Stress and strains in Preparing for a new relationship: we as individual live in a predetermined, self imposed self selected privacy as we go about our daily living in families and in various roles of society. Yet within this privacy we do have the necessary social interaction and relationships. Marital counseling can help the couple develop a relationship that has the inbuilt system of allowing space to both the spouses and yet bring about the required intimacy for enjoying the new relationship. The couple should evolve like two full grown flowers that spread a common fragrance of love and affection and yet appear beautiful in their own individual identity. Every couple knows that their Dedication to Marriage will build stronger relationships. Their dedication towards each other will bring about a strong love for each other, a sense of humor, willingness to grow up together, necessary strength for working towards a common cause, shared and tolerance for each other’s religious and cultural beliefs, and commonality of life’s goals. This dedication will be built upon love, affection, empathy, allowance, understanding, commitment, communication, friendship and of course yearning for companionship. All these adjectives together make a beautiful garden known as the marriage. One such missing petal can cause the whole flowers fall apart hence the mental strength gained through pre marital counseling will provide the necessary feed, , sunlight and the nurturing to the romancing couple and of course the bring down the ever rising divorce rate the world over.
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What should the couple ask a psychologist counselor? : The question that a young couple may have in mind is as to:
- What should they ask the counselor separately as individuals and as a couple together who have decided to tie the nuptials
- Does every couple need such counseling?
- But we have known each other for so long as lovers / friend’s .why do we need counseling now?
- Will the counseling be done in privacy or will there be more couples will be involved in the process?
- Will the counseling involve my /ours parents too?
- How will the counseling help me/ us have a smooth/ rocking marital relationships?
- How many sessions will be necessary?
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Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore is a registered premier nongovernmental organization of Central India. The society is committed to provide access to counseling on mental, psychological,behavioral, psychotic, neurotic, social and spiritual health and professional guidance to all sections of society . We are an organization of psychologists, family therapists counseling experts, social welfare and management experts. We find that the area of mental health and well being need a revolutionary yet sympathetic approach to providing quality cerebral psychological guiding and counseling services to people from all walks and strata of our society. The current stress and strain on working couples and their children on account of single family units, competitive living, commercialization of family values and the race to get as much material wealth within the short time has left its deep scars on people’s mind and hearts, resulting into depressions and weakened personalities. The society has to bear its impact in the shape of lesser work force, non committed people, disintegrating families, disheartened youth and adolescents.
The Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore will provide succor to all such affected people by making psychological guidance and support available at very reasonable and affordable nominal cost. Our practices will be based on international psychological ethics and value standards.
We offer a wide range of counseling services for all these and many other different categories of people on varied issues. Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore makes available many types of highly classified psychological guiding, advising and counseling services.
- Counselling for depression , anxiety and stress
- Counselling for all kinds of behavioral , psychological ,personality and emotional issues
- Counselling for all kinds of psychotic, neurotic and mental issues
- Family Counseling and family therapy services
- Counseling for Emotional Problems related to Pre & Post marital issues
- Marriage Counseling Service
- Counseling for Family Problems
- Corporate Counseling and psychological services
- Counseling for adults and Adolescents issues
- Counseling for special children services
- School Students Counseling Services
- Counseling for Senior Citizens of society
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Pre-Marital Counseling: the decision to get married is a very happy moment but at the same time individuals (irrespective of the fact whether they are male or female) get very apprehensive of sharing their freedom, space, individuality and even responsibility of handing over the managing of their lives to someone else. Falling in love and getting engaged to someone you have fancied as life partner is very fascinating. The post engagement is a thrilling and a very delightful time. It is a time when dating, dreaming and fanciful planning takes place between the couples. Most of the couples come close and become emotionally fond of each other. The physicality of intimacy, close proximity and the idea of having fallen in love are very intoxicating. This period is the time to know each other and thereby cementing ties for a happy life long relationship. The couples in addition to falling in love should preferably take out some time together to get a positive premarital counseling. Such a premarital counseling will help the couples uncover and resolve many issues that could become too late after having been married.
