Australian Counselor for 9/11 survivors of victims holds workshop at HOSPITAL

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Australian Counselor for 9/11 survivors of victims holds workshop at HOSPITAL

Amritsar --
It was a 'rare' exposure for the doctors and nurses of ' Heart and Super Specialty Institute', as Australian Mr Lee James field advisor WHO (World Health Organization )on social trauma, disaster relief programmes demonstrated, "New ways" of self management to deal with patients in hospitals.
These techniques in improving self poise when used in dealing with patients could result in "surprising" pace of progress in patient recovery, Lee reasoned.
The workshop in self management was presided over by Gen (retd) Dr ML Chawla Executive Director and focused on de-stressing techniques for the attending staff of hospital and doctors --- to exude confidence in mannerisms, body language, speech intonations, gestures etc for qualitatively superior results bringing high level of recovery rates in physical & mental health of patients.
Having done majors in Psychology, an actor in Australian drama circles, Lee claims to have brought psychological healing to survivors of victims of 9/11 in US by "theatre therapy" and was here under the aegis of Brahma Kumaries World Spiritual Organization.
The Australian who wore a kurta pyjama to maximize his identification with Indians through "lecture- drama" technique presented the 'actual' result of various gestures and postures that are often adopted by nurses and doctors and prove to be counter-productive to patients.
"A patient is like a baby who has to be dealt with sensitively, gently and firmly simultaneously. A small gesture like talking or listening at eye-level can bring a friendly bonding. While looking down upon him /her from a standing position can be dominating.
Similarly an impersonal touch on the hands can immediately lift the spirits and make them more acceptable to instructions than mere oral directives, "Lee reflected.
Mr. Lee who claims to have introduced light, soothing music in offices of Microsoft Company, claimed to have worked in 'hostage negotiations' in Indonesia, Japan besides youth delinquency, victims of Tsunami, war children, several airlines companies and hospitality and management businesses, admitted that yogic breathing exercises plays a vital role in bringing about balance and composure that leads to better and improved dealing as was the greatest need in Human Resource Management, today.
Prominent amongst those who attended the workshop were Dr HP Singh Medical Superintendent, and others.