LOOKING BACK ONLOOKING BACK ON

ONE YEAR WORKINGONE YEAR WORKING

COUNSELING ACTIVITY

SHARE CounselorsPermanent staff

Consulting experts and advisors

Tuyet Brown, M.A.

Advisors

Russell Fryer, M.A.

Contributing expert

Tr n Văn Công, Research Fellowầ

Volunteers

Nicolas Bosc, Research Fellow

Volunteers

Philippe Nichon, M.A.

Other experts

Tr n Thu H ng, Ph.D.ầ ươ

Mã Ng c Th , M.A.ọ ể

Camille Unal, M.A.

COUNSELING BY THE NUMBERS

NUMBER OF CLIENTS

92 clients, almost 200 consulting emails

CLIENT GENDER

46,7% Male 53,2% Female

CLIENT AGE RANGES

Age Number Percentage

19 to 29 30 32,6

Over 30 28 30,43

13 to 18 12 13,04

7 to12 5 5,43

Under 6 2 2,17

Data error 15 16,3

Total 92 100%

Client issues

• Family or marital conflict: 17,3• Mood or behavior disorders: 16,6• Depression: 15,2• Stress: 11,9• Sexual issues: 6,5• Love issues: 6,5• School issues: 5,4• Other issues: 25,5

Papers and Literature at the Center

• Counseling contract• Initial meeting appointment sheet• Client evaluation after 3 to 4 sessions• Price chart and financial aid application• Counseling files• Counseling process• Code of ethics

Tests used in counseling

• PEP – Autism diagnosis

• WISC – Intelligence

• TAT and other projection tests

• Clinical tests: Depression, Anxiety, Sentence Completion,…

PROFESSIONAL SKILL-BUILDING PROFESSIONAL SKILL-BUILDING ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

• Project management process: 5 sessions• Intelligence, autism and other tests: 8 sessions • Children’s language issues: 11 sessions• Child autism and psychological issues: 8 sessions• Assisting human trafficking survivors: 4 sessions• PTSD, stress, general anxiety: 9 sessions • Issues in counseling relationships:12 sessions • Supervision and case sharing: weekly

1.1.Psychology Department students at Psychology Department students at the University of Social Sciences and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities Humanities

2. Psychology Department students at 2. Psychology Department students at Amherst College, Massachusetts, USAAmherst College, Massachusetts, USA

INTERNSHIP TRAININGSINTERNSHIP TRAININGS

Intern training objectives

• Basic counseling skills• Online counseling skills• The counseling process at

SHARE• Code of ethics

OTHER INTERNSHIP ACTIVITIES

1. Shadowing2. Workshops3. Writing articles4. Teaching assistant

Feedback

Strengths

- Always striving for professionalism- Constant capacity-building activities- Frequent cooperation with experts

Feedback (cont’d)

Shortcomings- Counseling did not achieve desired

effectiveness - Record-keeping and archiving are not

sufficiently consistent- Testing tools are lacking- No individual supervision

FUTURE STRATEGIES

• Maintaining current activities, especially capacity-building

• Furnishing the center with adequate equipment

• Completing counseling documents• Initiating and maintaining individual

supervision

ORGANIZING ORGANIZING TRAINING ACTIVITIESTRAINING ACTIVITIES

(15 courses)(15 courses)

Skills for Professionals working with Autistic children

1 course

Living values and life skills for Teen

2 Training courses

Life skills for children in reforming school

4 training courses

Working skills for People living with HIV/AIDS

4 training courses

Effective working skills with orphan and street children

4 training courses

Psychology support skills for survivors of trafficking

1 training course

Counseling skills on Reproductive health for Students in

Dalat University

1 Training course

Gender streaming in HIV Prevention

1 training course

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