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JANUARY - DECEMBER 2023

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RISEUP Supervisor Training, Vadodara

The 18^thbatch of senior mental health professionals who underwent RISEUP Supervisor Training facilitated by IAPS. The training was held in Vadodara on the 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th of November, 2023.

The Vadodara Psychology Club, in collaboration with IAPS, held this training.

Group Supervision Training, Vadodara

Vadodara Psychology Club, in collaboration with IAPS, held a training in Certificate of Attainment (COA) in Group Supervision .

This was held on the 26^th of November, 2023. This is the first batch of trained and certified group supervisors.

Power of Community in Mental Health

To mark Mental Health Day on 10^th October 2023, Indian Academy of Professional Supervisors (IAPS) presented a webinar on “Power of Community in Mental Health”

The resource person was Dr C Ramasubramanian, M.D., D.P.M., Ph.D.

RISEUP Supervisor Training Pune

The 17^th batch of senior mental health professionals who underwent “RISEUP Supervisor Training” facilitated by IAPS. The training was held in Pune on 14^th, 15^th and 16^th September, 2023

Supervision Certificate Course

IAPS conducted a Supervision Certificate course for the final year post graduate students of The American College, Madurai. This course was curated by IAPS.

Launch of "IAPS Journal of Practice in Mental Health"-22nd July, 2023

The launch of IAPS scientific journal, “IAPS Journal of Practice in Mental Health” was held on 22 nd of July, 2023, at Regenta Deccan Hotel in Royapettah.

The Chief Guest-

Dr Kanimozhi NVN Somu, MBBS, MS, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, released the first copy of the edition. The copies were received by our Guest of Honor, Dr P J Charumathi– Associate Prof and Head (Retd), Dept of Applied Psychology and Behavioral Research, JBAS College for Women, Chennai; Special Guest Dr M Malaiappan, Director, Institute of Mental Health Kilpauk, Chennai; and Dr Niraimathi, Chief Editor of the Journal.

It was a momentous occasion for IAPS! The first step taken for a journey of 1000 miles !

RISEUP Training June 2023

The 16^th batch of senior mental health professionals who underwent “RISEUP Supervisor Training” facilitated by IAPS. The training was held in Bangalore on 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th June, 2023.

RISEUP Training March 2023

The 15^th batch of senior mental health professionals who underwent
” RISEUP Supervisor training” facilitated by IAPS. The training was held in Bangalore on 24^th, 25^th and 26^th March, 2023.

RISEUP Training February/March 2023

The 14^th batch of senior mental health professionals who underwent ” RISEUP Supervisor training” facilitated by IAPS. .The training was held in Vadodara, Gujarat, 27^th, 28^th of February and 1^st March, 2023.

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2022

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RISEUP TRAINING December 2022

The 13^th batch of senior mental health professionals who underwent ” RISEUP Supervisor training” facilitated by IAPS. The training was held in Bangalore on 9^th, 10^th and 11^th December, 2022.

World Mental Health Day Webinar

A webinar to mark the World Mental Health Day was held on 12^th October, 2022. There was a conversation with a psychiatrist, Dr Dushyant Bhadlikar. It was a very informative and enriching session. The key point is he appreciated the work done by psychologists and feels there should be collaboration between psychiatrists and psychologists for the holistic treatment of clients.

RISEUP Training, September 2022

The 12^th batch of senior mental health professionals who underwent ” RISEUP Supervisor training” facilitated by IAPS. The training was held in Chennai on 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th September, 2022.

Neuropsychotherapy online workshop , August 2022

“Neuropsychotherapy and its Relevance in Contemporary Practice Today” was held on 15^th August 2022. The facilitator was Ms Jan Sky, a Neuropsychotherapist, Educator and Supervisor from Australia.

Group Supervision -Therapist’s Engagement during therapy: Pros & Cons,August 2022

Vadodara Psychology Club in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Professional Supervisors held its second online session for Group Supervision on Wednesday 24 August 2022 on “Therapist’s Engagement during therapy: Pros & Cons“.

