Developing Emotional Health Workshops

Dr. Jiji Harner has developed a series of experiential workshops to address problems of emotional health commonly seen here in the Philippines.  She integrates her American professional training with her Filipino cultural expertise to address these issues in a unique way.  She has developed a Series of experiential seminars to equip those working with people struggling with mental health issues.  Each of these one-day experiential seminars provides a brief theoretical framework for counseling with explanation of major Do's and Don'ts, as well as specific skill sets and techniques related to the specific emotional struggle being considered.

Equipping Helpers Series

•  How to Help Overcome Depression  -  Caring for the Depressed
• Caring for the Anxious
• Working with Perfectionism and Low Self-Esteem
• Coming Alongside the Grieving

She has also developed the following one-day group counseling and workshops for those who are suffering with any one of these emotional struggles.   The one-day workshops start registration at 8:30 am and begin promptly at 9 am to 4:00 pm.  Lunch is included on site.  The day will consist of 4 sessions.  Each session will consist of approximately 35 minutes of lecture and education about the issue:  its symptoms, its causes and how to overcome it.  The lectures are biblically based and also bring in current psychological information and research to open our understanding of what is really going on inside a person who is struggling.  After the lecture, there will be about 1 hour for participants to process the information in a small group setting.  Questions will be presented to engage participants with information and techniques of the lecture.  The purpose here is for participants to gain self-awareness of how the issue strikes them and its roots, along with skills for self-regulating and self-soothing when they are on their emotional roller coaster.  The group process follows the rule - Invite, not inflict - meaning you are always invited to participate with questions, but never required to or forced to participate.  After the time of group process, there will be a short break before the next session. 

One Day Group Counseling and Workshops

• When Depression Hits Home –  Finding help through my Depression
• Breaking the Power of Anxiety
• Finding Meaning in My Loss
• Help! I’m a Perfectionist - Breaking free from life-controlling perfectionism
• What if I really don’t like myself? - Dealing with my Insecurities