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29 MAR

TISA Chennai Workshop

The journey to Chennai for TISA meet started with 5-some (Myself, Alok, Dinesh, Karthik and Chandhan) meeting at Bangalore station @10.30pm. We chatted for few hrs before train arrived late by 30mins. The adventure started with our bogie missing and we searching entire railway station. We boarded the general then but soon someone told “bogies […]

What is Self Help?

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Since there is no medical cure and available therapy almost always ends in relapse and self-blame, it makes sense to develop problem solving skills on our own: you would surely learn to fix running repairs if you are going on a world tour, instead of carrying your mechanic with you. It is all the more useful since it is practiced in a group. You develop social and communication skills, instead of chasing fluency alone. TISA promotes four core techniques: Bouncing, Prolongation, Pausing and Voluntary stammering. In addition, we share and practice many more skills/ approaches: listening, Body language, team skills, leadership, self-assertion, peer counseling- above all being a member of a vibrant community, through fair give and take.