FIELD LEVEL ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY COUNSELLING

Community counselling and support services primarily aim to give premarital counselling, counselling services to the parents of BUDS/BRC children, old age people and adolescent students. Other than these focussed areas, target group includes young couples, children, women who are survivors of violence in family and workplace, people with psychiatric problems, Family counselling, Drug abuse etc

Service Provided

  • Community counsellors are involved with gender self learning activities by providing Psycho social support.
  • Crisis management
  • House visit and support to the abandoned or those who are living alone
  • Premarital Counselling
  • Identify the issue and refer to Snehitha Help Desk or other service providers.
  • Address domestic violence issues
  • Group counselling and awareness classes
  • Counselling support to the cases registered in Block Level Community Counselling centre, Gender Resource Centre and Snehitha gender help desk.
  • Counselling services to the school
  • Business counselling
  • Apart from taking group counselling sessions, community counsellors deal with a number of individual cases too. Over these years, community counsellors in the state dealt with a wide variety of cases and given them adequate support needed. The cases can be broadly classified in to five categories
  • Family issues
  • Adolescent issues
  • Mental health problems
  • Personal disputes
  • Premarital Counselling
  • Community counsellors use various techniques such as case study, mental status examination, behaviour therapy, positive reinforcement etc.