Understanding Individual & Collective Trauma: Module 1 - Series of 5 Webinars
2020-05-15 - 2020-06-13
Traumatic experiences impact us in myriad ways, and carry the potential to adversely effect our physical and mental health. They also influence our relationships, careers, social lives, etc, and can prevent us from building resilience and stability in our lives. With the spread of COVID-19 across India and globally, we are now facing a collective trauma. Hank Nunn Institute presents a series of webinars to help you understand the nature and impact of trauma, and will also look into how we can heal from trauma as individuals and communities. Mental health professionals will gain an understanding of trauma-focused therapeutic work. A certificate of completion will be provided at the end for professionals who attend all sessions and participate in the reflective evaluations each week. Module 2 will follow in June 2020.

Module 1

– What is Trauma?
– Developmental Trauma
– Collective Trauma
– Trauma Bonding
– Trauma-informed Care

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Time

5 Sessions

Each session is for a duration of 90 mins
Evaluation in the form of weekly reflective assignments
Batch 1 – 15th May to 12th June

Every Friday 15:30 – 17:00 IST
Batch 2 – 16th May to 13th June

Every Saturday 14:30 – 16:00 IST

Cost

₹300 per session

About the Facilitator

Hena Faqurudheen is a trauma-focused psychotherapist at the Hank Nunn Institute-Delhi. Her passion for designing better communities comes from her varied experiences as a mental health professional, including working in post-disaster and trauma settings over the last 10 years.

Contact

Kedar K Rao
kedar@hanknunninstitute.org

Beginning Your Own Private Practise - Series of 5 Webinars
2020-05-13 - 2020-06-11
Setting up your private practice can feel overwhelming with many questions and confusions along the way. The process may feel lonely and ultimately too tiring to keep up when we make too many mistakes. Through this workshop we have tried to break down the process of beginning your journey as a therapist so that the process feels enriching and empowering. The workshop will focus on understanding the foundation of psychotherapeutic practice, what to prepare for before you start, the structure and processes involved, the challenges you may face and finally your own self-care. The workshops is aimed towards helping new therapists setup their practice in a reflective and practical way.

Modules

– Foundation of private practice – Framework for practice
– Getting started – Supervision, patient load, networking and references
– Structures and processes – Consent forms, cancellation policy and communication
– Challenges – Risk management, safety and containment
– Self-care – Considering personal work and continued development

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Time

Batch 1 – 13th May to 10th June

Every Wednesday 3 – 4 PM

Batch 2 – 14th May to 11th June

Every Thursday 10 – 11 AM

Cost

INR 200 per session

Facilitators

– Reshmi Sahadevan, Clinical psychologist and outreach manager
– Ishani Badyal, Psychotherapist and community mental health psychologist
– Arushi Bradu, Psychotherapist

Contact

Kedar K Rao
kedar@hanknunninstitute.org

Dreams Under Turbulence - Online Experiential Group
2020-05-09 - 2020-07-25
Dreams and their secret language have been the fascination of many for a long time now. While some of us have really vivid dreams and enjoy the stories they tell, others have a hard time remembering. Often, they reflect our present difficulties and help process feelings that are suppressed. In addition, dreams also help us imagine new possibilities and alternative paths into the future. Perhaps this creative and visionary aspect of dreams will lead to us new ways of channeling the collective conscious in surviving and living a meaningful life through this ongoing socio-political and cultural turbulence.
‘Dreams under turbulence’ is an online experiential space where a group of people come together to share dreams, form associations, discover the embedded meanings, expand the social thought process, and make the invisible visible. It is primarily a social group process where the focus is on the dream and not the dreamer. This is not a dream interpretation group, although each of you may have your personal takeaways from the social process you engage in.

This is for you if

– You are fascinated by the mysetry around dreams
– You wonder about the inherent meaning and purpose of your dreams
– You enjoy a collective process of exploration
– You have the desire to discover and learn something new
– You wish to share and connect with the larger community
– You are looking for a space to belong
– You want to experience transformative thinking

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Dates

May – 9, 16, 23, 30
June – 6, 13, 20, 27
July – 4, 11, 18, 25
Kindly check your availability for all dates before registering

Time

Saturday 09:00 to 10:30 AM

Cost

3 month Online Group – 12 Sessions
Each session is for a duration of 90 minutes
₹300 per session

About the facilitator

Shama Parkhe, Co-founder & Clinical Director
Psychotherapist, Psychodrama Practitioner, Group Analyst in Training
Shama has been working with adults in group settings using both group analytic and psychodramatic methodology. She has a keen interest in developing alternatives to traditional mental health practises by involving the larger community. She believes in the efficacy of group processes and aims at creating safe, reflective, and therapeutic spaces for groups of people experiencing interpersonal difficulties.

