Moving Past Your Past Workshop

Do you feel overly nervous when talking to certain people?  Do you find yourself angry and not understand why you are so angry?  Do you have private fears that keep you from trying important things in life?  Do you find yourself unable to lift yourself out of a certain sadness?

This  one-day intensive workshop Moving Past Your Past can help.  Dr. Jiji Harner will provide Biblical and psychological insights into how our emotions form and how they impact our current functioning.  We will then work in smaller groups to explore our own experiences of emotional formation

Description:  Our emotional experiences from childhood and with our families shape our behavior into adulthood and our current families in more ways than we can imagine.  This workshop provides practical insight into how our individual emotional experiences have shaped us and the time to process our discoveries with others.  Through the light of truth and being open with caring others, we are often set free from the deep emotional scars of traumatic experiences.  You will be provided the space and structure to thoughtfully consider your life and God’s purposes in bringing you through what you have experienced and how that shapes your present and future.  In this interactive workshop,  you will have the opportunity (but not pressure) to share your own thoughts, feelings and experiences. 

Saturday April 14 – 8:30 am- 5 pm

at Olive Grove Ctr, Highway Subangdaku, Mandaue (250 m north of Wireless flyover)

Dr. Jiji Harner earned her Master's Degree in Counseling in Nyack, NY.  She was practicing as a psychotherapist in the state of New York before returning to the Philippines in 2006 and starting Harner Marriage and Family Counseling Center in Consolacion, Cebu.  She earned her Doctor of Organizational Development and Transformation from Cebu Doctors’ University in 2012.   Jiji, along with her husband Rick, are missionaries with New Life Fellowship (Queens, NY) serving in Cebu since 2006. 

REGISTRATION: P500 includes lunch, snacks and notes

(PreRegister by Thurs, Apr 12 for Discounted price of only P300 )

You can Preregister at the Olive Grove Center with Tin-an during normal business hours (Tuesday-Friday)  Text to make sure she is in the office at 0923 694 2495

call: 423- 4720 (landline)     0933 010 6704(sun)    0916 746 7715 (globe)

Emotionally Healthy Couple Part 2
Dealing with Conflict

Seminar must be attended by both husband and wife
With Dr. Jiji and Rick Harner

Only open for those who have already attended Emotionally Healthy Part 1

When?

Saturday March 3    8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Where?

Olive Grove Center
Subangdaku, Mandaue


Venue: Olive Grove Center. Subangdako before the Wireless flyover. 2nd flr of East and West Bank and PS Bank accross Petron and BDO. 

Registration Cost:  P500 per couple (covers notes, lunch and snacks)
Save P200 by pre-registering by Thursday March 1.  Only P300 per couple

To pre-register deposit at BDO Acct name: Sistaine Ann Rosas. Acct no. 002450094187. Pls send the deposit slip with your names to Sistaine Ann Mendoza Rosas 

Doc Jiji offers very practical advice for establishing good emotional and communication habits that will benefit couples of any age.  The workshop is based on active learning where you will participate and try the skills that are being taught.  Do you want to learn how to talk about areas of conflict without hurting your partner?  Do you want to learn how to express your difficult emotions under control instead of stuffing the emotions or blowing up?  

These skills will provide the foundation for a strong emotional bond between you and your spouse and deepen your understanding of one another which will create a strong marriage.  They will help you communicate your differences without hurting or offending one another and navigate difficult situations in your relationship that life will bring your way. 

You can Preregister at the Olive Grove Center with Tin-an during normal business hours (Tuesday-Friday)  Text to make sure she is in the office at 0923 694 2495

Emotionally Healthy Couple Part 1
How to Stop Undermining Your Marriage

Seminar must be attended by both husband and wife
With Dr. Jiji & Rick Harner

When?

Saturday January 20    8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Where?

Olive Grove Center
Subangdaku, Mandaue


Venue: Olive Grove Center. Subangdako before the Wireless flyover. 2nd flr of East and West Bank and PS Bank accross Petron and BDO. 

