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Email hapsychology@gmail.com
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Phone (040) 2784 7755
Feb 25th 2023
@ The Hyderabad Academy of Psychology via ZOOM
Dr. Diana Monteiro (PhD -Licensed Psychologist and Health Service Provider, TN, USA)
Founder-Director, Counseling Psychologist, The Hyderabad Academy of Psychology
Brief Description:
It is very common for anyone working in the helping profession to encounter ethical dilemmas. Ethics are at the heart of competent and effective practice for anyone in the helping field and in India, ethical lines are often easily blurred due to a lack of knowledge and/or experience.
This workshop is designed to give individuals an opportunity to review common principles and standards for ethical practice that are relevant for their clinical practice. Participants will practice using an ethical decision-making process to work through common areas of ethical concerns and leave with a stronger awareness of their own ethical base.
Using case studies and ethical dilemmas generated from real life cases, the workshop will equip participants with the tools to effectively address common ethical challenges. Using powerpoint, discussion, humor, and case vignettes, this workshop will help participants learn ethical decision making to help do the right thing.
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
This is a workshop intended for mental health professionals, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, school counselors and other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services.
Level of Clinician:
-New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
-Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
-Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
A continuing education webinar for mental health professionals on Grief Counseling
By Dr. Diana Monteiro (Ph.D., Counseling Psychologist)
June 26th 2021: 4 pm to 6:30 pm
The pandemic has created multiple levels of grief all over the world. In India, mental health professionals are experiencing an increase in requests for services from all walks of life. In addition, the second wave of COVID-19 hit us harder than other countries and the grief is palpable everywhere. Typically, accessing grief counseling services takes time for clients, but the sheer volume of death that has breached inner circles of people’s lives means that counselors will have to be prepared for the onslaught of grief counseling to come (if it hasn’t already reached our offices!). While most counselors are trained in some aspects of grief counseling, the models used are dated (Eg. Kubler Ross) and not empirically supported.
COME JOIN us for this webinar and learn all about current theories of grief and how to treat it. The webinar will cover grief, current conceptual models of grief, treating uncomplicated grief and complicated grief and how to work with grieving children and adults. The webinar will use real client case examples from counseling, life experiences related to grief and explain how to conceptualize grief in order to treat it.
A continuing education webinar for mental health professionals
By Dr. Diana Monteiro (Ph.D., Counseling Psychologist)
May 15th 2021: 4 pm to 6:30 pm
Do clients tell the truth to their counselors or do they struggle with being honest? Did you know that 93% of clients have reported lying/not being completely honest with their counselors! In fact, do we even know when clients are not telling us everything. Research shows that 65% of clients left things unsaid but only 27% of counselors realized this. Clients covert processes, reactions they have, things they leave unsaid and secrets can have a big impact on how counseling/therapy moves forward. This webinar will discuss this area in more detail.
If clients can’t be honest with their counselors, then are counselors being honest with their clients? Ask yourself, are you always honest with your clients.. Maybe, maybe not.. we did some basic research to figure out answers to this question.
What then do clients lie about? Surely it is limited to embarrassing things like random sexual encounters or too much substance use…. Or is it? What if it’s about their suicidal thoughts, whether they find counseling useful, how they feel about you- their counselor or whether they even want to be in counseling any longer? Will knowing the answers to these questions impact your work with them.
COME JOIN us for this webinar and learn all about what lies beneath the surface. Using current and recently conducted research, you will learn about the whys and whats of the secrets and lies that we hear or not in counseling. This session will also address the important question of how counselors/counseling can help clients who don’t tell the whole truth.
A three hour continuing education program for clinicians
On January 20th 2020 from 330 pm to 7 pm
Depression is a ubiquitous phenomenon among patients who come for psychotherapy. But the word Depression alone is as broad and uninformative as the words “emotional distress”.
What does it mean when a patient says they are “depressed?” Does it mean intense hopelessness? Or intense helplessness? Or both? Does it derive more from guilt and self-criticism? Or does it derive more from loneliness and emptiness?
In short, depression means different things to different people—lay individuals and clinicians, alike. Thus, therapists would be well-advised to think about their patients’ “distress” in a more qualitatively nuanced way—one that goes beyond simply looking at symptoms and behaviors, and delves into what that experience is like for the patient. Indeed, if a patient presented for treatment, it would be important for the therapist to make distinctions between hopelessness and helplessness, anger and fear, and shame and guilt; all of these have implications for good case conceptualization and, proper treatment interventions. In this training, Dr. Madabhushi will elucidate these nuances toward the goal of conceptual clarity.
Dr. Soumya Madabhushi is a licensed counseling psychologist currently working as a staff psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. She obtained her PhD in Counseling Psychology from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and completed a two year intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy program through the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.