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Tasneem Hararwala
tasneem@hanknunninstitute.org

Risk Assessment and Management In Psychotherapy - Series of 6 webinars
2020-05-06 - 2020-06-11
As mental health professionals, it can be challenging to work with patients who present with significant risk. While we may feel fairly confident in our abilities as clinicians, a patient who is threatening to take his life can evoke strong feelings of anxiety. Such a situation can feel demanding and bring up questions about your role as a therapist. It can become quite challenging to reflect, to draw boundaries and be able to provide support and containment without feeling overwhelmed. The 6 part webinar is designed​ keeping this experience in mind. The series​ will combine teaching and reflections on risk assessment and management as we have known​ it through our work and experience. Through this engagement, we hope to address questions about the difference in roles, crises and risks and structures that help with containment.​

Objectives

– Understand and assess crises and the escalation of risk(s)

– Learn how to draw a comprehensive risk management plan
– Develop the capacity to provide support during crisis
– Learn to work with a team of professionals

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Who is it for ?

Mental health professionals – Counselors, therapists, social workers, clinical psychologists, support workers – working with individuals who present with significant risks; such as self-harm, harm to others, suicidal ideation.

Time

Batch 1 – 6th May to 10th June
Every Wednesday 4:30 – 5:30 PM

Batch 2 – 7th May to 11th June

Every Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 PM

Cost

₹200 per session

Facilitators

– Ishani Badyal, Psychotherapist
– Mohit Sharma, Clinical Manager & Psychotherapist
– Pratiksha Tewari, Psychotherapist

Ishani, Mohit, and Pratiksha are a part of our risk management team and have been working with and supporting at-risk patients for over three years.

Contact

Kedar K Rao
kedar@hanknunninstitute.org

3rd Introductory Workshop - Group Analytic Psychotherapy
2020-04-16 - 2020-04-18 | Fireflies, Dinnepalya Village, Kaggalipura Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560082, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560082, India
UPDATE
As you may have expected, we have had to cancel our 3 day residential introductory weekend on Group Analytic Psychotherapy. We cannot recreate the same experience virtually, and therefore will not be offering the same online.
However, we are hosting two Meet & Greet + Q&A sessions on 18 and 19 April from 14:30 – 16:30.
This is an opportunity
– to meet the Faculty as well as former students of the Foundation Course
– to gain a basic understanding of Group Analysis
– to understand the 4-5 year long training programme, and
– to learn about the process of qualifying as a Group Analyst
Free and Open for all those interested in group work and group processes.
To register, please contact anando@hanknunninstitute.org

A precursor to the Foundation Course in Group Analytic Psychotherapy
16 – 17 – 18 April 2020
This 3 day workshop offers participants the opportunity to experience being in small therapeutic groups. In addition, the seminar sessions will introduce the basic principles of Group Analysis.
The intention of the workshop is twofold:
a) to help participants judge whether they would like to embark on a longer journey in group psychotherapy,
b) to get a taste of what might be expected of them if they were to enroll for the Foundation Year.

Who is it for ?

For those interested and involved in working with groups

Why Group Analysis ?

Group Analysis is a powerful therapeutic medium that focuses on the relationship between the individual and the group, emphasizing the essentially social nature of human experience. Our philosophy is that as personal difficulties arise in groups, groups are the best place to explore, understand and try and resolve them.

Some Learning Outcomes:

– Recognize the effect of group dynamics on self and others
– Increased self-awareness and self-reflexivity
– Understand group dynamics from a Group-Analytic perspective
– Understand the meaning of fundamental Group Analytic terms such as Dynamic Administration, Mirroring, Resonance, Matrix etc.