Let us see what the premarital counseling means to newly engaged couple:
Premarital Counseling – future a Relationship Therapy: As blissful couples go through their engagement, looking at their own ring and adoring the engagement. They get busy preparing their wedding trousseau , finalizing wedding plans. There are enough people to take care of the details of the accessories. The couple should take out some time for the most important thing of all – their relationship at present and their relationship that is being built up through the sacred marriage. In earlier times of joint family systems, an older sister, sister in law, other seniors in the family like a grandmother, or an older aunt, some close family friend took over the counseling of the bride to be or the groom to be. But the independent single family system has deprived such a privilege to modern couples. Social thinkers and family psychologists recommend that each couple who has opted to get married and tie the knot should go through at least one session of premarital counseling. Couples may have specific needs in premarital counseling and therapy, such as following particular religious faith and culture, maintaining traditions of their family issues and the questions of sharing their personal world, privacy or possessions with another person and likewise, so there could be many questions lurking about the future life.
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Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore offers specially designed counseling and advice on all emotional problems arising out of Pre & Post marital affairs. Understanding the seriousness and confidentiality of the issues, we honor the trust and confidence of our clients and therefore, every conversation and discussion between the client and our Counselor(s) is a guarded secret. Mansik Pramarsh Indore will not divulge any information regarding the clients and their problems without their written and legal permission under any circumstances unless it is legally binding to do so, in a court of law.
One can look for a trusted friend in the counselors from Mansik Pramarsh Indore as we maintain strict confidentiality regarding our clients and consider their right of privacy and secrecy absolutely sacrosanct.
Some of the behavioral problems related to pre/post marital affairs are:-
- Building up of stress
- mood swings and depression
- Loss of self esteem
- Building up of anxiety
- Building up of grief and loss of faith and trust
- Unable to adjust in the changed environment/circumstances
- Stress and strain in relationship with others
- Unable to deal with emotional trauma
- Coping with family and childhood issues
- substance abuse
- Communication problems
- Premarital concerns
- Anger and conflict
- Ego related issues
- Gender issues
- Adoption related issues
- Unable to cope with Chronic illness
- Sadness, depression, anger, guilt, despondency or anxiety
- Lack of ability to carry out routine activities;
- Disturbed sleep and insomnia
- Emotional stress
- Physical distress such as pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain and muscular tension
- Disharmony with other family members;
- Remorse over past behavior
- Distress over other losses
- Thought of hurting yourself or others
- Work and Career concerns
- Eating disorders;
- Development issues
- Religious and spiritual issues
- Drug and alcohol dependence and abuse
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Feeling of loneliness
- Schedule of Counseling For Pre /Post Marital Affairs Counseling Service Day 1. – Initial Interview: an exploratory session with our expert counselor for exchange and understanding of basic information that would help us to understand the aspirations, interests, strengths and weakness of the counselee.
- Day II Testing
- Personality profile
- Real interest areas with details of each Psychological test.
- Day III Commencement of the Counseling Sessions
Procedure: the counselee has to seek prior appointment with the counselor.
- Fee schedule for pre/post marital counseling services :Psychological assessment fee Rs.1000/
- Complete analytical report fee Rs. 1000/
- Counseling per session fee Rs. 2000/
- Confidentiality: our counselors / staff will operate with complete trust and confidentiality. The details of all results/ findings are not divulged to any other person except to the counselee.
- Effect of Counseling: Our clients can expect to benefit from counseling, making positive changes in their life, relationships, communication, thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors. Very few of the clients however, may not find counseling profitable immediately as the behavioral aspects will change with passage of time only. Some of the counselees may develop a negative counseling experience too. Even the most successful counseling and therapy can, at times become uncomfortable, as we deal with emotionally difficult issues. Relationship can become positive/ negative with others depending on the situation. Counselees are advised to clarify their questions or concerns about their rights and responsibilities, the possible effects of counseling, or services being offered with the counselor/ staff member of the Counseling Services.
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Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore offers specially designed counseling and advise services to its clients on marriage and issues arising out of marital relationships. Our marriage counseling service program helps our clients deal with issues such as relationship problems, illness, infidelity, excessive anger, substance abuse, abnormal physical or mental conditions, cultural issues , financial issues, unemployment, blended families communication problems, conflicts about child rearing, changing roles such as retirement, and so on. The efforts are to remove or reduce distress in marriage relationships. Strained marital relationship, if overlooked, can worsen. The stresses of failed marital relationships eventually lead to physical or psychological problems such as depression. Mansik Pramarsh Indore offers counseling to individual spouse or to the couple jointly. Our counseling sessions can prove of immense help in resolving issues and heal wounds.Strained marital relationship can also create problems on the job and affect family members and children, or even friends, as people feel compelled to take sides. Therefore it is only advisable that partners in marriage share their agonies and anxieties with our expert psychologists and seek their assistance and counseling.