Need for Supervision Webinar, August 2022

A webinar on “The Need for Supervision in the field of Mental Health” was delivered by IAPS for Parul Institute of Arts, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, on 24^th of August, 2022.

The facilitator was Ms Rajani Nandakumar, Secretary, IAPS. The webinar was well received.

MOU with American College Madurai, August 2022

AMERICAN COLLEGE, Madurai. The temple town of South India is one of the reputed Institute which was founded by Americans in 1881. It is an honor for IAPS to collaborate with this Esteemed Institute. Dr Veena, EC member, is instrumental and coordinated the whole process.

Group Supervison – Handling Resistant client

Vadodara Psychology Club held a group supervision session in collaboration with Indian Academy of Professional Supervisors on 29^th July, 2022 on “Handling Resistant Clients”. This is a maiden session by IAPS in group supervision. IAPS is looking to collaborate with organisations and academic institutions to hold more such sessions. We are happy to present the feedback
received.

RISEUP Training ,June 2022

The 11^th Batch of Professional Supervisor Training for Mental Health Professionals who underwent ” RISEUP Supervisor training” facilitated by IAPS. The training was held on 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th June, 2022 in Mumbai

Success Celebration – Virtial Asian Mental health Symposium ,April 2022

A first of its kind Symposium was hosted by IAPS on 9^th and 10^th of April, 2022. It was a huge success. The Organising Committee members were presented with trophies for their work to make this event a huge success.

The Guest of Honor was Dr Thara Rangaswamy, a psychiatrist by training, the Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, of a not for profit NGO called SCARF ( Schizophrenia Research Foundation) in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

AGM of IAPS, May 2022

4^th AGM of IAPS was held on 21st May, 2022 at Presidency Club, Egmore, Chennai -8. The various committees presented their reports of activities of the year gone by.

During the AGM, election results to the post of Office Bearers were announced by Ms Selvi, the Legal Advisor of IAPS.

Dr Vasuki Mathivanan – President; Ms Rajani Nandakumar – Secretary; Dr Aprajita Bhardwaj – Joint Secretary; and Ms Arthy Sriram – Treasurer were elected unopposed.

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2021

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The 9^th Batch of Professional Supervisor Training for Faculty Members of Montfort College, Bengaluru. The training was held on 26, 27 and 28^th November, 2021.

The 8th Batch of Professional Supervisor Training for Mental Health Practitioners held between 24th to 26th September, 2021 in Bengaluru

IAPS POSH Training held on July 10th 2021 in Zoom platform facilitated by Dr J Vasanthakumari

The 7th batch of Professional Supervisor Training for Mental Health Practitioners held between 5th to 7th of March 2021 in Mumbai.

Letter of Appreciation received from One life charitable trust and welfare association for the Assam Teachers Training project that was hosted by the Rotary Club of Madras NextGen.

IAPS has stepped into its 3rd successful year and we celebrated our 2nd Anniversary on the 1st of March 2021 and another important milestone in IAPS history.

IAPS webinar on "Supervisee as a Learner" held on Jan 30th 2021 and was facilitated by Ms P K Saru, MA, LLB, TSTA(P,C), a well-known psychotherapist, trainer and consultant and Honorary Member of IAPS.

The 6th batch of Professional Supervisor Training for Mental Health Practitioners held between 29th to 31st of October 2020

World Mental Health Day, Saturday the 10th of October 2020

IAPS held a Special Webinar on World Mental Health Day on Competencies of Professional Supervision with Special Guest International Expert Dr.Jeff Chang, from Canada

IAPS AGM Special Guest Lecture

IAPS AGM Special Guest Lecture by Dr.Phillip Armstrong on Group Supervision held on 4th July 2020

IAPS Proud & Pride Moment

IAPS received an appreciation letter from Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Honourable Governor of Telangana.

The Vibrant Team of IAPS Organizing Committee of International Conference on "Professional Excellence in Mental Health Practice - A way Ahead"

IAPS in collaboration with MSSW held a two-day international conference on the topic, "Professional Excellence in Mental Health Practice - A Way Ahead", on the 17^th& 18^thof February 2020.

