Ramallah – October 13: The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD), under its Psychological Counseling and Consultation Program, launched a training course on Thursday for a group of humanities students from Al-Quds University and Al-Quds Open University.
The four-month course is supervised by PWWSD psychologist Khitam Zahran, and aims to give participants the skills needed to deal with cases, provide individual consultations, deal with therapy groups, and conduct community awareness workshops for all demographics (children, youth, mothers). The course consists of weekly group meetings at PWWSD, and individual participation in workshops, where each student has the opportunity to link theory with practical application.
PWWSD also conducted a workshop today on the importance and impact of family relations on the personalities of family members. The event was coordinated with the Women’s Empowerment Program Organizer Naela Odeh, and held at Lady Rose Beauty Academy in Ramallah.
The workshop addressed family dialogue and emotional communication that reflects positively on the personalities of family members. It also discussed the main difficulties facing young women and men within their families, and techniques to overcome them through family communication by finding the best time to bridge the gap between parents and children.
Other workshops were additionally held at Future College in Beitunia addressing family relations and emotional communication.
They focused on the need to build trust between parents and children, based on love, direct communication, dialogue, as well as recognizing and addressing the challenges facing them by setting a plan to overcome any obstacles to healthy communication.
The workshop opened the floor for participants to discuss the importance of creating a dialogue between family members, by focusing on young women and men initiating conversations with their parents, in order to express their unfulfilled emotional needs, which are no less important than any material needs.