Workshops & Short Courses

Mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia not only affects the individual, but also their family members, spilling over to the community and the church. Due to the lack of awareness and proper understanding of the mentally ill, society holds myths and misconceptions about the whole area of mental illness.

An informed caring, and forging a therapeutic relationship can greatly assist in the healing process, and bring satisfaction to the care givers. This course will bring awareness as to how the church can make a difference on sufferers and how its members can be a powerful channel of healing.

Date:
16 July 2022 Part 1
23 July 2022 Part 2

Time:
2pm to 5pm

Venue:
Zoom

Cost:
RM80 for NACC members
RM160 for non-members

Contact Hours Awarded:
4 contact hours will be awarded

Payment:

1. Online registration and payment below
2. Registration via email and Online Transfer to Bank account, with your full name and membership number (if any):
   Name: National Association of Christian Counsellors, Malaysia
   MBB A/C No. 5122 3134 8681

** Important: For payment methods 2 & 3, please email your registration and bank in or transfer payment confirmation to : office@nacc-malaysia.org otherwise we cannot register you for this event.

Organised by:
National Association of Christian Counsellors (NACC) Malaysia

Website:
www.nacc-malaysia.org

Email:
office@nacc-malaysia.org

Childhood

• This workshop seeks to provide participants with an understanding of the important psychological and spiritual needs during the critical stage of childhood.

• This is viewed through the lens of four developmental stages from infancy through puberty.

• One of the key questions this workshop strives to address is – how can we, as parents or caregivers, nurture our children as they enter this brave new world? The workshop covers the importance of early relationships and attachment.

Objectives:

1. Understand the important psychological and spiritual needs during the childhood stages.

2. Learn about attachment and importance of early parent-child care.

3. Recognize some of the nurturing factors towards the healthy development of the child.

Target audience:
Parents, caregivers, lay helpers working with children and the youth, and those interested to learn more about childhood development.

Date:
20th Aug 2022

Time:
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Venue:
Zoom Online

Cost:
RM40 for NACC members
RM80 for non-members

NACC Contact Hours Awarded:
2 contact hours will be awarded

Payment:

1. Online registration and payment below
2. Registration via email and Online Transfer to Bank account, with your full name and membership number (if any):
   Name: National Association of Christian Counsellors, Malaysia
   MBB A/C No. 5122 3134 8681

** Important: For payment methods 2 & 3, please email your registration and bank in or transfer payment confirmation to : office@nacc-malaysia.org otherwise we cannot register you for this event.

Organised by:
National Association of Christian Counsellors (NACC) Malaysia

Website:
www.nacc-malaysia.org

Email:
office@nacc-malaysia.org

Adolescence

• As parents or caregivers, adolescence is often seen as a time of rebellion and deviation. This workshop on adolescents aims to enhance the participant’s understanding on the psychological and spiritual needs of this generation of young people.

• It hopes to help parents and caregivers see adolescence as a stage of development that needs their support, love and understanding.

• The workshop strives to provide participants with some handles to walk with their child/care through this teenage years’ “forest” into adulthood; giving them “roots” and at the same time “wings”.

Objectives:

1. Understand the important psychological and spiritual needs during the adolescence development stages.

2. Learn about attachment and importance of early parent-child care.

3. Recognize some of the nurturing factors towards the healthy development of the child.

Target audience:
Parents, caregivers, lay helpers working with children and the youth, and those interested to learn more about adolescence development.

Date:
27th Aug 2022

Time:
2.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Venue:
Zoom Online

Cost:
RM40 for NACC members
RM80 for non-members

NACC Contact Hours Awarded:
2 contact hours will be awarded

Payment:

1. Online registration and payment below
2. Registration via email and Online Transfer to Bank account, with your full name and membership number (if any):
   Name: National Association of Christian Counsellors, Malaysia
   MBB A/C No. 5122 3134 8681

** Important: For payment methods 2 & 3, please email your registration and bank in or transfer payment confirmation to : office@nacc-malaysia.org otherwise we cannot register you for this event.

Organised by:
National Association of Christian Counsellors (NACC) Malaysia

Website:
www.nacc-malaysia.org

Email:
office@nacc-malaysia.org

Our workshop on ELDERCARE seeks to help caregivers to be more effective in caring for their loved ones as they understand the biological, psychological, social and spiritual implications of aging. As despair and other related mental health issues often set in due to the slowing down of their productivity, preventive methods and strategies will be discussed on the promotion of well-being among senior citizens. How can we help them feel safe and believe that their lives can continue to be meaningful?

How do we meet their emotional needs and help them avoid depression? Are there steps to deal with vulnerability, loneliness, boredom and isolation? The Church can support an elderly person’s feeling of connection with the community beyond her family.

