Using Storytelling Tool for Student Counseling 

  Challenge : 

 I am a faculty of a university and I have to deal with many types of psycho - social problems of the   students . Though my job is mostly academic , still being a mentor and adviser , I need to address   these issues . Students often do not open up at their first interaction . Their symptoms of disturbance   are usually expressed through their attitude in the classroom and other interactions . Some students   are irregular and remain unmindful in the class , others are ill mannered or rough in conduct . Some   students seems stressful and tired and even suffer from psychosomatic physical sickness . The   university has appointed a full time psychologist , with a separate office and facilities , who provides   Psycho - Social Counseling services for the students . But the students have some stigma regarding   communicating the psychologist as they think it will isolate them from others and they will be   considered mentally ill . Hence they sometimes share their problems with teachers and course   advisers . But the problem is teachers can listen to them with empathy and suggest some general   solutions , but they are not expert person for professional counseling . So , the challenge for the   teachers are to detect the students who need help and convince them to communicate the psycho   social counselor . 

  Selection : 

 Just as this course resources mentioned , - through a good story , we could simply convey a message   that has logic . And also that a good story creates a cause and it ignites and unites people to solve   a bigger problem . Keeping the same spirit in mind , I have chosen storytelling as a tool to convince   the students to open up and address their need of counselling and eventually communicate the   Psycho - Social Counselor of the university for better solution of their mental anxiety . 

  Application : 

 As a part of applying storytelling techniques , I have first tried to understand and gain some insights   of the audience , in my case , the students who seems disturbed . I built a good rapport by asking   his / her personal and academic aspects . Then I try to discuss whether the students have gone   through some kind of obstacles or any difficulties . When they share their problems that I feel   should be addressed by the professional psychologist , I suggest them to visit the psychologist of   the university . When the student feel shaky or uncomfortable , I start telling a story regarding how   some of my other students get benefitted from her counseling . I follow a clear sequence for the   purpose . I describe how one of my students could not express her willingness to her family ,   regarding reading in a subject of her choice . Instead she has to carry her study in a subject , she   found difficult and not interesting at all just to keep her parent happy . She could not gather the   courage to confront her family in this matter and eventually become depressed and even physically   weak . At this point of time I try to build a suspense in the story and then ask some questions like   what would this girl do to overcome her fear and get her desired life . Then I answer that to gain   her confidence and fight back her trauma , she consult the counsellor working at the university . 

 And that , she eventually open up to her and found a way out to express her willingness to her father   through a written letter . At this point of time , most of the students become curious about the   outcome and this is the most powerful part of the story , where I explain how the students convinced   her father to shift her from one subject to other . And conclude with how splendid she is doing now .   Then I explain the disturbed student that his / her current status , where he / she is suffering from   problems are the worse situation ever happened . And that if he / she could cross the stigma and take   the necessary steps , this solution could be life changing and worth taking . 

  Insight : 

 In most of the cases , I found this Storytelling Techniques effective . People tend to get influenced   by the story where they can connect themselves emotionally and spiritually . One good story can   lead them to think that if other people have gone through the same situation and could overcome   their problems why not he / she could do it . It helps them to think sequentially about what is , what   if , what wow and what works . The audience could chalk out where they stand right now , where   possibly they can go if they try , what benefit they will get and how they will reach there – all at   once . Thus , storytelling could be a good guild towards design thinking . 

  Approach : 

 Besides the advisors , storytelling tool could be adopted by the organization as a part of their regular   communication options . The organization can develop promotional content using storytelling   techniques to influence the mindset and action of the students and other relevant audience . 

 Submitted By : Amal Bhai 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: Amal Bhai
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Using Storytelling Tool for Student Counseling 

  Challenge : 

 I am a faculty of a university and I have to deal with many types of psycho - social problems of the   students . Though my job is mostly academic , still being a mentor and adviser , I need to address   these issues . Students often do not open up at their first interaction . Their symptoms of disturbance   are usually expressed through their attitude in the classroom and other interactions . Some students   are irregular and remain unmindful in the class , others are ill mannered or rough in conduct . Some   students seems stressful and tired and even suffer from psychosomatic physical sickness . The   university has appointed a full time psychologist , with a separate office and facilities , who provides   Psycho - Social Counseling services for the students . But the students have some stigma regarding   communicating the psychologist as they think it will isolate them from others and they will be   considered mentally ill . Hence they sometimes share their problems with teachers and course   advisers . But the problem is teachers can listen to them with empathy and suggest some general   solutions , but they are not expert person for professional counseling . So , the challenge for the   teachers are to detect the students who need help and convince them to communicate the psycho   social counselor . 

  Selection : 

 Just as this course resources mentioned , - through a good story , we could simply convey a message   that has logic . And also that a good story creates a cause and it ignites and unites people to solve   a bigger problem . Keeping the same spirit in mind , I have chosen storytelling as a tool to convince   the students to open up and address their need of counselling and eventually communicate the   Psycho - Social Counselor of the university for better solution of their mental anxiety . 

  Application : 

 As a part of applying storytelling techniques , I have first tried to understand and gain some insights   of the audience , in my case , the students who seems disturbed . I built a good rapport by asking   his / her personal and academic aspects . Then I try to discuss whether the students have gone   through some kind of obstacles or any difficulties . When they share their problems that I feel   should be addressed by the professional psychologist , I suggest them to visit the psychologist of   the university . When the student feel shaky or uncomfortable , I start telling a story regarding how   some of my other students get benefitted from her counseling . I follow a clear sequence for the   purpose . I describe how one of my students could not express her willingness to her family ,   regarding reading in a subject of her choice . Instead she has to carry her study in a subject , she   found difficult and not interesting at all just to keep her parent happy . She could not gather the   courage to confront her family in this matter and eventually become depressed and even physically   weak . At this point of time I try to build a suspense in the story and then ask some questions like   what would this girl do to overcome her fear and get her desired life . Then I answer that to gain   her confidence and fight back her trauma , she consult the counsellor working at the university . 

 And that , she eventually open up to her and found a way out to express her willingness to her father   through a written letter . At this point of time , most of the students become curious about the   outcome and this is the most powerful part of the story , where I explain how the students convinced   her father to shift her from one subject to other . And conclude with how splendid she is doing now .   Then I explain the disturbed student that his / her current status , where he / she is suffering from   problems are the worse situation ever happened . And that if he / she could cross the stigma and take   the necessary steps , this solution could be life changing and worth taking . 

  Insight : 

 In most of the cases , I found this Storytelling Techniques effective . People tend to get influenced   by the story where they can connect themselves emotionally and spiritually . One good story can   lead them to think that if other people have gone through the same situation and could overcome   their problems why not he / she could do it . It helps them to think sequentially about what is , what   if , what wow and what works . The audience could chalk out where they stand right now , where   possibly they can go if they try , what benefit they will get and how they will reach there – all at   once . Thus , storytelling could be a good guild towards design thinking . 

  Approach : 

 Besides the advisors , storytelling tool could be adopted by the organization as a part of their regular   communication options . The organization can develop promotional content using storytelling   techniques to influence the mindset and action of the students and other relevant audience . 

 Submitted By : Amal Bhai
### Output: 