St. John's Counselling Service
Training Programs - Public Workshops
Over 35 years ago a commitment was made by St. John's Cathedral to provide both
a spiritual and
counselling connection with the Hong Kong
community. Today that counselling commitment
continues to grow in
services and resources for Hong Kong's vibrant multi-cultural community at
St. John's Counselling Service (SJCS)
for children, teens, adults and organizations,
irregardless of race, ethnic background, sexual orientation, socio-economic
status, religious or faith. We provide counselling services for Chinese,
Malay, French, and English speaking clients with our well educated
and experienced counsellors who are from Hong Kong, U.S., U.K. Australia, South
Africa, France, Canada, Malaysia, and Taiwan. In other words, whether our clients
are non-religious, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindi or any other faith, religion or ethnic/race background, our counselling services are based upon a
non-religious positive psychology model that focuses on growth and happiness.
St. John's Counselling Service continues to enhance our commitment to
strengthening our community with a wide range of
professional development and training programs
for counsellors, academic, trainers, human resource managers, psychologists,
psychiatrist, pastoral counsellors, mental health and nursing students, and
adults interested in developing their self-awareness and interpersonal skills
development. Our training programs are designed to balance both scientific
(theory and research) as well as the practical (tools and techniques) elements
of the subject at hand to ensure an effective and forward-moving approach with
the topic. Our academic training programs are
designed to empower teachers, administrators, school counsellors, school nurses and
social workers on the trends children and teens are facing today as well as
effective counselling approaches for front-line assessment and intervention by
the schools.
In 2011 - 2012 we plan to launch training and self-development programs in
areas of parenting, anger management, depression, grief, relationship
enrichment, conflict management and interpersonal communication skills. Please
come back and visit our website from time to time to see our new programs.
Please note our current programs . . .
2011 Counselling and Relationship Skills
Training Courses:
1. The
Art and Science of
Counselling
Basic Course -
September 2011
The Art and Science of
Counselling is designed with two tracks:
Basic
Program and
Advanced Course. The premise for
both tracks is to provide participants with a greater understanding of the
recent developments in counselling from two key aspects: i) how evidence-based
brain research has changed the way we do counselling and therapy, and ii) how positive psychology has contributed to the richer
development of techniques, processes and goals that enhance a counsellor’s
effectiveness in counselling and increases the client's opportunities for health
and happiness.
Regarding the topics around the brain-based
counselling in the
Basic Program,
participants will be able to acquire a basic understanding on how three key
areas of the brain influence male and female human behavior, thoughts and
emotions. The training material will be entertaining and easy to understand, and
equally as well, applicable in all counselling and therapeutic settings. This
part of the program will enrich the participant's understanding of how the brain
thinks, processes feeling and emotions and influences universal behaviors such
as self-esteem, addiction behaviors, mood and anxiety disorders, human bonding
and conflict.
The second part of the
Basic Program
focuses on positive psychology and how positive psychology provides an easy to understand
structure for all types of psychological theories, techniques, processes and
goals to be incorporated into counselling and therapy. Participants will learn
the key principles of positive psychology as well as five basic steps in a
counselling - therapy setting. With this, participants will immediately
increase their understanding of how to integrate an ongoing assessment
experience into an effective change process environment for their client. Thus,
whereas Part 1 of the program establishes a better skill set with understanding
the "seat our soul - the human brain," Part 2 focuses on how to structure a
realistic, evidence-based counselling program for a client by way of positive
psychology principles and ideals.
For further information, please contact us on
info@sjcshk.com
Please click here to download the brochure and registration form
:
Art
and Science of Counselling Basic Course September 2011 Program
| Course Overview
Enrollment Period:
Enrollment to commence July 2011 for the September 2011 Program
Intended Audience:
Professional participants:
pastoral counsellors, school counsellors, practicing
counsellors, academics, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers,
nurses, clergy, teachers and organization development
specialists/trainers.
Non-professional participants:
students in social work, psychology and healthcare programs;
adults considering a career in counselling, volunteers at social
agencies, parents and adults who are interested in improving their
personal and professional relationship skills.
Medium of Instruction:
English (presentations and course material).
Note: we plan to present this program in Cantonese in 2012,
please watch for announcement.
Meeting Time:
Saturday mornings 1000 - 1300
September 24, 2011 - November 12, 2011 (7 sessions - 21 contact hours)
Meeting Place:
St. John’s Cathedral:
4 - 8 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
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2. The
Art and Science of
Counselling
Advance
Course - September 2011
The
Advance Course is designed to
provide a more specific focus on how people can enhance their states of
happiness and health by way of soft (clinical experience), hard
(experimentation) and big science (brain scans) findings from positive
psychology. Participants will explore the
human being
themes in the course to better understand how counselling by way of positive
psychology techniques can reduce the things that make us unpleasant (therapy)
and increase those activities that make us more pleasant (learning).