As many of our parents/church members will be in this category, let’s equip ourselves to care for them more effectively

Objectives:

1. Understand important psychological and spiritual needs in eldercare for both the elderly and the care givers
2. To understand how to support the elderly in their vulnerabilities and as a community

Objectives:
Young adults, Senior adults, care givers, lay helpers working with the elderly, and those interested to learn more about caring for the elderly in their communities

Date:
10 September 2022 (Sat)

Time:
2.00 – 5.00 pm

Venue:
Zoom

Cost:
RM40 for NACC members
RM80 for non-members

Contact Hours Awarded:
Contact Hours Awarded: 2 hours

Payment:

1. Online registration and payment below
2. Registration via email and Online Transfer to Bank account, with your full name and membership number (if any):
   Name: National Association of Christian Counsellors, Malaysia
   MBB A/C No. 5122 3134 8681

** Important: For payment methods 2 & 3, please email your registration and bank in or transfer payment confirmation to : office@nacc-malaysia.org otherwise we cannot register you for this event.

Organised by:
National Association of Christian Counsellors (NACC) Malaysia

Website:
www.nacc-malaysia.org

Email:
office@nacc-malaysia.org

Introduction

Stressors come in all shapes and sizes, and it builds up. Most of us don’t account for that in our day-to-day routines, unfortunately. Stress is often defined as a bodily response to the demands of life. But there are also emotional and mental aspects of stress. It is experienced as thoughts and feelings as well as in the body. In other words, stress can have physical, mental, and emotional symptoms.

None of us can avoid stress completely, and we wouldn’t want to. Stress in small amounts can be helpful. But because stress disrupts the natural functioning of our bodily systems, chronic stress becomes an increasingly heavy burden to bear.

Stress is a normal part of life — good stress and bad stress. With bad stress, you have both physical and emotional reactions to certain triggers that can cause you to worry and feel on edge. Stress can fluctuate at work or at home, while challenging situations and other changes in your life can trigger it, too.
Few of us make time for stress relief in our daily routines, which allows stress to bubble away and build up. Some call it “the silent killer”. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for managing stress. This workshop aims to enhance the participant’s understanding on stress and its management. With the awareness, the negative effects of stress can be minimized, or hopefully prevented.

Objectives

1. Understand what stress is, and how it affects us.
2. Learn some of the ways to manage stress.
3. Discover some means to prevent it from negatively affecting us.

Target audience

Open to all interested in learning about what stress is, how it affects us, and how to manage it.

Date: 15 October 2022

Time: 2.00 – 5.00 p.m. (Saturday)

Weblink: You will receive the link after you have registered.

Cost

• RM40 for NACC members
• RM80 for non-members

NACC Contact Hours Awarded: 2 hours

Payment

1. Online registration and payment below
2. Registration via email and Online Transfer to Bank account, with your full name and membership number (if any):
   Name: National Association of Christian Counsellors, Malaysia
   MBB A/C No. 5122 3134 8681

** Important: For payment method 2, please email your registration and bank in or transfer payment confirmation to : office@nacc-malaysia.org otherwise we cannot register you for this event.

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o’er wrought heart and bids it break.” William Shakespeare

All of us experience painful grief or a sense of loss no matter which stage of life we are at. Relationships are broken, disappointments in school and with church, betrayals in the workplace and the sudden decline of health and the inevitable death of loved ones: these make up the range of normal human experiences. However, very often we are told to move on and not dwell on these painful experiences as if they are not real and we must not be weak.

Hence, many people who experience grief expect to bounce back to normal routine, for example as soon as the funeral is over or the divorce papers signed. They are also pushed to act normal and be happy again by well- meaning friends and family. The fact is sometimes, grievers hide their pain because they think they have to be strong and because they do not want to make others feel uncomfortable that they are taking a longer time to recover. All that time, people around have no idea of the confusion and grief churning inside their hearts. If not dealt properly, this unresolved grief can have negative and long term effects on the happiness of the griever.

By the end of this workshop you will learn:

Date:
10 December 2022 (Saturday)

Time:
2.00 – 5.00 pm

Venue:
Zoom

Cost:
RM40 for NACC members
RM80 for non-members

Contact Hours Awarded:
Contact Hours Awarded: 2 hours

Payment:

1. Online registration and payment below
2. Registration via email and Online Transfer to Bank account, with your full name and membership number (if any):
   Name: National Association of Christian Counsellors, Malaysia
   MBB A/C No. 5122 3134 8681

** Important: For payment methods 2 & 3, please email your registration and bank in or transfer payment confirmation to : office@nacc-malaysia.org otherwise we cannot register you for this event.

Organised by:
National Association of Christian Counsellors (NACC) Malaysia

Website:
www.nacc-malaysia.org

Email:
office@nacc-malaysia.org