Grief Therapy
YOUR SPEAKER
Ian Poulier is a trained counsellor with extensive experience in counselling youth and young adults. As a counsellor, Ian believes it is important to understand the client in the context of their value systems. Applying a person-centred approach undergirded by a social emotional learning framework (SEL), Ian is continually challenged to bring the clients he engages with to be empowered to reach their fullest potential. He is currently working at The SEL Network LLP and a well-known facilitator and speaker at workshops, conferences, seminars, in both educational and corporate settings. He hosted TEENTALK on 93.8LIVE and mentored focus groups with different schools. He is also actively called upon to give advice and opinions by the journalists of the New Paper. Ian has been a professional Counsellor serving both local and international schools and in a VWO. He has coauthored a book, HeartWarmers, a collection of prose and poetry.
COURSE BRIEF
Grief Therapy has become vital in today’s world. With its relentless pace and rate of change, the world says, without emotion, “Hurry up, you gotta catch up. Otherwise, you’ll be left behind”. So we push ourselves along life’s highways, always going faster. But we don’t know where we are going. And then we experience a slow down - the loss of someone close, a mother, aunt, brother, or friend. It could also be the end of a relationship or the parting of ways that foretells we have ended a phase in life and need to move on. And COVID-19 too. They all spell GRIEF - the absence of someone we love, the loss of job and predictability and then we bury it in ourselves. Handling grief is critical. We need to know how to handle it ourselves before we can help others as counsellors or therapists. What are some valuable theories? How do we approach grief, given that we will all experience it? What is there to learn? Am I open to change? Who should I turn to? Will I allow myself to feel the pain, or do I just numb it?
Meandering in the Counselling Maze
COURSE BRIEF
If you didn't get the book launched in September 2024, here's another chance to learn counselling from a practitioner with 15 years experience .
Starting with development theory and then the enneagram, this one -day course will explore how post modernity has influenced the counselling process. Next it gets into major counselling theories and narrative therapy in particular.
Good for Counsellors and pastoral care staff.
About Your Trainer
Andrew Ponniah first started his career in audit at Arthur Young, after completing his BACC at NUS. He then moved into education where he taught at Temasek Junior College and Ngee Ann Poly. From there and after his MBA, he took on the mantle of entrepreneur and set up a private international school under the Methodist Mission. He moved into counselling after his Masters at James Cook University. Having set up the SEL Network in 2010 as a counselor training enterprise, he now works part-time as a Counsellor in church. He finished hisGraduate Diploma in Christian Studies at BGST in 2015. Author of two books, Trust or Rust? on Emotional Quotients and HeartWarmers, an anthology of prose and poetry, Andrew is an avid reader and believer in new ideas. Married with four children, he loves the active and balanced life. He is a also a Narrative Therapist who delves into DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) too.
EQ and Art Therapy for Everyone
COURSE BRIEF
EQ is a must for everyone in the workplace. Learn the basics here and you will never regret it.
About Your Trainers
Ian Poulier is a trained counsellor with extensive experience in counselling youth and young adults. As a counsellor, Ian believes it is important to understand the client in the context of their value systems. Applying a person-centred approach undergirded by a social emotional learning framework (SEL), Ian is continually challenged to bring the clients he engages with to be empowered to reach their fullest potential. He is currently working at The SEL Network LLP and a well-known facilitator and speaker at workshops, conferences, seminars, in both educational and corporate settings. He hosted TEENTALK on 93.8LIVE and mentored focus groups with different schools. He is also actively called upon to give advice and opinions by the journalists of the New Paper. Ian has been a professional Counsellor serving both local and international schools and in a VWO. He has coauthored a book, HeartWarmers, a collection of prose and poetry.
Andrew Ponniah first started his career in audit at Arthur Young, after completing his BACC at NUS. He then moved into education where he taught at Temasek Junior College and Ngee Ann Poly. From there and after his MBA, he took on the mantle of entrepreneur and set up a private international school under the Methodist Mission. He moved into counselling after his Masters at James Cook University. Having set up the SEL Network in 2010 as a counselor training enterprise, he now works part-time as a Counsellor in church. He finished hisGraduate Diploma in Christian Studies at BGST in 2015. Author of two books, Trust or Rust? on Emotional Quotients and HeartWarmers, an anthology of prose and poetry, Andrew is an avid reader and believer in new ideas. Married with four children, he loves the active and balanced life. He is a also a Narrative Therapist who delves into DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) too.
