will help me to bring certain amount of difference in
others life. I believe God put me to undergo certain experience so
I feel he will take me in a right way to help others for their
betterment too”. - Pre-doctoral
Psychology student from Tamil nadu. (One weeks Course)
“I
can without hesitation; say that Dr. Prashantham
is one of the best teachers I ever had. His classes had
been like the most nutritious and delicious food – one enriches
the body the other, the mind and the intellect. His sense of
humour was like the cream on top of fruit salad. I am amazed at
rhe way he keeps himself abreast of the entire current affairs,
local, national and international, and fund raising”. – Retired
Professor / Youth Counsellor from Kerala (8 weeks delegate).
“The
remarkable counselling skill I learned is listening because I can
apply it in my normal interaction with people; I have seen how it
makes a difference during my 8 week course in CCC. Theological
reflection with weekly evaluation helped me to connect the
learning with Christian theology and this helped me to unlearn my
understanding that psychology and theology are the opponents and
there is no point where it can be integrated”. -
Theological Student from Kerala (8 weeks delegate)
“In
counselling as a tool for social change I learnt the importance of
a counsellor is bringing about a change not only in the life of
the client but also changes in the other social groups he relates
to”. - Pastor from
Nagaland (8 Weeks delegate)
“The
8 weeks course has been a journey in understanding my profession
as a priest and discovering new potential in becoming more
effective in my ministry in building the kingdom of God through
using counselling as a tool for social change”.
- Catholic Priest from Maharashtra (8 weeks course delegate)
“This
course helped to understand about attentive listening is very
important not only in counselling aspect but in day to day life
also”. - Psychology
student from Maharashtra (One week Course).
“The
session on challenging skills was an eye opener.
Growth formula in any relationship as a judicious mix of
support and challenge. How we need to challenge without tarnishing
the dignity of the individual which needs both tact and
caution”. -
A
University student Counsellor from Tamil Nadu (One week Course)
Sandya Rani,
Ph.D Research scholar, JBAS College for Women
"I had always perceived counselling as
a process that requires the counsellor to give advice or
suggestions. That particular misconception has been removed. I saw
for myself what a long way I have to go before I can be a good
counsellor. Now I know that I need more training if I am to take
up counselling"
Kavitha Sebastian,
M Phil student, JBAS College for Women
"The classes were very informative.
The practical sessions were really enriching. The supervised
counselling sessions helped me to thorough
insight on my
shortcomings. I could also clarify many of my doubts."
Della Marks,
MA Psychology student from Roshininilaya,
Mangalore, 2010
"It has been a
nice experience being in
CCC campus. I had an opportunity to enhance my potential, and
skills. This course helped me to build self confidence and made me
feel " counselling is my domain".
Niveditha,
MA Psychology student from Roshininilaya,
Mangalore, 2010
"it is a
great opportunity to undergo training in CCC. It was definitely an
eye opener "
-
Ms. Fathima M.A (PSG Arts and Science College, Coimbatore -
May, 2010)
" This is
the course is one of the stepping stone for my profession "
- Ms. S.
Vaishalee (PSG Arts and Science College, Coimbatore - May, 2010)
Coming
to Christian Counseling Centre, has made tremendous changes in my
understanding of counseling. Understanding the nature of an
individual as holistic one is very important in counseling,
inorder to understand how various aspects like bio psycho social
and spiritual aspects can affect the individual
-
Ms. Ambika Balagopal. V (4 weeks Course May, 2010)
MIZORAM UNIVERSITY (12th to16th Jan, 2009)
Learned how important
it is to be genuinely
empathetic not just listening to the clients but also to the
family members. The group paper presentation helped to build good
understanding between us, brought
us
and also helped us
to get
to know more about one another. It also helped
us
to
improve
our
self confidence and realized the importance of
working as a team/ group. The session on Suicide Prevention helped to know about the
need of counselling among our own community and how to deal with
the people with suicidal tendency.
OSMANIA UNIVERSITY (19th to 24th Jan, 2009)
By
the Achievement
Motivation session we
learnt how to motivate a person by giving positive strokes.
Community living in CCC helped us
to become more adjustable, punctual
and organized. We
learned about attentive listening and not give
advice during counselling.
S. V. UNIVERSITY (2nd to 4th March,
2009)
We
became more confident and
optimistic. Learned how people who are strangers can connect
through simple communication. We
learned that
listening and
responding are
very important.
PUNE UNIVERSITY (2nd to 6th March,
2009)
The skills practice helped
us to
understand others and how to guide them rather than giving
solution and advice to Client's problems. Became more
responsible. Learnt importance of positive and negative strokes in
daily life.
