While the activities of visiting hospitals and assisting patients admitted to large public health centers and their families do not stop, a good number of people arrive at the CARDI facilities to participate in courses and training proposals from the perspective of Christian humanism.
CARDI offers two types of training spaces: those offered to people going through a difficult time in their lives and who are mentally restless enough to seek tools to improve their experience; or those specifically preparing to help through volunteering, aware that “wanting to help” is only the beginning and it is important to prepare beforehand to do so effectively and efficiently.
For the first case, during this month of February CARDI offers, for example, a Thanatological Accompaniment aimed at those who have just suffered some emotionally complicated loss: the death of someone close, the end of a romantic relationship, the loss of a job or a pet.
From Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., CARDI provides spaces for meeting, dialogue and discussion with specialists who, under the premise of “in the silence of goodbye, you are not alone”, listen and offer tools for overcoming such loss.
“Know Yourself, Accept Yourself, and Overcome Yourself” began on February 3rd. It lasts three months and takes place on Tuesdays from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This in-person workshop is for adults over 18 and is coordinated by Angélica Badillo, a logotherapist, thanatologist, and crisis intervention specialist.
On the 4th, the online course (via Zoom) for adults over 18, titled “Managing Emotions and Feelings,” began. It will run for two months, meeting on Wednesdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. It is coordinated by Luis Torres, a graduate in Sociology, therapist, with a diploma in psycho-emotional health and a master’s degree in organizational development.
On February 5th, two more activities began. The first is a group therapy session for older adults called “Living with Meaning,” which aims to promote emotional well-being, strengthen relationships, and reframe the experience of old age through reflection and emotional expression. It is coordinated by Nohemí González, a graduate in Human Development, logotherapist, and holder of a master’s degree in Humanistic-Existential Psychotherapy. The session will consist of 10 in-person meetings, held on Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
That same day begins the virtual workshop (Zoom) “Healing my childhood wounds”, coordinated by Angélica Badillo, on Thursdays from 6 to 8 pm for three months.
Today, Monday, February 9th, the conference “The Psychological Impact on the Family of Children with Disabilities” will take place virtually (via Zoom) at 6:00 PM. It will be coordinated by Miguel A. Bahena.
On February 14th, there will be a one-session in-person workshop for adults over 18 entitled “Self-Love Day.” It will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will be coordinated by Lupita Gómez and Monse Ramírez, specialists in Gestalt therapy.
On February 16th, a single-session, in-person workshop will take place from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, entitled “Bonds, Attachments, and Farewells: Loving Without Possessing.” It will be coordinated by Lulú de la Mora, a logotherapist and thanatologist.
Also a single session is the face-to-face workshop for those over 18 years of age, “Art therapy and grief: light among shadows”, which will take place on February 21st from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will be coordinated by Isaías Sánchez, a graduate in Art and Cultural Heritage and a student of Logotherapy.
On February 23rd, at 6 pm, there will be a virtual conference (Zoom) entitled “Psychological First Aid”, led by Edith Jiménez, doctor, thanatologist and logotherapist.
Finally, on February 27th at 6:00 PM, Augustinian Recollect missionary Luisa Ortiz will offer the virtual conference “The Art of Giving: The Transformative Power of Volunteering.” This is also a way to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of CARDI, whose motto is “20 years as a home for those most in need.”
