Under
the able guidance of Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen, Freudian
Psychological Society organised a one day workshop on "Therapy in
action". The Resource Person was Ms. Harshita Paul. She was welcomed by
Dr. Ashmeen Kaur, Head P.G. department of Psychology with a planter and a
painting. She started the workshop by telling about an important rule of
therapy that is 'there is nothing right, there is nothing wrong'. She showed a
scribbling on a paper and she explained that a client will be like a scribbled
paper , you have to show your client a different perspective. You don't have to
solve the problems of your client you have to guide them. Session was very interactive
and she made students do a lot of activities. First activity was of
Introspection in which she told students to make a drawing of what is your
purpose behind psychology and then she interpreted some of those drawings. Then
she did another activity in which students have to add an adjective to the
initial letters of their name. Apart from these activities she said that you
have to be a great listener in your therapy sessions. Then she explained the
difference between hearing and listening. She also added that if you listen and
validate your client it will take you a long way. Also, you have to validate
your client's feelings objectively and not from your perspective and personal
biases. She also told about some of the questioning techniques like Socratic questioning,
cost benefit analysis, down arrow technique, breathing technique and ABC model
of CBT. Lastly, she ended with an interactive question answer session.
Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen appreciated this initiative and congratulated
the Department of Psychology. She said that giving knowledge to the students
about various aspects of Psychology and its practical applications is very
necessary. Ms. Anushka ( B.A. sem 4) conducted the stage and Ritika (B.A. sem
4) the formal vote of thanks On this occasion Ms.Shruti Bidani, Mrs. Anjali
Nandan and Ms. Nidhi Sharma also participated in the workshop.
