Author Archives: Priya Senroy

Creative Arts in Africa

Posted by: Priya Senroy on June 15, 2012 10:00 am
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As the summer months are being welcomed in the Northern Hemisphere, People in the Southern Hemisphere are getting ready for winter. To celebrate this change in season, this month’s blog features work from the continent of Africa where some exciting pioneering and ground breaking work is taking place.

I think as creative arts therapists, we can never find a place in this world, where we cannot make our profession have an impact on those who need it.

Please take time to visit these sites.

http://www.voanews.com/content/art-therapy-helps-mentally-ill-patients-in-dakar-136400123/159387.html

http://zakheni.org.za/

http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/page/2632/en




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Reading for May

Posted by: Priya Senroy on May 15, 2012 7:00 am
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I was approached by a counsellor not so long ago, who asked me about using creativity in counselling and I found an interesting article on a research which focused on the following questions:

The research questions were as follows: 

1. How many beginning counselors used creativity in counseling?

2. Did beginning counselors think that using creativity benefited their clients?

3. Did beginning counselors think that using creativity benefited them?

4. What materials would beginning counselors like to have access to in order to use creativity in counseling?

5. Did beginning counselors feel as though they had these materials available to use?

6. Would they have felt more inclined to use creativity if materials had been supplied to them by an in-house clinic at their university?

7. Did beginning counselors know that creative techniques were options to use in counseling?
Reading the research gave me some interesting information. So here it is for you

http://counselingoutfitters.com/vistas/vistas11/Article_38.pdf




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Interesting Reading

Posted by: Priya Senroy on May 2, 2012 2:40 pm
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As we embrace Spring like weather here in Canada, I have again been reading interesting viewpoints of Counsellors who work in a diverse and multicultural set up. This month’s blog focuses on a document titled- Within and Beyond Borders: Critical Multicultural Counselling in Practice Critical Multicultural Series.  Based on the 4th Critical Multicultural Counselling and Psychotherapy Conference that took place in Toronto in 2007, the documents include 12 chapters, with topics ranging from Aboriginal ways of healing to mental health issues in the South Asian communities, from exploring Martial Arts as healing to discussing Jungian viewpoints of the self.

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cdcp/UserFiles/File/Publications/within_and_beyond_borders.pdf




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Spring Blog

Posted by: Priya Senroy on April 15, 2012 8:00 am
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Happy Spring fellow Creative arts Therapists…..

I am delighted to take you all on a journey to South East Asia to share with you some of the work that is happening there in the filed of Creative Arts therapy. The list is modest but gives you an idea how this filed is being expanded to include the population in that part of the world.

http://www.healthxchange.com.sg/News/Pages/KKH-offers-art-therapy-for-patients-with-mental-illness.aspx

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/20/content_14875539.htm

http://cbh.hku.hk/

http://www.creativeartstherapy.org.my/centre.htm

http://ragamuffinproject.org/projects/cambodia/




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Welcome Spring!!!

Posted by: Priya Senroy on March 20, 2012 2:54 pm
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And a big warm welcome to fellow bloggers and readers…

As the weather changes and I am preparing to finish my cybercounselling course, I wanted to share an article that was published in the CCPA journal in 1999, tilted- Resolution of Value Conflicts in Multicultural Counselling  by Noorfarah Merali, University of Alberta.

This along with other related articles and documents have helped me to tweak and modify my thought process as I assimilate more of the best practices in my own private practice.

Happy Reading!!!!

http://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/cjc/index.php/rcc/article/download/129/309




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Hello Creative Counsellors

Posted by: Priya Senroy on March 15, 2012 10:00 am
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As I continue on inviting all of you to join me on a journey around the world on pioneers of creative therapeutic intervention/modalities, I would like to introduce you to the work of Prof. Mooli Lahad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooli_Lahad

He has been a great influence on my work as a creative arts therapist and I have used his Integrative Model of Coping and Resiliency ‘BASIC PH’ extensively.

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In my endeavor to learn from his knowledge base, I have found this site where he introduces e-learning simulation game accompanying the step by step guide on how to prepare for and manage a crisis.

http://62.90.118.229/ciwin/ciProgram/cipublish/prep_man_crisis23_activity/

I am also intrigued by his ‘SEE FAR CBT’ psycho -trauma treatment protocol, adopted by other practitioners worldwide, which I plan to include in my existing work.

I hope if you ever have the opportunity to hear him or attend any of his workshops or even go to Israel and study under him, I would strongly encourage you to do that, meanwhile, please visit the websites for more information on him.




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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counselling

Posted by: Priya Senroy on February 28, 2012 10:19 am
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In my recent work experience, I have been coming across working with clients with diverse backgrounds and I found this article which has been helping me to fine tune my counselling skills dealing with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender issues.

http://www.counseling.org/Resources/Competencies/ALGBTIC_Competencies.pdf

 




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Hello

Posted by: Priya Senroy on February 15, 2012 8:00 am
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Continuing the journey of mapping different creative arts therapy/counselling related news, events, persons etc, I would like to share an organization called -The Sesame Institute based in England.

The Sesame Institute is a registered charity which promotes and oversees the use of Drama and Movement Therapy. The name Sesame is taken from the legendary password in the story Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves where the words ‘Open Sesame!’ unblock the cave entrance and reveal the treasure inside. Pioneering a modality called the Sesame Approach, therapists trained in these areas uses Drama and Movement as a key to unlocking inner doors so facilitating change and growth.

Please feel free to navigate http://www.sesame-institute.org/ to find out more information.




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Hello Readers!

Posted by: Priya Senroy on January 26, 2012 10:46 am
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I am delighted to be being part of the 2012 bloggers for Counselling Connect.

 

To start the first blog of 2012, I am sharing a paper titled, A Critique of Multicultural Counselling Competencies and Implications for Counsellor Education By Pamela Knelsen Olfert.

 

According to the author, this project is an analysis of multicultural counselling competencies (MCC). This project explored how MCC can be incorporated effectively into counsellor education and how multicultural learning can be encouraged across different learning domains. This was done by exploring the background of the MCC movement and reviewing MCC models, as well as looking at current literature on MCC and counsellor education and examining studies related to MCC and counsellor education. It was found that many elements could affect the development of MCC. It was also found for counsellor training programs to be effective multicultural curriculum needs to be multi-faceted and infused and supported in all areas of the program.

 

http://library.athabascau.ca/drr/download.php?filename=caap/pamelaknelsenolfertProject.pdf




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New Year Greetings to My Fellow Counsellors

Posted by: Priya Senroy on December 22, 2011 2:37 pm
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I hope 2011 was rewarding and challenging for many of you as it was for me!!!! 

So as I reflect back  on 2011 and look forward  to 2012 at the same time, I have decided that I would like to bring in a piece of the world every month to this blog space!!!! 

So what does that exactly mean??? 

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