BUILDING BRIDGES FOR WELLNESS THROUGH COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

Abstract

The International Conference, “Building Bridges for Wellness through Counselling and Psychotherapy†was held at the Garden City Bangalore, India in the second week of January 2008. This conference was a collaborative initiative of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education–University of Toronto, Bangalore University-India and Sampurna Montfort College–Bangalore India. The conference aimed at sharing research and practice in counseling and psychotherapy including traditional healing practices within a context of multiculturalism and diversity. The preference was to integrate the religious, spiritual and transpersonal approaches in theory and practice for the counselors and psychotherapists worldwide.