About the Facilitators

Dr Farhad Dalal, PhD
Psychotherapist and Group Analyst
His first degree was in Physics. His first psychotherapy training in the early 1980s was in the Humanistic Traditions with the Minster Centre in London. He then trained with the Institute of Group Analysis (London), qualifying in 1991. He obtained his PhD in 2001. Previously he was an Associate Fellow on the DMan programme at the University of Hertfordshire’s Business School and Visiting Professor at the Open University in the Netherlands. He has published numerous papers on a number of subjects that include psychoanalysis, group analysis, racism, politics and ethics, as well as four books.
Anando Chatterji
Psychotherapist
Anando has been working in group settings for over 19 years now. Working with adults with personality disorders in groups is of particular interest to him. He is fascinated with the complexity and diversity of thought and experience a group brings. He is the co-ordinator for IGA, UK accredited Group Analytic Training in India.

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anando@hanknunninstitute.org

Taking the Group (really) Seriously - Online Lecture
2020-04-15 14:30 - 16:30 (Asia/Kolkata)
Abstract: I will begin by describing how and why I came to write Taking the Group Seriously. Through this ‘story’ I will flag up some of the questions about the human condition that I was struggling with at that time (and still continue do to!). I will then draw on the works of Norbert Elias and S.H.Foulkes to elaborate some of the key elements of Radical Group Analytic Theory, specifically, figuration, power and the idea of existence as ‘process’.

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Seminar Leader
Dr Farhad Dalal, PhD
His first degree was in Physics. His first psychotherapy training in the early 1980s was in the Humanistic Traditions with the Minster Centre in London. He then trained with the Institute of Group Analysis (London), qualifying in 1991. He obtained his PhD in 2001. Previously he was an Associate Fellow on the DMan programme at the University of Hertfordshire’s Business School and Visiting Professor at the Open University in the Netherlands. He has published numerous papers on a number of subjects that include psychoanalysis, group analysis, racism, politics and ethics, as well as four books.
About the book
In this critique and extension of the work of S.H.Foulkes, Farhad Dalal presents a thorough contemporary appraisal of the theory of group analysis and its relevance to psychoanalysis as a whole. The author argues that Foulkes failed to develop a specific set of group concepts, relying instead on the traditional individualistic framework of Freud. The book explores why Foulkes failed to escape from the orthodox mother-infant paradigm and offers a new post-Foulkesian interpretation of group analytic theory.
Taking the Group Seriously is divided into six parts which trace the history of ideas behind group work, and draws on a wide range of subjects to support its thesis: not only psychoanalysis and group analysis, but also sociology, biology, chaos theory, genetics, economics, game theory and discourse theory. Using the author’s practical group experience and including the latest ideas on the subject, this volume will be of interest to all those working in the field of psychoanalysis.

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Communication in Groups
2020-03-28 09:30 - 12:30 | Manoyatra, Indiranagar, 824, 2nd Cross Rd, Sodepur, Appareddipalya, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
“The language of the symptom, although already a form of communication, is autistic. It mumbles to itself secretly, hoping to be overheard…” (Foulkes and Anthony 1957, pg. 260)
Members of a group bring to it their ‘illness’ – the disturbances and conflicts that can not, yet, be articulated. These are expressed in the content of their story, the manner in which it is told, their relationship with individual members and the group as-a-whole, their presence and absence and how they spend their time in and with the group. The task of the conductor and the group is to, then, help members become aware of and voice disruptions in communication.

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Seminar Leaders
Swathi Prabhu
Psychotherapist
Swathi is a lover of languages, books, and the conquest of new words. She works with adolescents and young adults in Individual and Group Psychotherapy. She has a Masters in Psychology from the Indian Institute of Psychology and Research, Bangalore and is a certified Graphoanalyst. She believes that group spaces created with a therapeutic intent give a voice to silenced distressed. She is most fascinated by how groups rhythmically flow from chaos to creativity. She has recently completed the Foundation year of Group Analytic training and is on her way to becoming a group analyst.

Mohit Sharma
Psychotherapist
Mohit’s curiosity about group analytic work was aroused by his therapy. Over the last few years, he has become interested in creating spaces within consulting rooms and the larger community where people can come together and try to have difficult conversations. He has recently begun his journey in group analysis and is eager to share his appreciation and experiences of groups and how they work.