Our experts offer solution to following psychological challenges:
- Women’s issues
- Parenting issues
- Body image issues
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Domestic Violence Survival
- Issues with food and eating habits
- Stress
- Grief and loss
- Relationship difficulties
- Self mediation
- Low Self esteem
- High Self esteem
- Coping with pet loss
- Health-Related issues
- Inferiority complex
- Overestimation
- Underestimation
- High Ego Problem; etc. etc.
- Men’s issues
- Work issues
- Depression
- Relationship Difficulties
- Grief and Loss Issues
- Anxiety
- Parenting Issues
- Health related Issues
- High Ego Problem
- High Self esteem
- Inferiority complex
- Overestimation
- Underestimation
- High Ego Problem; etc.
Marriage counseling encourages couples or partners for joint therapy sessions. The counselor helps couples pinpoint and understand the roots of their conflicts and tries to resolve them .The couple is advised to analyze both the negative and positive aspects of their relationship. The Marriage Counselor remains totally impartial and endeavors to teach them the skills to solidify relationship. The exercise involves open communication, an effort to solve problems together and discussing differences rationally. The counseling sessions may however not be very easy always. Discussing your problems with the counselor may again pose certain uneasiness as you and your partner will be carrying with you the unpleasantness of the past and the suppressed anger, your agonies and sorrows. But you will certainly very soon realize that coming for counseling was undoubtedly a right step in the right direction. In certain cases involving mental illness or substance abuse, the counselor may associate himself with the other health care professionals who may be working on your case to be able to provide best of counseling. As you go through the marriage counseling, you will be able to note and experience the rising level of your capacity to cope up with the differences and healthier relationship.
- Schedule of Counseling For Marital Counseling Service Day 1. – Initial Interview: an exploratory session with our expert counselor for exchange and understanding of basic information that would help us to understand the aspirations, interests, strengths and weakness of the counselee.
- Day II Testing
- Personality profile
- Real interest areas with details of each Psychological test.
- Day III Commencement of the Counseling Sessions
Procedure: the counselee has to seek prior appointment with the counselor.
- Fee schedule for marital counseling services :Psychological assessment fee Rs. 1000/
- Complete analytical report fee Rs.1000/
- Counseling per session fee Rs.2000/
- Couple counseling per session fee Rs. 2000/
- Confidentiality: our counselors / staff will operate with complete trust and confidentiality. The details of all results/ findings are not divulged to any other person except to the counselee.
- Effect of Counseling: Our clients can expect to benefit from counseling, making positive changes in their life, relationships, communication, thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors. Very few of the clients however, may not find counseling profitable immediately as the behavioral aspects will change with passage of time only. Some of the counselees may develop a negative counseling experience too. Even the most successful counseling and therapy can, at times become uncomfortable, as we deal with emotionally difficult issues. Relationship can become positive/ negative with others depending on the situation. Counselees are advised to clarify their questions or concerns about their rights and responsibilities, the possible effects of counseling, or services being offered with the counselor/ staff member of the Counseling Services.
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Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore offers specially designed family counseling services for families facing numerous challenges. Families face issues such as fast changing life styles, managing the generation gap, maladjustments, communication gap between members of family and many other day to day problems of modern life. Parents have to deal with children’s issues, their school adjustment, learning problems, adolescent peer group problem and general parenting issues, and of course day to day blending and adjustments of senior age group with all family members. We offer our help in dealing with all these problems with our specially designed counseling and psychological advice sessions.
Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore has specifically designed program to deal with:
Behavioral issues practically associated with home include insomnia, nightmares, sleepwalking and sleep talking , grinding of teeth, thumb sucking, nail biting, temper tantrums, breath holding, disobedience, arrogance, stubbornness, incompatibility with parents and sibling, difficulty in making friends, undesirable companions etc. etc.
Maladjusted behaviors associated with home and neighborhoods include lying, swearing, cantankerous attitude, destructive attitude, incorrigibility, bullying, teasing, cruelty etc.
Serious problems related with social adjustment e.g., delinquencies such as robbery, truancy, delinquency, begging, gambling, cruelty, homicide and suicide.
Personality problems that include aggressiveness, excessive submissiveness or withdrawing behavior such as inferiority feeling, exclusiveness, shyness, hypersensitivity, self centeredness, conceit, jealousy, day-dreaming, anxiety, absentmindedness, slyness, suspiciousness, feeling of being persecuted and many others Schedule of Counseling for family problems
- Day 1. – Initial Interview: an exploratory session with our expert counselor for exchange and understanding of basic information that would help us to understand the aspirations, interests, strengths and weakness of the counselee.
