Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for women in rural areas. Ms.Zhou’s main office is in Tanshan, Hebei province.

A visitor called Banana asked for a telephone conversation via QQ. I said yes, but she said the telephone call must be made after 11:00pm. I was thinking the late call would affect my sleep. I asked her to leave me the question onQQ and I would get back to her. 

Banana left me messages several times on my QQ. I found her questions were not clear. Finally, I gave her my number and said she could call. I did not hear anything from her for several days, so I started to forget about it. She sometimes messaged me but always said she was too busy for a full call. Whenever she had time, it was too late to make a phone call. 

One night, I texted her and said no matter how late it was, I would be waiting for her call. At 10:40 PM, my mobile phone rang. The number showed Nanping City of Fujian Province. I was surprised to hear the voice on the other side of the phone was that of a man.

His family name is Fu and he is 40. He works in a factory due to heavy family burdens. He likes to read books on psychology. He read one of my cases in a magazine. He thought it was a miracle that I performed hypnosis as part of the treatment. He recently borrowed 600 RMB from his father and found a psychological consultancy organization. A psychologist received him but he did not know what kind of treatment the doctor used. He paid about 1000 RMB, but his problems were not solved. When he wanted to make an appointment with the psychologist again, they lost connection. At that time, he found my QQ number in the magazine and became curious about hypnosis. 

His problem is that he is afraid to be alone. He was also scared of those around him but felt he had nowhere to hide.

Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for women in rural areas. Ms.Zhou is in Tanshan, Hebei province.

In late June, I was invited to train people on fetal education in Sichuan. In the past, I could not spare thetime to give a lecture. But this time, I promised to make a public lecture. The location was in a rural girl's shop, a girl who was a successful recipient of our project last year. 

Women from rural areas do not have that much knowledge of fetal health, but the problem is more serious than I expected. Here are some conversations. 

1. 23 years old, junior middle school education, 3 months pregnant, “my husband said smoking will not influence the baby, because our forefathers did so and they also give birth to babies.”

2. 24, primary school education, 3 months pregnant, “I do not care about fetal education.  I will take a B ultrasonic test in 4th month. If the baby is a girl, I will do an abortion. ”

3. 21, junior high school education, 3 months pregnant, “my husband treats me well, letting me stay at home to rest. I like to play Mahjong and I am happy, so it’s not necessary to participate in fetal education.”
She asked me if playing Mahjong can influence the fetus. The answer is obvious, “a 5-month fetus can hear voices.”

Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for women in rural areas.

I got to know Huang Xiuhe in a training held for rural women 5 years ago. She had serious psychological problem then, but it had not impacted her normal life. I thought, the impairment in her heart would be healed as time went by.

I did not expect such result when I met her again 5 years later.

Appointment call was made by her husband. The problem was they are going through the divorce. 

I went to the counseling room and I almost could not recognize Huang Xiuhe, who was standing before me. She was below 50, but her hairs were almost white and her face looked swollen and lifeless, just like an old women. Her husband, a face of vicissitudes, was gray at the temples. They had brought oil, soy source, vinegar and salt from home for me to test, because Huang Xiuhe suspected her husband had poisoned the food and water, and she became ill by eating them. She wanted divorce. 

“Teacher Zhou, you are the last one to poison me in the world. The happiest time in my life was spent with you. I will not live with him. He kept poisoning me and all of my internal organs got serious ill”.

She showed hypochondrasis , persecution paranoia and schizophrene. She became a mental patient. 

Her husband did not want divorce, “Two children are at school and they will be sad. Her illness will become more serious. I cannot give up my duty to be a man. She concerned us a lot when she was young. She always kept talking about you. The only person she trusts is you. Please cure her……”

Her husband told me that he had taken her to check in many hospitals. He had spent a lot of money, but there had not a hospital could diagnose what was wrong with her, apart from being offered shots and medicines.

I wondered even normal people could see she suffered from mental problem, not the physical problem. Why there’s no doctor or specialist suggested him to see a psychiatrist.

After they had left, I called many specialized hospitals around the city and made a list of the hospitals. I called Huang Xiuhe’s husband and suggested him to seek treatment, because their children are still young and they have a long way to go.

Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for women in rural areas.

I went to Pingqiao district of Xinyang , Henan province in March. I visited 4 towns and gave 4 lectures. The issue that mattered most among the villagers was children’s education. Then they asked a lot of questions about health. I am not a doctor, so I had to teach them a few health exercises from the angle of disease prevention and health care.

This time a volunteer met in Sichuan came with me. She taught villagers exercise-dance and knitting. The two projects had been developed when I was in rural areas of Sichuan, which were quite popular. We could organize women to read, receive health care tips and the right way to educate children by holding these activities.

