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(Founded in 1998 ) Active Adaptation Counselling Based in the Grenoble - Isère area (France)

(Founded in 1998 ) Active Adaptation Counselling Based in the Grenoble - Isère area (France) Providing Counselling for Personal Difficulties Addressing Intercultural Professional Environments Bringing a positive Perspective to Adapting across Cultures

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(Founded in 1998 ) Active Adaptation Counselling Based in the Grenoble - Isère area (France)

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  1. (Founded in 1998) Active Adaptation Counselling Based in the Grenoble - Isère area (France) Providing Counselling for Personal Difficulties Addressing Intercultural Professional Environments Bringing a positive Perspective to Adapting across Cultures Enhancing the Probability of Successful International Relocations Developing Tools and Strategies for Effective Intercultural Encounters

  2. Quick ‘Bio’Trudi Penkler South Africa: (B.Sc Psychology H.Ed Guidance and Counselling) Red Cross / Nursing / Teaching / Counselling France: Voluntary Associations Founded ‘Active Adaptation Counselling’ / Intercultural Training & Awareness Programmes / (In progress - Master II Psychologie VAE)

  3. Cross-Cultural Training Programmes / Workshops / Lectures Preview Visit / Welcome Orientation Pre-departure Preparation Return Reintegration Independent screening Cross-Cultural Coaching / Mediation / Facilitation Individual, Spouse and Family Accompaniment (adjustment difficulties personal, medical, children’s educational or other specific needs) Counselling: Clinical cases (psychological and emotional Difficulties) Crisis Counselling Grief Counselling Services Provided- for International Companies / Globally Mobile Professionals / Individuals with Personal Difficulties

  4. Adapting across Cultures ProfessionallyBasic Assumptions • Mostly Internationally transferred professionals want to relocate in the first place • They are highly motivated and pro-active • Relocation concerns are often personal rather than professional • Most adaptation just happens - being prepared can make things easier

  5. Mission StatementFocus on Intervention for Companies • Internationally relocating personnel do not immediately have the infrastructure and resources they had before at their disposal, especially if there are language difficulties to begin with. • Active Adaptation Counselling strives to bring some perspective to the challenge of adapting in a new culture, and so help to avoid intercultural misunderstandings, to safeguard a company's investment in its key people and to prevent early returns.

  6. Adapting in our Personal SituationsBasic Assumptions • We do have the necessary resources within us to be able to cope with our lives. • Sometimes - for whatever the reasons - we are unable to tap into our strengths and resources. • Working through our difficulties with qualified help in our own mother-tongue can be constructive in finding a way out of negative behaviour patterns towards more positive and functional ones

  7. Mission Statement Focus on Personal Counselling The counsellor strives to work with the client, developing a therapeutic relationship within which, the client’s cognitive, emotional and psychological experience of life’s demands becomes easier so that more functional and positive behaviour patterns may be established.

  8. A bit about Workshops, Mediating and Cultural Awareness Programmes. A Tri-pronged Approach: • Cognition - what we can know practical information / history / useful facts • Emotion and Understanding – what we can feel why things are the way they are • Attitude and Action - what we can do being more efficient in the new situation

  9. A bit about Workshops, Mediating and Cultural Awareness Programmes Not a list of do and don’ts “Useful information feeding” does not necessarily lead to comprehension and then translate into action ! A different approach • Using resources we already have within ourselves • Developing a deeper understanding of the culture we need to operate in • In so doing, developing a deeper understanding of our own culture • Working towards socio-cultural competence

  10. Examples of Success Stories in SituationsWhere little or no French was spoken Miscommunication in Intercultural management teams Professional demotivation and helplessness Preparation for performance evaluations Marital difficulties exacerbated by moving Severe sudden onset of medical difficulties Culture shock and adaptation in children (isolation / refusal to speak / traumatic incident recovery) Death and berievement (loss of a spouse in France) Two successful Adoption processes Cross-continental custody difficulties Substance dependency dificulties Post dramatic event - traumatic neurosis (rape / robbery) Regular Intervention as a Service provider for a corporate targeted International assistance program

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