ICHARS Support Foundation is a non-profit arm of ICHARS, Institute of Clinical Hypnosis And Related Sciences, focusing on promoting the mental health CASE – “Bringing about Change through Awareness, Support, and Education.” Our work is based on the belief that by raising public awareness, educating communities, and equipping every person with the right tools, we can foster optimal mental health.
We have weekly Support Groups, namely: The talk it out Support Group, a safe space for people to vent out their emotions, and the Psychologist Support Group, a peer learning space where practitioners from the field of Psychology meet every week and have case discussions, share tips, and techniques with the fellow members of the group.
ICHARS Support Foundation has also initiated “The VisitMHP challenge”, an initiative that focuses on requesting people to seek help for better mental health before it’s too late.
INTERNSHIPS
60 hrs internship/ Eclectic Approach to Psychotherapy:
A free 60-hour (6 weeks) online internship program on conceptual understanding of the eclectic approach to psychotherapy program is offered monthly for psychology students and aspiring practitioners. As a part of this online internship program, the interns understand the concepts of 50+ techniques to address any presenting problems by clients. This is a self-paced internship program with pre-recorded videos and a weekly live Q&A discussion with the lead mentor, the CEO and Founder of ICHARS – Mr.Nitin Shah. 19 interns successfully completed this internship program.
Program – Free online internship to a conceptual understanding of the eclectic approach to psychotherapy
No of interns – 19 interns between the period of 1st November to 15th December 2023.
Duration – 60-hour internship program (i.e., for six weeks). We have new batches that are commenced during the first week of every month.
VISIT MHP
Visit MHP is an initiative to Spread awareness about the importance of visiting a mental health practitioner even before reaching the stage of disorders and offer Peer Support to Practitioners with free training programs, structured mentorship & a lot more.
Support group Case discussions
We, as an institute, strongly believe that our role as a trainer does not end when the training session ends. Often, practitioners need help with certain clients, and to help our trained professionals on that front, we have case discussion meetings twice every month.
This platform enables our students to get in touch with us, discuss the various cases they have been handling, and clarify the
Topic – Case discussions (doubts and session flow details clarified for coaches & therapists who seek help with their ongoing cases)
Conducted By: Mr. Nitin Shah
Beneficiary – Practicing psychologists and coaches
No of participants – 19 participants
No. of sessions – 1
Date – 14th November 2023
Duration – 1 – 1 & half hours (monthly one session
Webinar
A Webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop, or seminar that is transmitted over the web using video conferencing software. The main objective of the webinar is to instruct, demonstrate, or educate.
Since Visit MHP is a learning platform where we give opportunities to psychologists to present their knowledge on various topics with fellow practitioners, this monthly webinar is a platform for them to talk on various topics like anxiety, relationship counseling, sleep counseling, fear phobia etc. And impact knowledge on the various ways of dealing with clients who approach them with these kinds of issues.
Topic – self-care for mental health professionals
Conducted By: Omkar Pawar
Beneficiary – Practicing psychologists
No of participants – 12 Participants
No. of sessions – 1 (per month)
Date- 28th November 2023
Duration – 1.5 hours (monthly one session)
In partnership with CareerNaksha, who serve as our collaborator course providers for career counseling, we host bi-weekly YouTube live sessions.
These sessions take place on both, their platform and the ISF platform, as part of the VisitMHP initiative, every other Wednesday
- Topic -A sail through emotional journey for mental well-being
Platform- Youtube Career Naksha
Conducted By: Maitri rajendra lalan
Beneficiary – Practicing psychologists and psychology students
Date- 8th November 2023
Duration – 1 hours
- Topic – Setting boundaries for mental wellness
Platform: ICHARS youtube channel
Conducted By: Charanjeet Kaur
Beneficiary – Practicing psychologists and psychology students
Date- 22nd November 2023
Duration – 1 hours