Services
Talk Works
Our Trained Counsellors Provide
Pre Marital Counselling
Undergoing for a Counselling before the marriage is very common among a number of cultures around the globe. In Kerala it is found very rare and limited to some families or religious denominations. If we see the cases in the family courts through the State, the number is very astonishing and it is getting increased day by day. Adjustment Problems, lack of awareness about the real sexual life, wrong concepts stemmed out of Porno sites and such magazines etc. made the marital relationship to a fragile one.
So we hope that the Psychological Counsellors can play a very prominent job in reducing this marital discord rate through Premarital and Marital Counselling. Counselling with Trained Skillful Counsellors prior to the marriage is found very effective in conflict management during the marital life. “Talk Works” provides this facility of Premarital Counselling, considering the matter a social responsibility.
Marital Counselling
In the words of the Family Court Judge E.M. Mohammed Ibrahim, "It looks like there will be family courts in each Taluk in Kerala, going by the increasing number of cases for separation. In Thiruvananthapuram district there are already two courts, and there is a proposal for a third one at Neyyattinkara or Attingal”.
Divorce cases in the state have gone up from 8,456 in 2005-06 to about 11,600 in 2009-10, and statistics from recent months shows no decrease in marital discord. Kerala, known to be the state with the highest literacy levels and heading for a complete computer literacy has experienced an increase of divorce rate by 350% in the last 10 years. According to a report published by Deccan chronicle on 21/10/2014, Kerala leads with the highest divorce rates among states in the country.
It is evident that the most cases of marital discord budded from a simple issue that could have been solved by the couple themselves. But due to a number of existing stigmas in the subject, it goes beyond the state of amiability. Trained Skillful Counsellors have a number of tools and techniques to bring forth an amicable solution along with powerful bonding between the couple. Certainly, you could find this with “Talk Works” in an interesting and relieving mode of interactions.
Suicidal Counselling
Each year, between 30 and 40 people per 100,000 Indians aged between 15 and 29 kill themselves. The great majority of people who experience a mental illness do not die by suicide. However, of those who die from suicide, more than 90 percent have a diagnosable mental disorder. People who die by suicide are frequently experiencing undiagnosed, undertreated, or untreated depression. A nation’s power constitutes the human power. So it is evident that we lose our strength due to suicide and the consequences there in. We, “Talk Works” have special strategies of counselling to tackle the suicidal tendencies in general.
Professional Counselling
Generally people have got a stigma on counselling that it is designed for individuals with some personality or psychic disorders. Here such people are considering only a part of the counselling. Counselling has a variety of techniques and practices for a well functioning person to develop his/her potentialities with respect to Job and Career. We provide classes with training for professionals to optimize their capabilities in the respective profession. We “Talk Works” are equipped with Trained Counsellors and highly experienced Resource persons from different places of the country.
Child & Adolescent Counselling
Children and Adolescents of the ongoing era have got a number of Psycho-Socio problems. You can find many reasons for such problems. From School atmosphere to Smart Phones, children and adolescents meet many huddles, which directly and indirectly affect their mental and physical well being, to handle with. As Psychologists who actively analyze and learn about such matters, we are holding many strategies and techniques to tackle those problems in a skillful manner. You may think that your child is too smart in IT and its vastness. If you are not aware of the psychological effect in it, it will be a hard nut to crack in future!.
Parents’ Guidance Counselling
Parenting is a skillful and responsible job. Parents are nurturing the new generation and so the future society. The current busy and hasty life style left to the parents least time to be with their children and hear them well and enough. Everyone in the family lives their own life. They live not a life of a collective family with responsibilities and rights to each other. Silly and simple issues lead to a big explosion which destroys the members of the family became a common incident now days. So “Talk Works” sees the situation seriously and prepared many methods to build a well functioning healthy family with skillful parents.
Individual Counselling & Personality Development
Individual counselling is focused on the individual’s immediate or future concerns. It may include career counselling and skillful planning, grief after the loss of a loved one or a job, or some problems with the person before it grows big. Individual counselling is a one-on-one discussion between the counsellor and the counsellee (one who comes for counselling). “Talk Works” provide you a place where you can explore and ventilate yourself to get facilitated to achieve a better functioning potentiality in you.
Counselling & Psychotherapy for Mental Disorders
Counselling and Psychotherapy is found very effective for a number of mental disorders. They can be cured without medication if noticed and treated at the beginning stage. The hesitation of th e people to consult a Psychologist or Psychiatrist makes the situation worse and leads to complexities. The interference of unskilled counsellors also made the scene awful. Some practitioners hold strategies of a particular school of thought considering them supreme and use them in all the clients come for treatment. Such styles are also defective to the field and or to the clients. So “Talk works” keeps an eclectic style of approach so that we adopt therapeutic strategies according to the problem of the client as and when needed.
Training for Professionals to achieve a better performance
Counselling is not only meant for treating disorders but to rebuild personality characteristics and develop potentialities. In every profession some sort of counselling skills are needed. These skills may help the personnel for an optimum performance. We “Talk Works” are equipped with many psychological strategies to make the professional a really functioning one. We have our own style of providing information through sessions of experiential learning that helps the learner to master in the field without learning the jargon of psychology. The training modules are prepared considering the life style of the current era.
Structure of Intellect (SOI)Cognitive Skills Training Program
Structure of Intellect (SI) is a research proven model designed first by Dr. J.P. Guilford (American Psychologist) during The World War II for US Air Corps. This three dimensional model was re-researched by his research student Mary Meeker, a school psychologist. She designed the model suitable for students and termed as SOI. It includes Assessment to understand the strength and difficulties of the student with respect to 90 cognitive skills, Diagnosis that explains the skills on which the student experience difficulties and Treatment with training modules named Individual Training Program of 100—120 Hours.
Talk Works, being the Kerala Channel Partner of Energia SOI- the company that holds 31 country’s Franchise- provides SOI training for Trainers and Students. Click here to view Website:
Soft Skills Training Program
Studies reveal that more than 60% of our Graduated Students are NOT Employable! i.e. the cognitive skills which help to execute a job are not well developed, but, YES, we can boost them up by training using Psychological Tools and Practices. So we conduct training program for Job Seekers to enrich the youth of ‘Young India’ as the "National Wealth."
Special Geriatric Counselling Program
The aged population has been facing a number of Psychological problems. Majority of them are not enjoying their aged life but struggling and striving to get along. We "talk works", have modeled the program named "Resuscitate your Aged Life" that holds different activities, sessions and practices that help to enhance the functionality of the aged to perform a fruitful life.
General Psycho Education Programs
Our team has scientifically prepared classes in different fields with modules and practices like; Healthy Learning Environment, Know your Stress and Manage your Stress, Parenting Skills – Age group wise, Interpersonal Relationships, Life Skills etc.
Tests and Assessments
We hold trained and certified Psychologists to conduct assessments and issue reports. We conduct Learning Disability Screening Tests, Aptitude Tests, Giftedness Tests, and Test for ADHD, Personality Assessments, Anger Inventory, Drug Addiction Tests, Game Addiction Tests, and Anxiety Assessment etc.
About Us
Talk Works intend to provide a safe and confidential place where you are free to explore yourself in a non-judgmental atmosphere.