ROSHINI NILAYA,
MANAGALORE,
25th May to 20th
June, 2009
"The calm and serene atmosphere,
disciplined routine and community based living atmosphere has
given me enough time to introspect, self-explore and given me the
time that I needed very much to rediscover my potential. The
caring approach of the faculty and staff in CCC made me feel so
much at home and enabled me to learn at ease. I thank CCC for this
wonderful experience that I shall always cherish. I shall always
keep the memories and knowledge acquired close to my heart and
benefit from them"
Vivian,
4
weeks course Trainee
"From knowing almost nothing about
counselling techniques, I have begun to have a group of the skills
and ability to use them. I have had such a happy and satisfying
time -
intellectually and emotionally. In so many ways from
being counseled to personal growth to the beautiful labyrinth
exercise, I have discovered parts of myself. I have learnt to give up the weights of the
past and look to the future. I have been incredibly happy in this
four weeks course."
Mahesh,
4 weeks course Trainee
"...
concrete decisions in my
personal life were reviewed during my course and specially
identified the need to take a little more time and relax before
making major decisions,
I discovered
wonderful inner personal
gifts and competence, understood modesty had negated personal
gifts..."
Vani. K,
8 weeks Trainee
"I realized the importance of 75% of
practice and 25% of theory and these practice sessions helped me
to grow in my counselling skills. Reading books became a
pleasurable and learning experience to me because I was expected
to reflect on what I was reading rather than memorize the content.
This was true learning for me. Counselling skills practice, peer
group and personal growth helped me to realize the importance of
sharing and trusting and I was able to share my emotional
experience and overcome it"
Ms.
Sushma Shenvi, Batch no. 131
"From the session self care and
burnout, I realized the importance of giving myself relaxing space
on a professional level because counselling can be a personally
and emotionally taxing profession.
The personal growth sessions helped me to come out pf my
problems and also helped me to overcome my grief.
Counselling skills practice helped me to learn and
understand the counselling stages in effective ways from
various perspectives."
Mr.
D. Prakash, Batch no. 131
"I learnt theoretical part of
managerial skills and CCC management planning and organization was
itself a great example for me. I learnt the importance of time
management and punctuality. CMCH visit was a learning task for me;
I have grown in a social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and
psychological level. Community living in CCC helped me to
understand the importance of knowing, trusting and supporting one
other."
Ms.
Shivani Makarand Lele, Batch no. 131
"I learnt through the session on
communication skills the most important way of responding to the
counsellee is with empathy. Empathetic listening also helped
people to ventilate. The session on Christ Style of Interpersonal
Relationships gave me the privilege to learn and reflect how
excellent our Jesus and Krishna was. The session on conflict
management helped me to know about my own type of conflict
management. More aware of inculcating caring confrontation in
order to be effective in conflict management."
Ms. Pratishtha Bhattacharyya, Batch
no.132
"I
got the opportunity to learn that unconditional accepting,
attentive listening, genuinely accepting and caring confrontation
is of great importance during counselling. Peer group counselling
and skills practice helped me in practicing counselling skills and the feedback of
supervision
helped me to grow in learning the
skills. Writing verbatim helped me to focus on attentive and
active listening."
Ms.
Hemalata Sharma, Batch no.132
"I learned about counselling skills.
CMCH visit helped me to use the counselling skills in practice.
Learned the importance of attentive listening. I became more
organized and hard working during the course."
Ms.
Roopa, Batch no.132
Got the insight on stages of counselling.
Learned about the model of a person. Learned time management.
AO
BAPTIST AROGO MONGDANG (ABAM), NAGALAND
(17th to 27th October 2008)-
Self evaluation and self acceptance are
very important to improve self esteem. Came to realize everyone is
precious and unique. The Christ style of interpersonal
relationships session gave
an
insight that
Christ is a good
counsellor.
"I have been selected from NCERT to
write a whole module of Counselling paper for the new on line
programme on Counselling and Guidance that they are about to
launch for Indian, African and South Asian Countries. The target
group is teachers. Last year I was also asked to take counselling
classes with them. When I had first gone to CCC and met you I had
never imagined this encounter will transform my life in such a
beautiful way. I keep wondering if in eight weeks I could learn so
much that I confidently go
about translating it into action and see so many people being
touched positively I wonder how equipped I would have
been in a year's time. Thank you
so much."
Mrs.Chandni- Student,
2004
"getting to know myself better was an
enriching experience. Applying theory, modulating it into practice
sharped my professional skills as a counsellor....
Presenting
papers and co-ordinating a session made me feel good as a
professional...
The games and sing-song sessions, the informal
atmosphere, respect and love for one another is important. Genuineness
and respect play an important role in development of
myself...
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