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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru Mar 6: Additional commissioner of Income tax P Suresh Rao inaugurated the You Matter Counseling and Training Centre from You Matter Charitable Trust here at New Milagres mansion building Hampankatta on Sunday March 6.

Parish priest of Milagres church Fr Bonaventure Nazreth blessed the centre.

Speaking on the occasion, Additional commissioner of Income tax Suresh Rao said, "Today we are facing a lot of stress when compared to earlier days. The gap between realities to expectation connected to capacity leads to stress. If there is more gap, there will be more stress. Counseling will improve your mental and physical health through which wealth will also increase."

Judicial vicar of Mangalore diocese Fr Walter D'Mello said, "Today everyone from children to elderly needs counseling and its for the personnel development. The young generations are involved in alcohol, drugs and for them counseling is needed to come out of it."

President of Indian Psychiatric Society, Karnataka chapter, Dr Kiran Kumar said, "Counselling is an art. Everyone cannot counsel you. If you have lot of expectations you have stress. In rural areas you have less stress when compared to metro region. We should limit our expectations to stay away from the stress."

Founder trustee of You Matter Charitable Trust, Lugina Miranda, speaking about the mission of You Matter Counselling and Training Centre, said, “The centre offers assistance to children and adults in search of security and stability, especially in a world marked by uncertainty and change, in their personal, interpersonal, academic and professional areas by using our resources efficiently, effectively and ethically. By ensuring standards of confidentiality, integrity and care as a cornerstone of practice, we aim to empower our clients to transform into the person they want be and live a more meaningful and abundant life.

“Our motive is to provide counselling for a holistic wellbeing of our valued clients through different forms of skills and therapy, to extend counselling services to children, adolescents, parents, adults, couples and families from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, to enhance the personal, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the counselee, to conduct and organize workshops, seminars and development training programmes on wide range of issues concerning day to day life such as parenting skills, life skills, self-esteem training and assertive training, among others, to work in collaboration with different psychiatrists, professional psychologists, organizations and agencies such as those dealing with women rights and empowerment, child helpline and suicide helpline, and to conduct outreach programs for the spread of awareness on counselling services and psychological wellbeing.

“We offer counselling services, trainings and workshops to various educational institutions and corporates. We aim to provide counselling and training to all members of the community. In keeping with the spirit of social service we offer free counselling and training services to individuals from deprived sections of society. Our vision to reach out more and more people, especially those from government schools and colleges and remote areas, to make people aware of what is counselling and the benefits of counselling and conducting some parenting training,” she said.

The 10th batches of Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance & Counseling (PGDGC), St Agnes College volunteered for the You Matter Counseling and training centre.

Trustee, You Matter Charitable Trust, Precilla D'Silva welcomed the gathering, Steevan D'Souza proposed a vote of thanks, Chitraleka Guptha compered the event, while Dr Meena Lobo introduced the chief guest.

Parish priest of Milagres church Fr Bonaventure Nazreth, trustees of You Matter Charitable Trust Lugina Miranda and Maxim Miranda were present.

Services available

Individual counseling

Family counseling

Child counseling

Martial\Couple counseling

Midlife counseling

Geriatric counseling\counseling the elderly

The centre will maintain confidentiality and counseling is only by prior appointments

Address

You Matter Counseling and Training Centre

First floor, New Milagres Mansion building

Hampankatta, Mangaluru

Contact: +91 9481921715 and +918105752150

Website: www.youmattercc.in

Email: www.consult@youmattercc.in