The National Council of YMCAs - YWCAs of China held a professional lecture on dealing with depression, which was the fifth session in a training series called "Responsibility in Social Development".
On November 5, Wu Jianrong, general secretary of YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association), expressed his affirmation for the effective response and participation in COVID-19 prevention and control by ten local YMCA - YWCA branches despite the current challenges brought about by recent outbreaks. He said that among the 20 "Y-creative projects" (social service innovation and advocacy projects) launched this year on Tencent’s 99 Giving Day, 14 had been carried out in various cities, which demonstrated that the projects had met the needs of society and showed that the staff needed to improve their professional capabilities, according to YMCA and YWCA.
In the seminar, Mr. Chen Ding, a professional psychological consultant was invited to give a lecture on "Eliminating Discrimination in Depression: An Emotional and Mental Health Lesson on Well-Being". Starting from the common misunderstanding of mental health, he initially corrected the public misconception of depression, using the right and wrong questions to interact with the audience. Chen shared about which skills are important when helping someone with depression as well as many practical concepts, involving how to manage emotions and deal with psychological crises, to explain the importance of "adaptation". He also mentioned that flexible selection of an appropriate strategy was the most critical factor to adapt oneself to living with others or deal with the pressure and negative emotions.
Through mindfulness experiments, Chen guided attendees not to be trapped in the past or to worry about the future, but to live in the present, relaxing and releasing stress. Starting with eight mistakes often made when helping people with depression, Mr. Chen introduced the value concept that they could adopt and the countermeasures to prevent depression when dealing with client problems in the service process, so as to better help social workers to provide professional services.
At the end of the seminar, members of local YMCA - YWCAs shared their insight on the training.
A participant said, "The lecture is very practical, as it has not only provided us with methods and ideas in actual work but also given me great inspiration in life to keep growing: accepting myself instead of fighting myself; accepting difficulties and imperfections to ease the pain; not striving for unattainable goals in life; doing what I like to avoid wasting energy. The words are filled with wisdom to release myself by getting used to imperfect things."
"We still have a lot of misunderstanding about depression in our lives, which is often the biggest reason why depressive patients cannot get effective help and timely treatment. Through this training, I learn that depression is not an incurable disease, as many methods can be used to treat it. And we know that there are countless people who have won the battle against the disease and now live a stable and happy life."
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年11月5日下午，全国协会开展了“在社会发展中的担当——系列培训”的第五次培训，是全国协会开展的抑郁症预防宣传项目的第三次专业普及讲座。
吴建荣总干事首先对在疫情带来的挑战当下，10个城市青年会、女青年会的有效应对，主动承担责任，参与防控工作表示肯定。今年通过99公益日上线的20个Y创项目，现在已经有14个项目在各城市顺利启动了，这充分体现了Y创项目契合了社会的需求和我们提升专业能力的需要，据YMCA，
全国协会邀请陈鼎老师做《消除歧抑：一堂与幸福有关的情绪心理健康课》的讲座，陈老师首先从常见的心理健康误区切入，用判断正误问题与现场听众互动的方式，初步纠正了大众对抑郁症这个领域的误知。陈老师讲解了很多实用的概念和方法，里面涉及情绪管理、如何应对心理危机、助人工作者的方法等等，为与会学员澄清了“适应”的重要性。适应自己、他人就是调适自身周遭的压力与负面情绪，也指出了灵活选取适合的应对方法，才是最关键的因素。
陈老师还通过正念实验来引导大家不过分困于过去，不过于担忧未来，而是要活在当下，放松自己，释放压力。从8点助人者常犯的错误出发，陈老师为大家讲解了服务过程中处理服务对象问题时我们所能采取的价值理念，可以更好的帮助社工进行专业服务。陈鼎老师站在专业心理咨询的角度，为大家提出了预防抑郁症的对策，并给出助人工作者应注意的事项。
培训结束后，各市会都纷纷表达了对培训的感悟。
"今天协会安排讲座非常实用，不仅在实际工作中给我们提供了方法和思路，在生活和成长中也给了我很大的启发：不与自己对抗，接受自己；接受困难，接受不完美的现实，伤痛在接受中会变轻，在生活中不与不能达到的目标较劲；不浪费精力，做喜欢的事;通过时间习惯不完美的存在，在心理上释放，这个理论醍醐灌顶。"
“生活中我们对抑郁症仍抱有大量的误解，这些误解往往是抑郁症患者得不到有效帮助与及时就诊的最大原因。通过此次培训让我了解到抑郁症并非不治之症，我们有很多路径可以尝试，我们也可以知道，有无数人在与疾病的斗争中取得了胜利，最终稳定生活，直面阳光远离阴翳。”
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“在社会发展中的担当——系列培训”2021年第五次培训顺利举办
The National Council of YMCAs - YWCAs of China held a professional lecture on dealing with depression, which was the fifth session in a training series called "Responsibility in Social Development".
On November 5, Wu Jianrong, general secretary of YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association), expressed his affirmation for the effective response and participation in COVID-19 prevention and control by ten local YMCA - YWCA branches despite the current challenges brought about by recent outbreaks. He said that among the 20 "Y-creative projects" (social service innovation and advocacy projects) launched this year on Tencent’s 99 Giving Day, 14 had been carried out in various cities, which demonstrated that the projects had met the needs of society and showed that the staff needed to improve their professional capabilities, according to YMCA and YWCA.
In the seminar, Mr. Chen Ding, a professional psychological consultant was invited to give a lecture on "Eliminating Discrimination in Depression: An Emotional and Mental Health Lesson on Well-Being". Starting from the common misunderstanding of mental health, he initially corrected the public misconception of depression, using the right and wrong questions to interact with the audience. Chen shared about which skills are important when helping someone with depression as well as many practical concepts, involving how to manage emotions and deal with psychological crises, to explain the importance of "adaptation". He also mentioned that flexible selection of an appropriate strategy was the most critical factor to adapt oneself to living with others or deal with the pressure and negative emotions.
Through mindfulness experiments, Chen guided attendees not to be trapped in the past or to worry about the future, but to live in the present, relaxing and releasing stress. Starting with eight mistakes often made when helping people with depression, Mr. Chen introduced the value concept that they could adopt and the countermeasures to prevent depression when dealing with client problems in the service process, so as to better help social workers to provide professional services.
At the end of the seminar, members of local YMCA - YWCAs shared their insight on the training.
A participant said, "The lecture is very practical, as it has not only provided us with methods and ideas in actual work but also given me great inspiration in life to keep growing: accepting myself instead of fighting myself; accepting difficulties and imperfections to ease the pain; not striving for unattainable goals in life; doing what I like to avoid wasting energy. The words are filled with wisdom to release myself by getting used to imperfect things."
"We still have a lot of misunderstanding about depression in our lives, which is often the biggest reason why depressive patients cannot get effective help and timely treatment. Through this training, I learn that depression is not an incurable disease, as many methods can be used to treat it. And we know that there are countless people who have won the battle against the disease and now live a stable and happy life."
- Translated by Abigail Wu
YMCA Launches Seminar on Depression Prevention
