Ms. Sharon Antony
Counselor/Assistant Professor

• • RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Parenting, Grief, Child and Adolescent

• • CONFERENCE ATTENDED

  22nd May ,2021, Speaker at an International Conference (Bangladesh) -Youth Parliament Women Hub- Mental Health in the Global Scenario – Shared stress and anxiety techniques, spoke about my personal experience and common factors with the after math of COVID -19 and how one can take care on their Mental Health
  
  15th March, 2021, Speaker at Montfort College – ‘Starting Young to Raise Mindful Individuals’. A series on “What’s Next” by Lopamudra Gaswami (PHD candidate Department of Health, Griffith University”. I was interviewed and shared my expertise as a Student Counsellor and what a graduating student can expect and how they can contribute in the educational field.
  
  29th May, 2020 - Speaker at Shilpi and Michael Foundation – ‘Role of a Student Counselor in an Educational Setup’ Responsibilities of a Counselor in a school, briefed them about observations, interventions, parent/student/teacher interaction, challenges faced and personal experience as a Student Counselor
  
  10th Annual, Breaks throughs in Neurologic therapies Novemeber 12th and 13th 2020 Stanford University School of Medicine

• • WEBINARS ATTENDED

  Workshops, Courses and Volunteering
  
  2022 – 2023 – Counselling Psychology Course Certified Couples counselor
  
  Course on Identifying Early Signs of psychosis in Adolescent and young Adults Jul, 2020 Certified by Stanford University School of Medicine
  
  23rd July, 2020 – Course Identifying Early Signs of psychosis in Adolescent and young Adults – Certified by Stanford University School of Medicine.
  
  -Recognize the identifying signs of psychosis and the range of patient presentations in psychosis,
  -Describe the signs of and impact of misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis,
  - Apply appropriate screening questions to aid the identification of a possible psychotic disorder.
  
  8th February, 2020 - IC3- Regional Forums – ‘Career Counseling’
  -Introduction to career counselling, its importance and steps to become a career counselor
  
  7th December, 2019 - EvolveEd - ‘Clam mind, clam spaces’
  -Different techniques to help with anxiety and stress
  -Understand the science and neurological changes with anxiety and stress
  
  18th October, 2019 - Counselor’s Conclave- ‘Understanding Adolescents- Help make a better tomorrow’
  -Depression in Adolescents
  -Signs Indicative of mental Wellness
  -Body Image and personality development
  -Cyber and general bullying
  
  24th-26th September, 2019 - IDA Connect Workshops at DIDAC India - ‘Protecting children in your school’
  -Understanding Child Sexual Abuse – psychological and physiological impact
  -Introducing different ways in which children can approach for help
  -Learning how to address a abuse case
  
  1st -2nd March, 2019 - National Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences (NIMHAS) ‘Orientation to clinical psychology for early career professionals’
  -Understanding different tools of psychology and how they are used
  -The importance of psychology in India
  
  28th-29th November, 2018 - ‘How to recognize and interact with (mild) intellectually disabled people’
  -Engaging in different activities to understand what clients with Mild Intellectual Disability go through
  -Introduced to administering assessments on clients
  -Discussing intervention plans
  -Introduced to the history of clinical intervention
  
  4th November, 2018 – ‘Gatekeeper Training Session on Prevention of Suicide’
  -Discussing the different types of suicide
  -How to engage with a suicidal client
  -Discussing causes and cases
  
  14th -16th September, 2018 – ‘International Symposium on Dementia and 22nd National Conference of Alzheimer’s & related disorders Society of India
  - Discussing research and biological concepts of dementia
  - Treatment and care interventions
  
  8th September, 2018 – ‘Leading Mixed Ability Classrooms
  -Discussing various styles of teaching
  
  10th February, 2018 – ‘An Introduction to Play therapy’
  -Discussing various types of play therapy
  -Discussing different techniques and tools for play therapy

• • AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS

  Lighthouse learning educator's impact awards 2022
  (K-12 Special Education and Child Counsellors)