Wellness Community Centre
SAATHI
About
SAATHI is a
proactive platform for self-growth and well-being of the students. The SAATHI team focusses on pro-active
measures that raise awareness in the campus about various relevant issues, and
plan several informal gatherings, lectures, and sessions open to all.
v Team
Members:
·
SAATHI
Advisor
·
SAATHI
Student Body
v Programs
·
The
academic buddy platform
·
Freshie
Quiz Zero etc.
·
Upcoming
programs
v Contact:
MITR
About
MITR is an institute body of Students and faculty, which offers
emotional and other forms of support to students which could be required at
some point in their journey in this campus, making sure that no one in the
campus is left unattended to in their times of emotional distress.
v Team
Members
·
MITR
Advisors
·
MITR
Core Student
·
MITR
Volunteers
v Services
·
Counselling
Connect
·
Collaboration
v Contact:
Wellness Centre
About
Wellness Centre, IITM is a body of mental health professionals. A group
of licensed mental health professional offers therapeutic guidance to the
students for their holistic development. The therapists help the students in
their personal development such as time management, communication skills, poor
self-esteem, improving self-confidence, assertiveness skills) as well as helps
them in unravelling riddles of life such as taking decisions, dealing with
depression.
A few typical concerns are –
·
Adjustment
to the new environment
·
Decision
making about career and life
·
Dealing
with various stress, anxiety, and depression
·
Conflicts
in different interpersonal relationships (friends, romantic partner,
professional relationship)
·
Lack
of motivation
·
Others
v Team
Members
·
Clinical
psychologists (Contact details)
·
Counsellors
(Contact details)
·
Office
Assistant (Contact details)
·
Curator
(Contact details)
v Services
·
Counselling
and psychotherapy (need to elaborate)
·
Coordination
Group Therapy (we have to display the application form, consent form and
testimonials)
· Peer Support Groups (also known as self-help
groups) are held at IITM from time to time, wherein, groups of people (maximum
of 12 per group) get together in order to share their experiences associated
with a particular problem, condition or personal circumstance, such that they learn,
and gain useful insights, from each other and realize that they are after all
not alone in their journeys. These groups are led by the in-house mental health
professionals/trained facilitators. “Confidentiality” is given top priority. Approximately
8-10 sessions (1 session per week, on average) would be conducted for one
support group. Before the first session, the participants (as well as
facilitators) would require to duly sign a Consent Form, which you may please
find within the application form below:
·
Training
(need to elaborate)
v Contact:
· All sessions taken by the therapist are
confidential unless it holds a threat to the client or others or to the
society.
External Counselling Agencies:
IIT
Madras has collaborated with external counselling agencies for student
benefits. Students can opt both online and face to face counselling with these
agencies.
· YourDost (Contact details)
· Xyz…
Blog
· Time management
· Stress management
· Relationship etc.
Peer Support Group (PSG) Application
Form:-
1.
Name (if unwilling to
provide, please mention a pen-name)
*mandatory field*
2.
Phone Number *mandatory
field*
3.
Email ID (optional)
4.
Reason(s) for interest
taken to join the PSG *mandatory field*
5.
Themes you would like to
be addressed in the PSG*mandatory field*
6.
Please fill out and sign
(scanned) the Consent Form *mandatory field*
Note 1
Once you have submitted your
application, it may take a while until we get back to you, as we would require
at least 05 members to create a PSG.
Note 2
A WhatsApp group will be created, once
the PSG has been formed, so that communications regarding the finalized themes
for the sessions and other important details, could be sent across.
Note 3