Being male, being female, being a kid, being employed,
being married, being a parent, and being older are the seven main
being human topics the
Advance Course
will explore. One objective is to allow participants to better understand how
the human brain, the individual mind and personality, and the environment
interact at various stages of our lives that cause disconnections from health
and happiness and lead us to counselling. Second course objective is to apply
current scientific research on how our emotions and thoughts at various
being human stages influence
how we define what is the happy life and ways we can sustain that sense of
optimism even in times of conflict and unpleasantness. The third objective of
the course is to highlight key positive psychology techniques and processes that
allow the counselling experience to increase the well being of a client
irregardless of what being human state they are currently experiencing.
For further information, please contact us on
info@sjcshk.com
Please click here to download the brochure and registration form for the
Advance Course
:
Course Overview:
Enrollment Period:
Enrollment to commence July 2011 for the September 2011 Fall Program
Intended Audience:
Professional participants:
pastoral counsellors, school counsellors, practicing
counsellors, academics, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers,
nurses, clergy, teachers and organization development
specialists/trainers.
Non-professional participants:
students in social work, psychology and healthcare programs;
adults considering a career in counselling, volunteers at social
agencies, parents and adults who are interested in improving their
personal and professional relationship skills.
Medium of Instruction:
English (presentations and course material).
Note: we plan to present this program in Cantonese in 2012,
please watch for announcement.
Meeting Time:
Thursday evenings 1830 - 2030
September 22, 2011 - November 10, 2011 (8 sessions - 16 contact hours)
Meeting Place:
St. John’s Cathedral:
4 - 8 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
3. The
Art and Science of Relationship Intelligence Course
- September 2011
St. John's Counselling Service has for over
12 years successfully conducted the
Relationship Skills Course (RSC)designed to enhance our
personal and professional relationship skills. After an extensive review of the
latest research in various topics such as emotional intelligence, social
intelligence, mindfulness, self confidence and self-esteem, interpersonal
communication, active and reflective listening and conflict management, St.
John's Counselling Service is proud to launch the
Relationship Intelligence Course
that participants will quickly gain new insights on how to improve their
relationship worlds at work and in family-social settings. Past participants of
our RSC programs are welcomed to enroll in the new and updated program to build
upon their skill sets in relationships.
The topics will be presented in such a way
that after each workshop session the participant is building a skill set that
integrates knowledge (acquiring behavior sets and guiding principles)
and performance (applying the knowledge in an effective and appropriate
manner). Workshop topics include:
+ Self Confidence and Self Esteem
+ Effective Communication Styles
+ Active Listening - Reflective Talking
+ Identity thru Mindfulness and Self
Awareness
+ Conflict Management
+ Being Assertive - Being Empathetic
+ Thinking Patterns - Emotional Styles
For further information on pricing and availability,
please contact us at
info@sjcshk.com
Please click here to download the brochure and registration form for the
Relationship Skills Course:
Relationship
Skills Course September 2011 Program
Course Overview
Intended Audience:
Invited participants
may include parents, teachers, students in counselling, social work and
psychology programs, pastoral counsellors, school counsellors, practicing
counsellors, academics, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers,
administrators of schools, clergy, school nurses, business leaders and
managers, team leaders, sales and marketing professionals, and organization development
specialists/trainers.
Medium of Instruction:
English (presentations and course material).
Note: we plan to present this program in Cantonese in 2012,
please watch for announcement.
Meeting Time:
Wednesday evenings: 1830 - 2030
September 21, 2011 - November 23, 2011 (9 sessions - 18 contact hours)
Saturday afternoon: 1400 - 1600
September 24, 2011 - November 19, 2011 (9
sessions - 18 contact hours)
Limited seats available!!
Meeting Place:
St. John’s Cathedral:
4 - 8 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
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Our Affiliations
As an Organizational Member of
British Association of Counselling and
Psychotherapy (BACP) we are bound by its Ethical Framework for Good Practice in
Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Ethical Guidelines for Researching
Counselling and Psychotherapy (where organizations undertake research) and
subject to the Professional Conduct Procedure for the time being in force.
St. John's Counselling Service is a professional member of the
American School Counselors Association
(ASCA - U.S.) with a commitment to the development and delivery of nurturing,
empowering and strengthening activities for children and teens to enhance their
growth and happiness.
St. John's
Counselling Service is a recognized clinical supervision site for world-class
universities to train and supervise students at bachelor, master and doctorate
level degree programs in psychology and counselling
with Hong Kong University HKU Family Institute, Monash University (Australia),
City University (Hong Kong), Alliant University (U.S.), and the Shue Yan University (Hong
Kong), Australian College of Applied Psychology, and University of New England (Australia).
Email:
info@sjcshk.com
