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How can counselling workshops and seminars help teaching professionals brush up and develop their student counselling techniques? A workshop/seminar is usually conducted to introduce a new idea, motivate participants to further explore it on their own, or promote actual process practice with the correct guidance of an able facilitator. It is a great way to learn hands-on skills from experts as it allows to explore new methods and techniques.
 

Two things that are important to personal growth include building new relationships and making new connections. A workshop gives professionals, the best opportunity to meet other people who share mutual interests and the same enthusiasm. Attending a workshop will let you meet like-minded people and make some good friends who know your "talk shop," as it were i.e. to discuss matters concerning your work concerns, etc.
 

Enrol in a workshop/seminar to open yourself to numerous chances to newer possibilities, to learn something new from peers who have better experiences and knowledge to share with you on the concepts and practices that they have been practicing in their profession. Moreover, the environment is quite competitive nowadays and to survive and prosper, one must attend as many workshops as possible to improve their knowledge and stay ahead of the competition. Acquiring new skills also opens opportunities for better pay or a hike. So, it is all the more a reason to attend these workshops!
 

Teachers who do not commit to professional development will find it increasingly difficult to keep pace with the changing demands of their profession; this lack of commitment often affects their professional growth and development. Hence online workshops are a quick and easy way to stay updated and brush-up on their skills, be it in counselling techniques or other areas related to education and learning.
 

It is a fact that today’s teachers are required to do much more than just teach and guide their students. If you are a teacher and have a good understanding of counselling approaches, then nothing better than that. Counselling skills act as an added advantage for teaching professionals as they make use of them when the situation demands. Counselling seminars and workshops help the teachers gain some preliminary knowledge on counselling students as and when required. 
 

A typical online teacher counselling workshop will include common areas of discussion like:

• Need for counselling
• Goal of counselling
• Qualities of a good counselor
• Why do students need counselling?
• Who can counsel students and their roles?
• Changing role of teachers in the 21st century
• Classroom behavioral psychology and classroom management
• Helping with stress
• Managing crisis

These are the kind of workshops which also help aspiring counselors who are looking to move on from their teaching profession to become full-time counselors. Hence a seminar/workshop on counseling will acquaint them with the concept of “counselling” and the areas related to it and give them a clear perspective. Attending such workshops/seminars will let them decide if they want to acquire detailed knowledge on it and maybe pursue a student counsellor training thereafter to build a career in it.