Dr. Madabhushi trained as a generalist and has two areas of particular interest: 1) violence and victimization, and 2) minority mental health and social justice advocacy. She is a skilled clinician, adept at providing individual therapy, group therapy, and crisis intervention, with a great interest in applying psychology toward healing individuals as well as communities. She has demonstrated competence in conducting formal and informal needs assessments, creating content, designing and delivering outreach and prevention programming, offering trainings and consultation services to mental health professionals, paraprofessionals, as well as community organizations and members.
Dr. Madabhushi is invested in finding and developing community partnerships toward the goal of building safer, healthier and more just communities for all. As a clinician and presenter, she is known for her warm and engaging presence, insightfulness, and creativity. She is originally from Hyderabad, India and obtained her Bachelors degree in Psychology in Hyderabad before moving to the US.
by Insiya Abdur Raheem, MA (Counseling Psychologist)
Date and Time: 4 to 7 pm Tuesday August 20th 2019
As a mental health professional responsible for an entire school, the role can be challenging and overwhelming. To help you manuevour on your journey as a skilled school counsellor, this workshop is designed to help you setthe right expectations with the school officials, along with dispensing appropriate services to students, parents and teachers along with support staff and anyone who interacts with the “school system”.
From the hiring process, to knowing the nitty gritties of setting up yourself as a school counsellor, this workshop will help you learn the different aspects of school counselling as well as make you aware of the probable challenges you might face along the way. You will also get a chance to learn to create appropriate documentation and material required in the school setting.
Overall this workshop will guide you from the first day of your work, to dispense your duties.
To understand your role as a school counselor and it’s application in India
To learn documentation involved
To help create a mental health program for a whole school approach to render varied services to all.
Date: 15th February 2014
Time: 4 pm to 6pm
Topic: Non-suicidal Self Injury
Presenter: Divya Raj, MPhil (Clinical Psychologist)
Brief Description of Topic
Non suicidal self injury is an often seen issue among clients seeking counseling and psychotherapy. There are many different types of non suicidal self injury including:
• Cutting, scratching, or pinching skin, enough to cause bleeding or a mark which remains on the skin
• Banging or punching objects or self to the point of bruising or bleeding
• Ripping and tearing skin
• Carving words or patterns into skin
• Interfering with the healing of wounds
• Burning skin with cigarettes, matches or hot water
• Compulsively pulling out large amounts of hair
• Deliberately overdosing on medications when this is NOT meant as a suicide attempt
The talk will focus on what NSSI is and how to recognize and treat the same.
Date: 10th March 2012
Time: 5 pm to 7pm
Topic: Yoga in Counseling Practice|
Presenter: Amulya Rajan
About the Presenter: Amulya Rajan is a HAP counsellor as well as a certified yoga trainer from Yogavahini Institute of Yoga Studies, Chennai. After undergoing an intensive yoga teacher-training course, she found that the practice of yoga not only helped her enrich her own life, but also helped her become a better counsellor. Further, she found that she could use her yoga practices and teachings in counselling with wonderful results. Amulya finds that using yoga with counselling adds another dimension to the traditional ‘talk therapy’, and yields results which are quicker and often much deeper in clients.
Brief Description of Topic
Yoga, the ancient Indian discipline, facilitates spiritual growth and self-empowerment. Traditional yoga, unlike most other forms of physical discipline, uses the breath to bridge the body and the mind. As a result it directly helps in regulating the workings of the mind. This brings about a natural state of contentment and unconditional love. It also brings about self-understanding, awareness and self-acceptance- qualities which are key to the process of counselling. Hence, over the years yoga has become a much-opted for practice to complement the process of counselling.
At this Continuing Education Programme we will learn about how yoga can be used by counsellors in the counselling process. The focus will be on different yogic techniques that can be taught to clients during counselling sessions which will help speed up their movement towards their goals for counselling. Further, this CE will focus on some of the yogic attitudes that counsellors can inculcate within themselves that will complement their role as counsellor.
Date: 3rd December 2011
Time: 4:30pm to 7pm
Topic: Ethics in Counseling Practice
Presenters: This CE will be a discussion oriented learning session with minimal lecture and mostly case discussions. Facilitator of discussion: Diana Monteiro
Brief Description of Topic
Ethics is at the core of every discipline. In the practice of psychological counseling in India, ethics has typically been taught within curriculum related to other areas rather than being in a class of its own. The lack of a well advertised ethics code leaves several practitioners uncertain about how to handle dilemmas. This CE presentation will expose the participants to a variety of ethical scenarios and will discuss specific cases related to common dilemmas experienced when working in the field of psychological counseling.
