<Counselling stories>

This summer it was very hot but we successfully ran our Saturday school with ice-cream on every weekend. As you can see in photos, we went to the Korea Univ. Ice Rink with Happy Move on 26^th.

Let us share some counselling stories of suffering multi-cultural families. Whenever we are asked to give help to any of multi-cultural families by Counselling Center for Immigrated Women, we are sending Joo Yeon Lee, an art therapist to them. We know that Numusuh multicultural families have been cared after in group art therapy class for a long time.

When we are asked to help children in hardship, mostly we will often have to give the counselling to their mother. In the case below, Lee has given counselling to the counselee at a Shelter.

You may wonder why Numusuh has paid for the counselling fee for them who have been taken care of by the government either at Shelter or at counselling center. It is mainly because Numusuh as cooperative association has been far more aware of the problems of multi-cultural families than any other institution and well prepared to help them in trouble.

Counselling Case A

Hi, teacher? I would like to ask you to have the counselling for 11 year-old girl from a multicultural family (mother came from Vietnam). Her parents seem to have conflicted with and fought each other with violent words and actions before their children. So she also stoop up against her parents, particularly her father with rudeness, which rendered him at a loss.

Worse than this, she repeated the same words that she would rather have not been born whenever she was scolded by her mother. She took a test in the school, which showed that she had a depression. She was so much depressed both at home and at school that her parents now are so much worried about her. Can you have counselling with her and when can you start it?

Counselling Case B

Hi, teacher? Can I ask you for counselling? A multicultural family with five children whose mother came from Philippines came to our Shelter. Their problem is that their father is very much violent. First of all, the eldest son seems to have greatly suffered. This boy of the 6^th grade boy in elementary school repeated that he would kill his father when he becomes a grown-up. The second child seems to suffer from anxiety syndrome at first look. Can you have counselling with these two children, though they live an hour away distance from Numusuh? Can you visit and give counseling to them? We are asking you to take care of the mental condition of every five child as well as their mother. We are sorry that we cannot pay you enough fee for your counselling.