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[Harpeau]

http://shc.seoul.go.kr/servlet/njob.svl.HomeSvl2

Seoul Offers Counseling Service for Foreigners
The Seoul metropolitan government has launched a free counseling service by phone to help ease the difficulties English-speaking foreigners encounter while living and working here.
Officials said the ``Help Line'' service will be offered by foreign volunteers from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 5 p.m. on weekdays.
This service is a developed version of a similar service that the Foreigner's Community Service (FOCUS), a noncommercial foreign volunteers' group, has offered in Seoul. General information and advice on living in Seoul such as leisure activities, education and shopping will be given through the phone counseling service, according to officials.
The service is part of the city government's efforts to make the capital more foreigner-friendly. Last month, the city government opened a 24-hour hotline providing free medical counseling to foreigners.
Seoul City has also been operating the Seoul Help Center in City Hall on similar purposes. Legal counseling and a number of job opportunities are available at the center.
The city government has proposed the central government ease regulations on setting up schools for foreigners to meet educational needs of foreigners here.
Seoul is set to establish a foreign school in Hannam-dong by 2006, while an international kindergarten will be set up for foreign children in the Kangnam-gu, southern Seoul, next year.
To use the phone counseling service, call 02-797-8212.

[manlyboy]

Yeah, but when is the Seoul metropolitan government going to launch free Sunday morning detox units for foreigners in Hongdae and Itaewon?

[Harpeau]

[rapier]

What about psychological counselling for the emotional scars people suffer living here? I don't think any korean telephonist would be able to relate to what many foreigners go through.

[Harpeau]

[Harpeau]

I guess we need more counselors in the Seoul area.

[Summer Wine]

Agree there!! Most teachers can't comprehend each other, let alone Korean Government designated advisors.

[SuperFly]

Therapist: Why have you come see me?

Teacher: It's the pressure and stress of living in Korea, I don't think I can take it anymore...the shoving, spitting, the bad breath, constant noise pollution...it's so dirty here...my skin has gone bad - I can't breathe well because my lungs are full of soot from the exhaust of those diesel buses...


Therapist: Why did you come to Korea?

[Real Reality]

Reality Therapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm

Cognitive Therapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_Emotive_Behavior_Therapy

The Ten Axioms of Choice Theory
1. The only person whose behavior we can control is our own.
2. All we can give another person is information.
3. All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems.
4. The problem relationship is always part of our present life.
5. What happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future.
6. We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in our Quality World.
7. All we do is behave.
8. All behavior is Total Behavior and is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology
9. All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have direct control over the acting and thinking components. We can only control our feeling and physiology indirectly through how we choose to act and think.
10. All Total Behavior is designated by verbs and named by the
part that is the most recognizable.
Choice Theory Psychology, Reality Therapy, Lead Management, & Quality Schools
http://www.choicetheory.com/
Choice theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice_Theory

Virtual Reality Therapy
http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Anxiety/news/virtual_reality_therapy.asp
Virtual Reality Therapy
http://www.behavioralassociates.com/treatment_mot_vir.asp