Chailogue 52nd Ek Akela Iss Shehar Mein
2020-03-14 16:30 - 19:00
Loneliness is touted to be one of the biggest reasons behind people today experiencing less happiness as compared to previous generations. Social Isolation has been found to be a critical factor influencing mental and physical health. At a time when the magic of digital connectivity has changed everything, it seems to also have changed how close we feel to people in reality. Today, at a time when collective identity is at the core of the socio-political unrest in our city, how is an individual managing to keep themselves afloat? The quality of our communication, our connection, and our sense of togetherness are up for discussion at the 52nd Chai-logue. Come and talk or come and listen. As always, there will be chai.

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Nobody Reads The Fine Print
2020-03-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Atta Galatta, 134, near Jyoti Nivas College, KHB Colony, 5th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560095, India
Nobody Reads the Fine Print is a space hosted by Atta Galatta and facilitated by Hank Nunn Institute that intends to engage the community in conversation about the ways in which we think, feel and respond to others. It’s an effort on our part to create spaces within the community where difficult conversations can be had. The following event will be the fourth in a series – Coercion, Control and Scapegoats – of reflections on the current sociopolitical turmoil and the the ways in which it has impacted our lives.

The Role of a Group Therapist
2020-02-29 09:30 - 12:30 | Manoyatra, Indiranagar, 824, 2nd Cross Rd, Sodepur, Appareddipalya, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
According to S.H. Foulkes, conducting / facilitating a group is a creative activity. He said, ‘We will consider the conductor as a therapist in the more specific sense. This is a creative activity which needs much intuition. The conductor has to live with the group, expose himself to the currents permeating it and him, try to divine the meaning of what is going on and the relevance of this meaning. Only in the light of such an orientation will he decide on his various interventions, their nature and their timing. His fundamental attitude has been termed the analytic attitude’. (Foulkes, 1975)
The content of this seminar is a combination of her experience of running therapy groups for about 3 years now as well as being a member of different therapeutic groups both in India and abroad.

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Seminar Leader
Shama Parkhe
Psychotherapist & Psychodrama Practitioner
Shama has been working with adults in group settings using both group analytic and psychodramatic methodology. She has a keen interest in developing alternatives to traditional mental health practices by involving the larger community. She believes in the efficacy of group processes and aims at creating safe, reflective, and therapeutic spaces for groups of people experiencing interpersonal difficulties.

HANSIKA
2019-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Good Shepherd Auditorium, Museum Rd, Opp Patricks Church, Shanthala Nagar, Richmond Town, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hansika was conceptualized, choreographed and premiered to a full house in Bengaluru in 2018, followed by two successful shows in Bangalore and Delhi respectively. As a dance practitioner, Sharmila Mukerjee has always envisioned bridging boundaries and uniting cultures through a single thread of art. Hansika is the second step towards this vision, her maiden production being Sookshma based on a Kannada folk tale, with a social message regarding environment.
The ballet originating from a Russian folklore raconteurs the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse. Following a gripping story of love, deceit and despair, the end marks a file of swans flocking to a safer haven, their present home being polluted by humans for generations on end. The production in the garb of an Indian classical dance form draws a close parallel to classical ballet as we know it. Hansika explores how ballet and libretto can be adapted to Indian classical raaga (music), taal (rhythm) and laaya (pace). The score of the production is original, replete with Indian classical elements and instruments like pakhwaj, flute, sitar and diverse rhythmic syllables. Tchaikovsky’s original theme shows up in the music structure time and again.
The dance narrative in Odissi is a detour from traditional ballet aesthetics, yet unanimously speaks of humanity and sustainability. The closing scene showing the swans flocking to cleaner waters conveys a strong message of taking care of nature and not push it beyond the point of redemption.

