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 2010 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 . . .
1. Social Skills for Children April 2010 Course
Our Counselling - Workshops
Philosophy
SJCS mission is "to empower the human spirit towards greater awareness in
making choices for growth and happiness." Our mission is derived from over
20 years of research, clinical experience, and principles from positive
psychology whereby a balance is sought after in our counselling sessions
and special development programs for kids teens with empowering each of them to
i) better manage the unpleasant experiences in life and ii)
learn and practice positive social skills (thoughts and behaviors) to achieve
greater happier moods.
Regarding children and teens, academic and clinical research
shows that happiness breeds greater success with children in all walks of life.
Furthermore, good moods and a state of happiness can start contributing to
achievement and success early in life as young as 4 years of age! Children who
experience positive attachments with their parents and siblings will feel good
about themselves and subsequently perform better at school as well as in social
settings. Children and teens who are in happier moods learn quicker social
skills, have freedom from excessive worrying, are able to develop resilience and
early on experience positive self-esteem. Furthermore, happiness also boosts
mental performance in spelling, math, reading and problem solving skills in the
classroom. In short, happy kids tend to perform better, faster and more
successful in a learning and social environment.
Concurrently, a key happiness ingredient for our children and
teens is the ability to develop and sustain personal relationships at school and
after-school activities. Children who tend to make friends easily and get along
with others in a classroom, playground or organized activity early on breed
social and emotional competence that follows them into adult life. Few adults
can lead a happy and successful life who cannot get along with others in a work
and social setting.
Our Caring
Counsellors
St. John's Counselling Service counsellors are either Counselling/Clinical
Psychologists and/or Clinical Social Workers with years of counselling
experience and reputable academic qualifications from Hong Kong and overseas
institutions. Our counsellors are interactive in each counselling session,
striking a balance between active listening and exploring options and
opportunities to resolve many of life's challenges and opportunities. SJCS
counsellors for children and teens are male and female with Cantonese, Mandarin
and English speaking skills, with training in art and play therapy for
children-teens in areas of social skills, bullying, internet addiction, career
counselling, self-harm and cutting, substance abuse, depression, eating
disorders and ADHD - anxiety.
Group
There are two (2) age groups for the fall program. Group A is
for the age group 5-8, Group B is for age group 9-12 years of
age.
Program Time/Dates
Group A
(Cantonese and English speaking groups) commence April 2010. There will be
a total of six (6) classes meeting on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 4:30
pm to 5:30 pm.
Group B
(Cantonese and English speaking groups) commence April 2010. There will be
a total of six (6) classes meeting on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 4:30
pm to 5:30 pm.
Venue
St. John's Counselling Service - Central, Hong Kong.
Medium of
Instruction/Materials
English and Cantonese groups.
Registration
Email your request to enroll in the program at
info@sjcshk.com
and an application form will be sent to you for completion. Registration shall
commence March for the April 2010 Social Skills Program.
Social Skills
Summer Program Fees
$3,000 per child for early bird registration. Fees include all materials, snacks
and Certificate of Achievement upon completion of the program. Fees can be paid
in cash and/or cheque upon registration. Due to limited space, all fees are
non-refundable. Any cancellations, the fees can be applied towards other St.
John's Counselling Service programs and services. Registration after early bird is HK$3,400 per child.
Please click here to download the registration form:
Social
Skills April 2010 Program
2. Kids Under The Influence: Alcohol, Drugs and the Internet
Kids Under The Influence
Workshop series is provided to Hong Kong parents to provide a
realistic, up-to-date, scientific and practical understanding to three growing
concerns with families and schools in Hong Kong. The children and teenagers of
today face many academic, personal-family and social challenges; some their
parents have experienced and some the parents know very little of. Concurrently,
over the past 25 years great strides have been made with modern science to
better understand the development and function of the human brain and how it
reacts to various biological and environmental influences. For example, we now
better understand what part of the human brain is activated (or not) when a
certain feeling and thought occur such as anger or sadness. More concerning, we
now better understand how drugs (illegal and prescribed), alcohol and the media
(Internet, video games, movies, music) influence the structure and functions of
the brain.
The will be launched in April
2010, with a focus on three topics: alcohol, then drugs and
finally the Internet. Each workshop will be conducted on a Saturday from 10:00
am to 1:00 pm, workshop material provided, and local and regional resources to
be shared. In May the same workshop series will be provided in Cantonese.
The program brochure and registration form shall be available
March 2010 - so please come back and visit our website for updated information.
Please click here to download the overview
brochure:
Kids
Under The Influence Workshop
3. The
Art and Science of
Counselling
Basic Course - April
2010
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 the human brain
influences our thoughts, feelings and behaviors similarly and differently in
male and females, and ii) how positive psychology has contributed to the richer
development of techniques, processes and goals that enhance a counsellor’s
effectiveness in counselling.
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 the human brain influences our
thoughts, feelings and behaviors similarly and differently in male and females,
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 therapy.
Regarding the topics around the human brain 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 almost all counselling and therapeutic settings.
A main focus will be how people balance the need to survive and the
need to connect to others, and why those two areas are important to
understand when assessing and working with a client in counselling.