Charlie is an educator-counsellor with a Master of Arts in Counselling. He uses an integrated therapeutic approach, drawing from Motivational Interviewing change-talk strategies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and mindfulness practices, assisting individuals with life’s complexities, negotiating interpersonal, professional and personal life growth goals. He is also trained to administer and counsel using the Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis instrument for individuals and couples. Before his call to counselling, he practiced as a dental hygienist in the US and in two local clinics here in Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Fine Art and an Associate of Applied Science RDH degree. He has been married to his wife, Yeng, for 19 years and apart from counselling, enjoys exercising on the Green Corridor, drawing animal portraits, bike riding with his wife
Internal Family Therapy
COURSE BRIEF
Internal Family Therapy sounds as if it's for the family, but surprise, it's for the individual. It has useful theory, i.e. the mind is made up of several related parts governed by the compassionate "Self" that regulates it. Experiences of the past and trauma, especially, are key. Excerpts from the movie Upside Down 1 and 2 will be used.
About Your Trainers
Ian Poulier is a trained counsellor with extensive experience in counselling youth and young adults. As a counsellor, Ian believes it is important to understand the client in the context of their value systems. Applying a person-centred approach undergirded by a social emotional learning framework (SEL), Ian is continually challenged to bring the clients he engages with to be empowered to reach their fullest potential. He is currently working at The SEL Network LLP and a well-known facilitator and speaker at workshops, conferences, seminars, in both educational and corporate settings. He hosted TEENTALK on 93.8LIVE and mentored focus groups with different schools. He is also actively called upon to give advice and opinions by the journalists of the New Paper. Ian has been a professional Counsellor serving both local and international schools and in a VWO. He has coauthored a book, HeartWarmers, a collection of prose and poetry.
Andrew Ponniah first started his career in audit at Arthur Young, after completing his BACC at NUS. He then moved into education where he taught at Temasek Junior College and Ngee Ann Poly. From there and after his MBA, he took on the mantle of entrepreneur and set up a private international school under the Methodist Mission. He moved into counselling after his Masters at James Cook University. Having set up the SEL Network in 2010 as a counselor training enterprise, he now works part-time as a Counsellor in church. He finished hisGraduate Diploma in Christian Studies at BGST in 2015. Author of two books, Trust or Rust? on Emotional Quotients and HeartWarmers, an anthology of prose and poetry, Andrew is an avid reader and believer in new ideas. Married with four children, he loves the active and balanced life. He is a also a Narrative Therapist who delves into DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) too.
Charlie is an educator-counsellor with a Master of Arts in Counselling. He uses an integrated therapeutic approach, drawing from Motivational Interviewing change-talk strategies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and mindfulness practices, assisting individuals with life’s complexities, negotiating interpersonal, professional and personal life growth goals. He is also trained to administer and counsel using the Taylor Johnson Temperament Analysis instrument for individuals and couples. Before his call to counselling, he practiced as a dental hygienist in the US and in two local clinics here in Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education and Fine Art and an Associate of Applied Science RDH degree. He has been married to his wife, Yeng, for 19 years and apart from counselling, enjoys exercising on the Green Corridor, drawing animal portraits, bike riding with his wife
Spiritual Retreat - Rest-Renew in Word-Restore - New Zealand -1 Sept - 10 Sept 2025
Were you ever wanted to restore the proper PACE in your hurried life? Well, here’s a chance to getaway to beautiful New Zealand and find healing in sight and unclogged ears. Learn from Dr Csilla, renowned Bible Scholar share from Scripture. Deposit $3000 to confirm (refundable if event is cancelled). Featuring Dr Csilla Saysell.
- Quiet scenery
- Teaching & Fellowship
- Fly by Singapore Airlines
- An Introduction to Spiritual Direction
- Limited to 15 people
PayNow T10LL0140K - The SEL Network LLP. For more info or questions contact Andrew at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 98200904.
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Founded in 2010 by an ex-group of Teachers and Trainers, the SEL Network LLP is about developing people through effective therapy. The modern world powered by technology pushes the human spirit to the edge . We need therapy to get us back and in control of our lives. We have specialised in 8 therapies offering something for everyone.
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