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ABOUT SHARMILA MUKERJEE
Sharmila Mukerjee is the founder and artistic director of Sanjali Centre for Odissi Dance in Bengaluru which was established in 2004.
After completing her schooling in Loreto House, and graduating from Presidency College, Kolkata, Sharmila followed her one and only passion – dance. Initiated into the Uday Shankar style of dance, Sharmila, at the young age of sixteen played the main role of Chandalika in Tagore’s dance drama “Chandalika” during the poet’s birth anniversary celebrations in Calcutta, and caught the attention of the critics who wrote about her inborn grace and amazing stage presence.
Thereafter, Sharmila started learning Odissi under the tutelage of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra from 1984 in Kolkata. Rigorous, intensive training in Odissi continued at her Guru’s residence in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra himself accompanied Sharmila on the mardala for her Rangapravesh in 1988, and thereafter, Sharmila started performing Odissi as a solo artist and in some productions directed by Guruji. She also took lessons in Abhinay from Smt. Kalanidhi Narayan and attended workshops conducted by late Smt. Sanjukta Panigrahi.
Sharmila initially taught Odissi at Calcutta School of Music and also looked after the administration of that institute for a year, as Secretary of Indian Music Section.She has worked very closely with hearing impaired children as she taught dance and movement therapy at The Oral School for Deaf Children, Kolkata and choreographed and directed many productions with these children, the most notable among them, being “Ramayan” a full length dance drama in which more than 50 hearing impaired children participated. After moving to Bengaluru, she also taught dance at the Sheila Kothwala Institute for the Deaf and for a few years. In the year 2000, she won a scholarship to the University of Michigan( Ann Arbor) for a period of 3 months where she trained in dance movement and composition.She also did intensive workshops learning dance movement and how to work with hearing impaired children, at the British Council Calcutta, under the guidance of visiting faculty members form Laban Centre, U.K.
A Grade A artist of Doordarshan and an Established artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Sharmila has performed at various prestigious festivals and conferences in India and abroad in countries like Fiji, Malaysia, Australia , New Zealand, Italy, U.S.A, Indonesia and U.A.E. A Singar Mani from the Sur Singar Samsad (Mumbai), Sharmila was recently conferred with the prestigious Mahari 2016 award from the Guru Pankaj Charan Das Foundation (Orissa) for her contribution to Odissi dance, and also the BCKA Kalasreshtha Award from the Bengaluru Club for Kathakali and the Arts in Bengaluru.
Sharmila is also a choreographer and has created many dance pieces and directed a number of productions in Odissi. Having made Bengaluru home now, Sharmila established the Sanjali Centre for Odissi Dance in 2004,when she moved there from Kolkata and continues to spread this dance form through her teaching and performances, to many students in the city, and outside Bengaluru, and also to foreign students who come for training at Sanjali, Bengaluru. Many students have done their rangapravesh under the guidance of Sharmila who has made a name for herself as one of the pioneers of Odissi in South India. Sanjali has opened various branches all over Bengaluru, and many of Sharmila’s senior students are solo performers and help her to run her classes and teach independently themselves. The Sanjali Dance Ensemble, the performing unit actively performs innovative compositions and creations choreographed by Sharmila Mukerjee and presents them in prestigious platforms in India and abroad. Recently, in January 2018, the Sanjali Dance Ensemble, under the leadership of Sharmila Mukerjee, toured Tunisia, organized by the Ministry of Culture,Govt of India and Indian Embassy, Tunis.

THE SANJALI DANCE ENSEMBLE
Sanjali Centre for Odissi Dance (Bengaluru) was established in 2004 by Sharmila Mukerjee. This dance institute provides a complete education in the Odissi dance form – the technique, the skills, the tradition, sadhana and the fulfillment. This institute primarily provides training in the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra style of Odissi. The students of this institute are given a platform to showcase their skills in the dance form and encouraged to perform in various prestigious festivals and programmes.
The performing wing of Sanjali Centre for Odissi Dance – the Sanjali Dance Ensemble specializes in thematic Odissi presentations, which display the lyrical and graceful quality of the dance form.This group is committed to perform Odissi dance all over the world by performing different choreographic compositions, and also by teaching and conducting lecture demonstrations and workshops, under the guidance and leadership of Sharmila Mukerjee.
The Sanjali Dance Ensemble, is empanelled in Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and is also empanelled in the Outstanding category in the Ministry of Culture to perform at festivals of India abroad.
The Sanjali Dance Ensemble has performed at various prestigious festivals like the Mukteshwar Festival, Odissi International Festival, Soorya Festival, Monsoon Festival and Kinkini Festival among many others.Recently they also performed at Tunisia, under the aegis of the Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India and the Embassy of India,Tunis and received much acclaim for their performances.