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- Day II Testing
- Personality profile
- Real interest areas with details of each Psychological test.
- Day III Commencement of the Counseling Sessions
Procedure: the counselee has to seek prior appointment with the counselor.
- Fee schedule for counseling services of family problems :Psychological assessment fee Rs. 1500/
- Complete analytical report fee Rs. 1500/
- Counseling per session fee Rs. 2000/
- Confidentiality: our counselors / staff will operate with complete trust and confidentiality. The details of all results/ findings are not divulged to any other person except to the counselee.
- Effect of Counseling: Our clients can expect to benefit from counseling, making positive changes in their life, relationships, communication, thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors. Very few of the clients however, may not find counseling profitable immediately as the behavioral aspects will change with passage of time only. Some of the counselees may develop a negative counseling experience too. Even the most successful counseling and therapy can, at times become uncomfortable, as we deal with emotionally difficult issues. Relationship can become positive/ negative with others depending on the situation. Counselees are advised to clarify their questions or concerns about their rights and responsibilities, the possible effects of counseling, or services being offered with the counselor/ staff member of the Counseling Services.
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The social expectation of doing everything for profit, and doing it better than the next individual leaves its deep impact on the psychology of the adults and adolescents in the families. The youngsters suffer and the suffering gets exhibited in the shape of behavioral problems.
- Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore provides special valuable service in the field of adult and adolescent behavioral problems and their emotional difficulties. We treat every Individual case within the family relationship. A psychological analysis of family structure and other factors of the concerned counselee helps the counselor find out the cause of the problems .our psychologists will then design special need based plan for individual’s problem resolutions. Constructive suggestion by the counseling and administering of proper exercises to channelize excess emotion and energy can be of great. Social mixing is considered important for psychological well being at this level.
The behavioral problems amongst adults and adolescents may arise owing to some of the following reasons:-
- Bereavement in the family
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Marital maladjustments
- Substance Abuse
- Lack of interest in physical and manual work
- Lack of inadequate facilities for work, leisure or study
- Adjustment to emotional problems within the society
- Vocational and professional mal-adjustment
- Perception of inadequate security and freedom
Schedule of Counseling for adults and adolescents
- Day 1. – Initial Interview: an exploratory session with our expert counselor for exchange and understanding of basic information that would help us to understand the aspirations, interests, strengths and weakness of the counselee.
- Day II Testing
- Personality profile
- Real interest areas with details of each Psychological test.
- Day III Commencement of the Counseling Sessions
Procedure: the counselee has to seek prior appointment with the counselor.
- Fee schedule for counseling services of special children :Psychological assessment fee Rs.1500/
- Complete analytical report fee Rs.1500/
- Counselling per session fee Rs. 2000/
- Confidentiality: our counselors / staff will operate with complete trust and confidentiality. The details of all results/ findings are not divulged to any other person except to the counselee.
- Effect of Counseling: Our clients can expect to benefit from counseling, making positive changes in their life, relationships, communication, thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors. Very few of the clients however, may not find counseling profitable immediately as the behavioral aspects will change with passage of time only. Some of the counselees may develop a negative counseling experience too. Even the most successful counseling and therapy can, at times become uncomfortable, as we deal with emotionally difficult issues. Relationship can become positive/ negative with others depending on the situation. Counselees are advised to clarify their questions or concerns about their rights and responsibilities, the possible effects of counseling, or services being offered with the counselor/ staff member of the Counseling Services.
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As parents we always feel that we are truly concerned with the development of our children. We give adequate, time, money and facilities to them. But many a parents find it difficult to get connected with their children on account of many reasons as elicited below:
1. Parents are too busy handling their own business, office, career and mutual adjustment problems
2. They have different perception of their child as compared to the real personality of the child
3. Parents Set up unrealistic standards for the child
4. Parents do not show such ambitions in their personal life
5. Habitual comparison of child with other family members/outsiders
6. Not trusting the child with responsibility
7. Putting too much responsibility on child
8. Overtly strict/lax or erratic parental behavior
9. Overindulgence by either of the parents
10. Indifference/ hostility towards the child by either of the parents
11. Lack of cohesiveness, unity and family spirit at home
12. Lack of understanding between husband and wife
13. Erratic parental behavior
14. Neighborly influence not in congruence with the parents
15. Use of personal anger on child
16. Use of corporal punishment by either parent/both parents
17. Effect and influence of bad company
18. Feeling of inadequate love and affection towards the child
19. Imposition of personal inadequacies/non achievements/non realized dreams on the child
20. Unable to set up personal ethical/moral/competitive/developmental standards.
A complete analytical counseling session with Mansik Pramarsh Indore counselors and psychologists will help establish
• an understanding between the parent and the child
• reestablish love and affection
• mutual understanding on standards of behavior
• Family reorientation towards child’s future development
• Respect and admiration towards the parents in child’s mind
• Healthy attitude towards family values and social culture
• Commonality of goals for the family.