Hence, the participants will increase a sense of awareness that enables enduring
growth and happiness in counselling, therapy and life in general.
The second part of the
Basic Program
focuses on positive psychology and how it 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 assessment,
Part 2 focuses on how to continually integrate assessment and more accurately
develop change and growth goals for their clients.
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 April 2010 Program
| Course Overview
Enrollment Period:
Enrollment to commence March for the April 2010 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 2010,
please watch for announcement.
Meeting Time:
Group A:
Participants who desire to attend evening sessions. Thursday 6:30 pm -
8:30 pm
Group B:
Participants who desire to attend Saturday sessions. Saturday 11:00 am -
1:00 pm
Note: there will be a 15 minute break for each session, participants may
bring food and drink.
Meeting Place:
St. John’s Cathedral:
4 - 8 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
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4. The
Art and Science of
Counselling
Advance
Course - April 2010
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 the human brain
influences our thoughts, feelings and behaviors similarly and differently in
male and females, and ii) how positive psychology has contributed to the richer
development of techniques, processes and goals that enhance a counsellor’s
effectiveness in counselling.
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:
Art
and Science of Counselling Advance Course April 2010 Program
Course Overview
Enrollment Period:
Enrollment to commence March for the April 2010 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 2010,
please watch for announcement.
Meeting Time:
There will be seven (7)
Saturday sessions. Saturday 2:00 pm -
4:00 pm
Note: there will be a 15 minute break for each session, participants may
bring food and drink.
Meeting Place:
St. John’s Cathedral:
4 - 8 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
5. The
Art and Science of Counselling in School Settings
The Art and Science of Counselling in School Setting
is designed with two tracks: 1. Art and Science of Counselling and 2. Special
Topics. The premise for both tracks is to provide participants with a greater
understanding of recent trends and developments in school counselling from two
key aspects: i) how the human brain influences thoughts, feelings and behaviors
similarly and differently in school age male and females, and ii) the causality
and symptoms of the challenges children face today that often times manifest at
school: depression, eating disorders, anger, substance abuse, bullying and
social isolation.
Specifically for teachers, administrators and other
non-counselling professionals, the training is intended to provide a better
understanding of the roles and techniques non-counsellors can provide with
students in a school setting. Thus, the program is not intended to train
teachers to assume an additional role as "classroom shrink," but instead, the
training will provide teachers with a greater sense of awareness with front-line
assessment skills to effectively intervene and initiate a call for action for
the student in need. As a result of the training, teachers will also gain a
greater sense of control and confidence in dealing with parents and students on
matters requiring mental health care.
For school-based counsellors and social workers, the training
will provide updated information on how to assess and intervene with students
who have issues with drugs and alcohol, eating disorders, generalized anxiety,
ADD/ADHD, depression, anger, bullying and managing conflict. Concurrently,
counsellors and social workers will enhance their knowledge on the contributing
factors such as parenting, childhood development, learned behaviors, and
hormonal-genetic factors that cause poor mental health and declining school
performance issues. In short, now more than ever mental health professionals
must (better) understand the biology behind the behaviors and emotions of our
students.
Regarding the topics around the
Art and Science of Counselling,
participants will be able to acquire a basic understanding on how the three
areas of the human brain actually influence behavior, thoughts and emotions. The
training material will be easy to understand, and equally as well, helpful when
trying to (better) assess and intervene as a teacher or counsellor. A key focus
will be how children and teens balance the need to survive and the
need to connect to others,
and why those two areas are important to
understand when conducting school-based assessment-intervention.
The second part, Special Topics, presents an easy-to-understand and
accurate description of what is substance abuse and addiction, eating disorders
and self-image, ADD/ADHD and generalized anxiety, depression - anger, and
aggression - bullying. This part of the training will provide a quick reference
guideline of signs and symptoms teachers and counsellors can use to further
strengthen frontline assessment and intervention with children and teens around
these challenges.
For further information on pricing and availability,
please contact us at
info@sjcshk.com
Course Overview
Intended Audience:
Professional participants
who are pastoral counsellors, school counsellors, practicing
counsellors, academics, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers,
administrators of schools, clergy, teachers, school nurses, and organization development
specialists/trainers.
Medium of Instruction:
English (presentations and course material).
Note: we plan to present this program in Cantonese in 2010,
please watch for announcement.
Meeting Time:
Full Version: 2 eight hour block of
instructions (this can be restructured to fit your hours)
Fast track: 1 eight hour block of
instruction (this can be restructured to fit your hours)
Scheduling: Training can be done day, evening and
weekends! The client decides!
Meeting Place:
Venue of choice by
school
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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.
SJCS is in partnership
with Hong Kong University HKU Family Institute, Monash University (Australia),
City University (Hong Kong) and the Shue Yan University (Hong
Kong) - University of New England (Australia) master's degree in counselling/psychology
programs as an internship placement centre for their students to acquire
advanced counselling skills and knowledge as so provided by SJCS positive
psychology counselling model and extended years of experience in counselling.
Email:
info@sjcshk.com