Registration Cost:  P500 per couple (covers notes, lunch and snacks)
Save P200 by pre-registering by Thursday January 18.  Only P300 per couple

To pre-register deposit at BDO Acct name: Sistaine Ann Rosas. Acct no. 002450094187. Pls send the deposit slip with your names to Sistaine Ann Mendoza Rosas 

Doc Jiji offers very practical advice for establishing good emotional and communication habits that will benefit couples of any age.  The workshop is based on active learning where you will participate and try the skills that are being taught.  Would you like to learn how to bond well with your spouse?  Do you want to know how to set expectations in a way that will lessen your disappointments when expectations are not met?  Would you like to become better at expressing your appreciation to the people you love?  Do you want to become a better listener?

These skills will provide the foundation for a strong emotional bond between you and your spouse and deepen your understanding of one another which will create a strong marriage.  They will help you communicate your differences without hurting or offending one another and navigate difficult situations in your relationship that life will bring your way.  This strong foundation in marriage also provides a great nurturing environment for your children to grow.

You can Preregister at the Olive Grove Center with Tin-an during normal business hours (Tuesday-Friday)  Text to make sure she is in the office at 0923 694 2495

Sacred Heart PTA Parenting Seminar

On Saturday February 3, I had the privilege of speaking at the PTA parenting seminar of Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu together with Mel and Cathy Po, Edric and Joy Mendoza and Jodi Sta Maria.

Foundations of Emotional Health Seminar

     Dr. Jiji Harner and her husband Rick have developed this seminar to address the need to integrate emotional health with our spiritual lives.  Many people hold to a faith that teaches to love God and love others.  However, we find ourselves struggling in our relationships with the people closest to us.  Why?  Because our emotions influence our decisions and actions in ways that are counterproductive to our relationships.  We will be looking at 6 principles of Emotional Health that cover such topics as:

• Dealing with the pain and hurt of our past
• What should we do with “negative” emotions like fear, grief and anger
• Learning to listen attentively under stress
• How can vulnerability help my relationships
• Boundaries and how they work
• How seeking approval can destroy my relationships

      This seminar is experiential and reflective.  You will be given time to journal and discuss your responses to the material presented and the activities.  It is ideal to come with a friend or spouse.  This seminar will take your relationships to a new level in knowing and understanding yourself and others. 

When:  3 Saturdays – February 18; March 4 & 18 – 9am-4:00 pm

Where:  Baptist Theological College, A.S. Fortuna, Mandaue

Space limited to 50 registrants.  Registration includes snack, lunch & notes

PRE-REGISTRATION with payment

All 3 Sessions P400 (P500 at the door)

*Early Bird Discount expires February 16 - All 3 sessions P300

For more info:   345-0148 (landline)    0916 746 7715 (globe)

Website:  http://rickandjijiharner.wix.com/ehc-php

*The principles of this seminar come from the book Emotionally Healthy Church written by Pete Scazzero which received a Gold Medallion Award in 2003. The seminar has been adapted from the Emotionally Healthy Church seminar that Rick & Jiji have taught for church leaders over the past 10 years.  Rick & Jiji Harner are missionaries with New Life Fellowship (Queens, NY) serving in Cebu since 2006.    

I'm now an officially a Licensed Psychologist in the Philippines!

I had an opportunity to get a quick picture with Dr. Miriam Cue, Chairman of the Board of the Professional Regulation Commission of Psychologists at the recent Oath-Taking of Psychometricians and Psychologists in Cebu at the University of San Carlos Talamban.

After several years of working out educational equivalencies between my American training and the requirements of the Professional Regulation Commission here in the Philippines, I am now a registered Psychologist here in the Philippines. 

Before the oath-taking, I met up with some friends:  Dr Lemuel Sagaral, Dr Ching Olasiman and  some other colleagues. 

There were only 5 psychologists confirmed

standing in contrast to more than a hundred psychometricians who took their oath.

After Dr. Cue shared about the changing status of psychology in the Philippines and Asia, Dr. Glenn Garino of University of San Carlos encouraged us with a short message.

Here I am taking my oath

After the ceremony, I ran into Sir Vince Thomas Evangelista .  He taught the class at University of San Jose Recoletas that I needed to take to earn my equivalency.

The pinning was done an individual basis.  Rick put my pin on after the ceremony

Leading out of an Emotionally Healthy Marriage - Singapore

Pastor Pete and Geri Scazzero taught the Leading out of an Emotionally Healthy Marriage seminar at St Andrews Cathedral in Singapore this past August 26.  My husband and I had the opportunity to help out by demonstrating some of the emotionally healthy skills and then coaching couples as they practiced the skills for themselves