We were welcome everywhere and there were a lot of happy interactions. Women registered enthusiastically in reading club, dance club and knitting club. I instructed the local staff to divide them into groups and organize them to carry out activities respectively. 

In April, I will visit Henan again as a volunteer and implement follow-up work. 

Original article written by Yonghong Zhou, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang 

Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for women in rural areas.

Guiying is a rural woman of 30, high school graduated. 

There were a lot of problems a few years ago:

She married a divorced man and she found it’s hard to get on well with her step son.

Her husband gave her family some money when they married, so her husband thought he had bought her and she could be treated as a slave. Her husband would beat her when something went wrong. She was not allowed to go out for work or talking with the other people.

Such situation made her lose confidence for life. She complained about her parents, husband, child and even herself. She had tried suicides, but failed.

Then Guiying met me...

Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for woman in rural areas.

After the Chinese New Year, a relative of my daughter’s friends contacted me regarding the education of her children. She is a migrant young mother with 3 children. She brought in her second child, an 11-year-old girl, to see me. The mother said she had been in Grade 1 for several years and had not moved up to Grade 2. She had tried to discipline her physically, which was no help to her studies. “She doesn’t know how to learn!” her mother told me in Cantonese.

After talking to the child, I found out that she is mentally retarded and could not learn like normal children. According to her mother, she was placed in foster care with several relatives when she was only 10 days old. She got a high fever for several days when she was 2 years old. She went missing when she was 6 years and was sent home by the policemen. She had no friends at school and was often bullied by her sister and brother. When I put my arm around her shoulders and spoke with her, she looked up at me with a smile. My tears started rolling - poor child.

Yesterday, the girl’s mother called and said her daughter mentioned me several times and begged to come visit me again. The biggest problem for the child is lack of love. In the south, the situation of “son preference” is more serious than it is in the north. Some families have several girls who are usually neglected by their parents, and many are emotionally hurt. I do need to tailor my treatment methods to meet the needs of these young girls and their families. 

Original article written by Zhou Yonghong, translated by Maggie Li, and edited by Yanyan Zhang

Mrs. Zhou provides mental and psychological counseling for woman in rural areas.

It has been 10 years since the implementation of free psychological counseling services in rural areas. Although it seems I have achieved something when looking back, I do not think that the psychological problems in rural areas have been solved. I am the first one to do the psychological health education in rural areas, but the feelings I have experienced are beyond count. With more than a thousand vivid cases and ten thousand group trainings, benefited villagers’ life standard as well as physical and mental health has been greatly improved, which in return benefited me. My comprehensive quality and professional ability have been improved compared with the beginning. I like a dancer in the red shoes and cannot stop on the stage. 

Psychology and physiology are 2 aspects of the health, but most of people do not understand what psychological health is and treat mental problem as physical problem. They seek treatment everywhere which not only increases their economic spending but triggers family conflicts, and even endangers the social peace. The morbid behaviors can be upgraded to moral and legal levels.

A women cadre called and invited me to give some talks in her village because women there had never taken such lessons. I promised without hesitation.
The lecture was planned to be held outside but the weather grew dismal and only about 30 people came to attend it.
I said, ‘We will only chat today, just like friends. Anyone who has problems can raise her hand and ask a question.’ They thought I was a friendly person.
Women here all lack training and rely simply on their husbands to support their families. Most of the time, they have nothing to do except when it is the harvest season when children who may or may not complete their senior year in high school are always hanging out the whole day. The director tells me she felt sad about those boys and girls having no desire to make progress. Parents, however, consider it a common phenomenon.
The lecture is far from easy.
What comforts me a little is how long the lessons last, even half an hour more.
Those women are desperate for changes, whatever the present situation is.
I ought to come again.
Frankly speaking, I feel pleased every time I finish my talking.
Lastly, I share the beautiful scenery with all my friends.

Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for woman in rural areas. In this article, she tells us about she's been up to in September. 

At the end of September, we finished our initial program successfully, celebrated Chinese Valentine’s Day with community members, opened training courses for rural women, and held seminars about children’s education. During our activity in Sichuan, we found that many families generally lack children’s education. Parents or grandparents always complained that children do not heed what they say. According to my observation, however, these children are clever and eager to learn. That is why we are thinking about setting up a Classic-Reading program in rural area. With this good idea, we have to decide on textbooks, teachers and other factors. I plan to process the new idea during October, and I think it can be promoted nationally if it goes well in Sichuan. Though the task is very tough, I hope I can make it.

Original article: http://www.toumingyu.org/zhouyonghong/story/11844/
Written by Zhou Yonghong, Edited by US interns Lauren Kam and Isabel Auyeung