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08/07/2025

𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐘- 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝟑𝟏
We are delighted to announce our 31st batch in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: August 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th and September 1st and 8th 2025(All Mondays)
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 9 am to 1 pm
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞: Rs.13000/
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: Zoom platform.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 - CNS CBT: Trinity College: University of Dublin. Marykutty has over 20 years of experience as a CBT Therapist
𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬, TEAM CBT therapist (LEVEL 3), 10 years of experience as the Co-trainer in CBT, Pledge Academy.
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩- 𝟗𝟖𝟖𝟔𝟎𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙨:
 Historical background, Basic theories, principles, and features of CBT.
 Various CBT models. (For Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self-esteem)
 Cognitive Behavioral Assessment & Case Conceptualization.
 CBT Tools and techniques which are aimed at helping the clients recognize and change distorted cognitions and unhelpful behaviours; modify/change them wherever required, and address problems identified through assessment and case conceptualization.
𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚: The Workshop is spread over 5 weeks to allow the use of the skills on self or clients in between sessions and seek clarifications during the subsequent sessions. The workshop includes learning by doing (Role plays), Formative and Summative Assessments using open-book methods (Quizzes, MCQs), towards achieving a Course Completion e-certificate.
𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨:
Notes for all sessions, including ICD-11 criteria, checklists, assessment tools, case studies, and more, are included.
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩- 𝟗𝟖𝟖𝟔𝟎𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫

20/06/2025

🧠 If the brain only focuses on survival, it will keep scanning for threats.

💡 But when we offer children purpose, play, and connection...

🌱 Their brain gets permission to rest, regulate, and grow.

Let’s create environments that support calm and connection not just compliance.

30/04/2025

New Workshop Alert

20/03/2025

27/11/2024

Teach...dont punish

26/10/2024

ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE IN COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
We are delighted to announce the launch of our 30th batch in *Cognitive Behavior Therapy, now in a brand-new format at Pledge Academy!

Dates: November 6th, 13th, 27th, and December 4th, 11th and 14th (All Wednesdays except 14th December is a Saturday)
Time: 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm on all 5 Wednesdays and 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday
Course Fee: Rs.12000/
Venue: Zoom platform.
Trainers:
* Marykutty Augustine - CNS CBT: Trinity College: University of Dublin. Marykutty has over 20 years of experience as a CBT Therapist
* Jennifer Tavares, TEAM CBT therapist (LEVEL 3) 10 years of experience as the Co-trainer in CBT, Pledge Academy
Please contact Jennifer Tavares on WhatsApp- 9886015150 to register

The Workshop will cover the following concepts:
 Historical back ground, Basic theories, principles, and features of CBT.
 Various CBT models. (For Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self-esteem)
 Cognitive Behavioral Assessment & Case Conceptualization
 CBT Tools and techniques aimed at modifying/ changing distorted cognitions and unhelpful behaviours; thus, address problems identified through assessment and case conceptualization.
 Please Note: The Workshop is spread over 5 weeks to allow the use of the skills on self or clients in between sessions and seek clarifications during the subsequent sessions. The workshop includes learning by doing (Role plays), Formative and Summative Assessment using open book method (Quizzes, MCQs), Course Completion certificate.
Takeaways:
Notes for all sessions, Checklists, assessment tools, Case studies and much more.
Please contact Jennifer Tavares on WhatsApp- 9886015150 to register

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16/10/2024

𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 Pledge Academy- 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝟑𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇
𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐘
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲!
*𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 (𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲)
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝟒:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟖:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟓 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟗 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝟏 𝐩𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞: 𝐑𝐬.𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎/
* 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬::
* 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 - 𝐂𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐁𝐓: 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐁𝐓 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭
* 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐂𝐁𝐓 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭 (𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝟑) 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐁𝐓, 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐀𝐩𝐩- 𝟗𝟖𝟖𝟔𝟎𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟓𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬:
𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑩𝑻.
𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝑩𝑻 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒔. (𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑨𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒐𝒘 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒎)
𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 & 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝑪𝑩𝑻 𝑻𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈/ 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔; 𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 5 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 (𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔), 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅 (𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒆𝒔, 𝑴𝑪𝑸𝒔), 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆.
𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨:
𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨, 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚.
𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙅𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝘼𝙥𝙥- 9886015150 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧

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21/08/2024

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19/08/2024

IN PERSON TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE-LIFE SKILLS
The Butterfly Effect- A Life Skills Facilitator Program for Teachers, Special Educators, Counselors, Parents, and those working with adolescents.
Dates: September 2nd,9th,16th 23rd and 30th 2024. (All 5 days of attendance are preferred)
Time: 10:30am to 12:30 pm
Venue: Pledge Academy, Koramangala 6th Block, Bangalore
Course Fee: Rs 8000/participant. (No part payment or refunds. Payment confirms registration.)
The program will cover the Normal development of an adolescent, Related theories, LD & ADHD, Methods of facilitation, Core life skills and much more!
Participants will receive step-by-step notes on how to conduct the life skills classes and a Certificate at the end of the Workshop
Trainer: Mrs Jennifer Tavares-Director- Pledge Academy

Jennifer is a nurse, counsellor and special educator who brings in her experiences of training, developing content for various training programs, and working with adolescents. She has been trained to use The Resilience Doughnut® model.
(Visit www.pledgeacademy.in for more information about the trainer)

Registration will be on a first come first serve basis. Please note: If the workshop is cancelled for any untoward reason the workshop fees will be refunded.

To register please contact Mrs. Jennifer Tavares by WhatsApp/SMS on 9886015150.

Pledge Academy focuses on individual counselling on emotional, behavioral, psychological, social and academic related issues. The Academy also conducts trainings for counsellors, special educators, parents and children in various topics related to therapy, parenting, children with dyslexia and other...

30/07/2024

*ONLINE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY SKILLS WORKSHOP*
Pledge Academy announces its *29th Batch* of the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills Workshop from 14th August to 14th September 2024

*Dates: August 14th, 21st, 28th, September 4th, 11th and 14th (Saturday)
Time: 9 am to 1 pm on all 6 days*

Course Fee: Rs. 9500/ No part payment or refunds. Payment confirms registration and Pre-Workshop Reading & Learning Materials will be emailed once the payment is completed. All 6 days of attendance are recommended
• Venue: Zoom platform.

*Trainer: Marykutty Augustine- CNS CBT: Trinity College: University of Dublin. Marykutty has over 20 years of experience as a CBT Therapist*
Course Coordinator: Jennifer Tavares, Coordinator Training, Pledge Academy
Please get in touch with Jennifer Tavares on WhatsApp- 9886015150 to register

*The Workshop will cover the following concepts:*
 Introduction to basic theory, principles, and features of CBT.
 Various CBT models. (For Depression, Anxiety, and Low Self-esteem)
 Cognitive Behavioral Assessment & Case Conceptualization
 Tools and techniques aimed at modifying unhelpful cognitive and behavioural patterns. Namely, to address problems identified through assessment and case conceptualization.

 The Workshop is spread over 5 weeks to allow the use of the skills on self or clients in between sessions and seek clarifications during the subsequent sessions. We believe in "learning by doing". Therefore, in between sessions, participants are guided to practice the skills learned through role plays in pairs.

*Takeaways:*
Notes for all sessions, Checklists, assessment tools and much more

*Please get in touch with Jennifer Tavares on WhatsApp- 9886015150 to register*

25/07/2024

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13/05/2024

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