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East West Center for Counselling
and Training, World Storytelling Institute, and The Wandering Artist (cultural
centre) present A Workshop for adults on "Ways of using Stories and Storytelling to overcome Depression" Workshop
Date and Time Sunday
8th Dec 2019. 10am - 1pm (3 hours). The
Workshop Poster is here. Workshop
Description Participants would practice and
discuss methods of using stories and storytelling to overcome depression in
themselves and/or in others.
Participants would be invited to tell, role-play, and discuss stories
about their own and/or others' experiences of depression. These stories could include proverbs,
grandmother stories, cinema plots, and stories of historical figures. Possible causes of, prompts for, and
constructive responses to, the instances of depression portrayed in these
stories would be considered. The use
of symbols (including visual images) and sounds -- as well as of imaginary
characters, situations, and actions -- to affect a person's mood would be
explored. Finally, participants would learn ways
to 1)
compose "anti-depressive"
healing-and-inspirational stories for themselves, and/or 2) to
assist their clients to compose such stories for themselves. Workshop
Pre-requisites No
training or credentials are required for participants of this Workshop. The Workshop might be especially meaningful
and useful for Psychological Counsellors and people considering entering this
field, and generally for people interested in healing, personality
development, and actualisation (fulfilling of potential) of oneself and
others. Bio-data
of Workshop Leader, Dr Eric Miller Dr Eric was born and trained in
Storytelling in NYC, trained in Folklore in Philadelphia, and trained in
Psychology in Chennai. Dr Eric has settled in Chennai, where
he co-founded the World
Storytelling Institute in 2007 (which he directs), the Indian Storytelling Network
in 2011, the Chennai
Storytelling Festival in 2013, and the Storytelling
Therapy Association of India in 2019.
He is also the Assistant Director of the East West Center for Counselling
and Training. Links to 11 writings by Dr Eric
relating to using stories and storytelling therapeutically are here. Dr Eric's personal website is www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
. Education: 1) PhD in
Folklore, University of Pennsylvania, 2010. 2)
One-year course in Psychological Counselling, Chennai Counsellors Foundation,
2016. 3) MSc in
Psychology, University of Madras, 2019. Workshop
Location No. 51, 6th Main Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai. Workshop
fee Rs
800. Advance registration is
required. Contact For
additional info about this Workshop: 98403
94282 info@storytellinginstitute.org To
register for the Workshop: 96772 33425 crm@wanderingartist.in
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