In the 2^nd day of the conference, we had three sessions and a panel discussion. The first Session was on “Gestalt Therapy” by Dr. Sam Manickam. The second session was addressed by Ms. P.K.Saru on “Supervision – A Meta Perspective”. The third session was handled by Dr. Aparna, TISS, Mumbai gave a talk on ”Narrative Therapy: Building Strengths and Preferred Stories”. Following which the panel discussion was held on ”Achieving Excellence in Practice Scope and Challenges” by four Mental Health Professionals

Finally, we had the valedictory function for which our Chief Guest Ms.Susan Mathew, IAS (Retd) Former Additional Cheif Secretary, Govt. of Tamilnadu gave her speech.

IAPS in collaboration with MSSW held a two-day international conference on the topic, "Professional Excellence in Mental Health Practice - A Way Ahead", on the 17^th& 18^thof February 2020.

The inaugural function was presided by Dr.Vasuki Mathivanan, Founder and President of IAPS and the Milestones of IAPS was presented by its Secretary Dr. Sumathi Narayanan. Following which the function was honoured by a speech given by the Chief Guest, Ms.Letika Saran IPS (retd.,) former Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu. The conference had two sessions and a panel discussion on its first day. The first session was delivered by Mr. David Gotieb from Australia on “The Basics of Healing Inner Conflict (HIC)”. The second session was on “Choice Theory Reality Therapy (CTRT) – Techniques and Process”, was delivered by Ms. Loheswary Arumugam, Malaysia. Following which the panel discussion was held on ”Significance of Professional Supervision in Indian Context” by IAPS Certified Professional Supervisors.

IAPS Training in Professional Supervision on Mental Health - January 2020

IAPS has proudly displayed it’s excellence by triumphantly accomplishing the training of it’s 5^th batch in Bangalore from 10^th to 12^th January 2020.

IAPS' 4^th batch and the first International training

Senior mental health professionals from Nepal who were certified as Professional Supervisors . This is IAPS’ 4^th batch and the first International training.

IAPS Book release & World mental health day Seminar Oct 10^th 2019

World mental health day is observed on the 10^th of October every year. On this day, Indian Academy of Professional Supervisors (IAPS) together in unity with the Department of Psychology; University of Madras held a seminar on, “Challenges in Mental Health Practices “, to commemorate the occasion. The seminar explained the need for supervision and its advantages. Supervision being an integral part of the person who practice psychology and the seminar enlightened the participants with proper methods and ethics for supervision. Furthermore, “Code of Ethics and Practice for Supervisors”, a book that exquisitely describes the same was released by Dr.Mohanraj and received by Dr.Charumathi in the seminar held by IAPS, a pioneer work and a milestone.

IAPS Training on Mental Health, for Professional Supervision on Mental Health September

IAPS had successfully completed it’s training for the fourth batch of Professionals, who were passionate and dedicated on Mental Health, for Professional Supervision, between September the 13^th to 15^th of 2019. We had participants from various cities like Trivandrum, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

IAPS organised a workshop by Professor Maurizio Gasseau ,who is a Jungian Analyst, from Turin, Italy on ”Psychodramatic supervision” on Aug 3, 2019

First talk on "Awareness for Professional Supervision in Practice" On June 24, 2019 At MOP Vaishnav College Dr. Vasuki Mathivanan and Dr. Keerthi Pai

"IAPS WISDOM" e-Newsletter launched On June 22, 2019

TRAINING Held On MAY 10 – 12, 2019

Inauguration Held On March 1, 2019

The beginning is the most important part of the work”. The inauguration of Indian Academy of Professional Supervisors held on Mar 1^st, 2019 at Regents Central Deccan, Chennai. A new chapter is started in the Mental Health profession in India through IAPS. This is the first step to bring about a healthy change in the profession and to improve the quality of services as well as enhancing the well-being of the mental health professionals