Schedule of family counseling services:
Sessions will be organized at our office/clinic with a prior appointment.
Test procedure:
Day I- Initial Interview/explorative session with the expert counselor for exchange of basic information that would help him to understand the aspirations, interests, strengths and weakness of the family and the problem areas of the parents/ child
Day –II Testing: • Personality profile
• Psychological test.
Results of all psychometric tests are given to the counselee in the form of a report card
Step III: Commencement of the Counseling Sessions
Fee schedule for parental counseling services :
• Psychological assessment fee Rs.2000/
• Complete analytical report fee Rs. 1500/
• Counseling per session fee Rs.2500/
Confidentiality: our counselors / staff will operate with complete trust and confidentiality. The details of all results/ findings are not divulged to any other person except to the counselee.
Effect of Counseling: Our clients can expect to benefit from counseling, making positive changes in their life, relationships, communication, thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors. Very few of the clients however, may not find counseling profitable immediately as the behavioral aspects will change with passage of time only. Some of the counselees may develop a negative counseling experience too. Even the most successful counseling and therapy can, at times become uncomfortable, as we deal with emotionally difficult issues. Relationship can become positive/ negative with others depending on the situation. Counselees are advised to clarify their questions or concerns about their rights and responsibilities, the possible effects of counseling, or services being offered with the counselor/ staff member of the Counseling Services.
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Alka Mansik Pramarsh Foundation, Indore is dedicated towards bringing about the most constructive performance from the Children’s and teenagers of our society in their life. With this objective, we conduct Seminar to Help Students overcome problems in their Basic learning & Educational career. We begin with scientific Psychological Testing and Assessment of the student. Gradually leading to specially designed Guidance and Counseling program, to promote and enhance easy learning by assisting students match their skills & abilities, interests and knowledge, values and preferences with study plans that meet students’ educational and personal goals.
We conduct Seminar for your school Students in your school premises
- Career Counseling Seminar
- Personal Counseling Seminar
- Each student will be subjected to scientific Psychological testing for assessment of attitude, aptitude, and personality types for providing counseling to achieve excellence into their current curriculum and for selection of future study streams. Our specially designed counseling and advice sessions for school students aim to achieve the following for them :
- Career counseling seminars
- Ease of subject option and selection
- Identification of short term and long term career goals
- Understanding importance and differentiation of :
- Work
- Vocation
- Job and career
- Actualization of career goals
- Managing time effectively and qualitatively
- Personal counseling seminars
- Analyzing Self Perception
- Identifying Self Potential
- Identifying Correct Learning Process
- Developing Concentration And Focus
- Developing Memory And Retention
- Building Up Self Confidence
- Bringing About Competitive Spirit
- Strengthening Decision Making
- Identifying Future Aims And Objectives
- Understanding Of Individual, Family Values
- Inculcating Social And Cultural Values
- Schedule of school student services:
Day 1. Psychological Test of All Students
Test Name
- High School Adjustment Inventory
- Multi Factor Interest Questioner
- High School Personality Questioner
Time 2:30 hours.
Day 2. – Career Counseling Seminar*, Time – 1:30 Hours.
Day 3. – Personal Counseling Seminar*, Time – 1:30 Hours.
* Number of Student min. 100 Students per Session.
Reports of the tests undertaken will be delivered during the personal counseling sessions on the third day.
- Package 1 for Class 11 and class 12 students
- Package II for Class 9 and class 10 students
- Package 111 for class 6 to class 8 students
- Package 1V for Class 3 to class 5 students
- Fee schedule for school student services :
- In school students services, package deal:
- Senior classes 9th to 12th Rs 5500/ per day per session
- Junior classes 3rd to 8th Rs. 4500/per day per session
- Individual student services
- Complete psychological testing and assessment of student Rs. 2500/
- Full analytical report per student Rs. 2000/
- Counseling session per session fee Rs. 2000/
- Parental counselling along with student Rs. 1500/ extra
- Registration fee of Rs. 500 per student will be charged extra
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