Date: 8th October 2011
Time: 4:30pm to 7pm
Topic: Personality disorders: An overview and case discussion
Presenters: Diana Monteiro, Insiya A Raheem, Amulya Rajan
Brief Description of Topic
Personality based psychopathology is one of the hardest to treat clinically, because it consists of “personality traits that are enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself, that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts; and these traits are inflexible, maladaptive and cause significant impairment or subjective distress.” This CE presentation will discuss the different personality disorders and use case examples to help us better understand diagnosis and treatment.
Brief description of Presenters: Dr. Diana Monteiro, Insiya A Raheem, and Amulya Rajan.
Dr. Diana Monteiro is a Counseling Psychologist who worked with personality based psychopathology in her clinical work in the US. Insiya A Raheem and Amulya Rajan are pursuing their Master’s in Psychology at Osmania University and have had experiences in working with personality psychopathology in their clinical work. All of them belong to the Hyderabad Academy of Psychology where they work as counsellors.
Date: 13th August 2011
Time: 4:30pm to 7pm
Topic: Dementia
Presenters: Dr. Chandra Shekar and Dr. Vani Rupela
Dementia is a progressive neurological disorder that affects thinking, memory, communication and everyday life. Dementia has been recognized as the cause of disability in 5% to 10% of the world population aged over 60 years. About 3.2 million people in India are affected by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease and stroke are the two most common causes of dementia in India.. Dementia not only affects the individual but also the caregivers’ lives drastically. Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI) is a national society that is committed to improving the quality of life of persons with dementia and their caregivers. Its Hyderabad Deccan chapter was started in the year 2008. The organization won the AP state award for institutions working towards knowledge and information in the field of aging in 2010.
Brief description of Presenters: Dr. K. Chandrashekar and Dr. Vani Rupela.
Dr. ChandraShekar is a renowned psychiatrist in Hyderabad, and is committed to helping persons who need psychiatric support. He is the Director of Asha Hospital, Banjara Hills and holds numerous important positions such as President of Indian Psychiatric Association, South zone, and Vice President of the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Hyderabad Deccan chapter. He will speak about briefly about what dementia is, the types of dementia and how to handle behaviour in persons with Dementia.
Dr. Rupela is a Speech Language Pathologist who has worked as lecturer for a few years in Sweekaar Rehabilitation Institute for Handicapped. She has recently completed a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is an active volunteer and executive member of the ARDSI, Hyderabad Deccan chapter. She will speak about communication in persons with Dementia and the activities that can be done with these persons.
Date: 11th June 2011
Time: 4:30pm to 7pm
Topic: Counseling suicidal people
Presenters: HAP team (Bona Marie Colaco, Rushna Sultana and Diana Monteiro)
Suicide is a world problem and in our country, it is a growing problem among adolescents and adults. As mental health professionals, we have an additional responsibility to prevent suicide by educating our communities about the same. The presentation will go over the basics of suicide prevention, suicide risk assessment, counseling suicidal people and what we can do as mental health professionals to prevent suicide.
The presentation will be made by Dr. Diana Monteiro, Bona Marie Colaco, M.A., and Rushna Sultana, B.A., counselors at the Hyderabad Academy of Psychology. Bona Marie Colaco obtained her Masters in Psychology from Osmania University in 2009 and has worked as a counselor at St. Joseph’s degree and PG college, Hyderabad. Rushna Sultana is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Psychology at Osmania University. All the presenters have worked actively in the area of suicide prevention for the last several years.
Brief Description of Topic : Neuropsychology is a bridging discipline which thrives on concepts borrowed from Neurology, Psychology and even Psychiatry. The presentation will elaborate on some of these basic concepts and help participants adopt a more integrated outlook towards client management and care.
The presentation will be made by Smita Choudhary-Lath, M. Phil. Smita is a post-graduate from Calcutta University, who attained her M.Phil degree in Mental Health & Social Psychology from National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. She recently relocated to Hyderabad and is now working with a people management consultancy, Human Dynamic Asia Pacific.
2nd CE program: “Understanding Sexual Orientation ”
on April 9th 2011
Brief Description of Topic : This program will focus on current thinking on sexual orientation and is designed to increase awareness regarding the unique challenges LGBT individuals face in their lives. Participants will learn about sexual orientation, sexual identity and relevant clinical issues when working with LGBT individuals. The presentation will be by Dr. Diana Monteiro, Director of the HAP.
on March 12, 2011
Brief Description of Topic : Attachment is an emotional bond to another person first proposed by psychologist John Bowlby (1969). Bowlby described attachment as a “lasting psychological connectedness between human beings” (Bowlby, 1969, p. 194). Researchers suggest that attachment theory may be a potential “metaperspective capable of integrating important personality and developmental constructs in ways that both inform and stimulate our research and practice” in counseling psychology (Lyddon, 1995). The presentation will include an overview of attachment theory and its application to the counseling framework.