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Students Counseling  Services (SCS) News

 

Annual Report on Campus Counseling Services (CCS) July2008-June 2009

 

Background:

 

The history of GCU campus counselling service goes back a long way. However, the reorganization of the service along professional lines started in 2006 when it formally became a part of the Department of Clinical Psychology. In 2007 a qualified clinical psychologist from GCU clinical training programme was appointed as the Campus Counsellor, with a remit to develop a comprehensive counselling service for the students of the University. Working under the administrative and professional supervision of the Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology, GC University, the foundation of a service was laid along professional lines. In 2008 the services were located in the newly built Student Counselling Centre.

 

It took a few months to complete the spade work for the service. Information leaflets were prepared and distributed throughout the University to publicize the new locale and the operation policy.  A generic brochure along with the service development plan, information leaflets for the students on common problem faced were prepared. Guidance and information material was prepared on study skills and strategies, time management, improving concentration, self motivation, presentation skills, dealing with exam anxiety, problem solving, decision making managing moods and this is an on going process.

 

The Mission Statement:

 

Our aim is to provide a readily accessible campus counselling service to all students of GC University with emotional, psychological and behavioural, social and academic problems and help them improve their level of functioning in all areas with proven techniques and skills.

 

The service:

The Campus counselling service is essentially a self-referral service open to all students of GCU. In addition, any one from the teaching staff or the medical staff can refer with the student’s consent. It is important that the student should contact the counselor directly for appointment.

 

At the initial assessment meeting every student is interviewed and asked to fill in a generic Problems Checklist developed for the Service by the Department of Clinical Psychology. The students may be asked to fill in other questionnaires if necessary for assessment. At this point a decision is made whether a particular student needs individual and /or group counselling. Individual session can start immediately which lasts about 60 minutes, and is followed by revision and documentation process which takes half an hour at least. Individual sessions are continued on weekly basis and normally 6-8 sessions are offered to each client. A thorough and regular record keeping is maintained on every student and all data are collated and a monthly report is submitted to the Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology for scrutiny.

 

Counselling approaches used are focal, short term and active. The techniques used in the service have efficacy demonstrated by research. Cognitive behavioural techniques along with social skills learning in a crisis intervention mould have been found to be very effective.

 

To-date 120 students have been seen on individual basis altogether for 950 sessions.

 

Group Counseling

 

Group counseling is not only a more efficient way of meeting the ever-growing demand for counselling it is also more effective and more appropriate with a number of problems. The most common of theses are Class Presentations, Exam Anxiety, Time Management and Effective Study Skills. The group counselling sessions planned on monthly basis and the schedule is publicized well in advance and students are invited to register for the group of their choice. A typical group consists of 8-10 students with similar problems briefed and assessed at the start of the group session and it may last. A group session lasts for two hours, group preparation takes 4-5 hours and evaluation of the outcomes requires three hours. All formats and the contents of the group counselling session are planned and discussed with the Supervisor.

 

To date 40 groups have been held totally attendance of 150 students.  

 

Service monitoring:

 

The service is regularly monitored for efficiency and effectiveness. Record keeping and monthly reports are prepared and presented to the Supervisor. A Service Evaluation Form is already in use for the student as the pre and post assessment of the problem is used with every client that also includes service satisfaction. The active feed back system has been incorporated with the service.

 

Supervision:

 

The professional quality and service efficacy are regularly and supervised by Dr Zahid Mahmood. Cases are discussed and data are collated and checked on monthly basis.

 

Teaching and Training:

 

The success of the service can be gauged by the fact the Campus Counselling Services has been incorporated into the M S in Clinical Psychology training programme. The service has generated a lot of interest in the trainee clinical psychologists and this year they have been offered Campus Counselling as an option in the course. Six trainees opted for placement in the Campus Counselling Service for a Semester. They were given lectures and workshops by the Campus Counselor and a Clinical Psychologist and both organized all the clinical work and supervised case management. If this facility is repeated every year it will expand the scope the service.

 

The Future:

 

It seems that as the service and it contribution is getting better known among the students and staff, the number of clients is increasing and we may have to plan for a wider range of services. The list of issues and problems for which students are seeking help is lengthening.

 

For the details of the related documents please see the Appendices.

 

Dr. Zahid Mahmood

Director Clinical Psychology

GCU, Lahore

Ayesha Majeed

Campus Counselor

GCU, Lahore

                                                          

 

The next annual report will be presented in June 2010.

List of the current issues

  • Exam Anxiety

  • Time Management

  • Class Presentations

  • Performance Anxiety

  • Lack of Motivation

  • Lack of Study Skills

  • Performance in the Class

  • Difficulty in Studies

  • Underachievement

  • Peer group Difficulties

  • Adjustment Issues

  • Temperamental Issues

  • Relationship Problems

  • Homesickness

  • Feelings of Sadness

  • Limited Social Skills

  • Problems with Concentration

  •  Work Stress

  • Life Transitions

  • Career and Developmental issues

 

(13-01-2010)

 

GROUP COUNSELING SCHEDULE JUNE, 2009

 

 

Topics

Date

Time

1

Exam Anxiety & Test Taking Skills

June 4th ,  2009

10.00-11.00 am

2

Study Skills

June 11th , 2009

10.00-11.00 am

3

Time Management

June 18th , 2009

10.00-11.00 am

4

Presentation Skills

June 25th , 2009

10.00-11.00 am

 

Interested students can register for free.

 

Venue: Campus Counselor’s office.

Contact:

Miss Ayesha Majeed, Campus Counselor,

UAN: 111-000-010 Ext: 456,344.

Email: campuscounselor@gcu.edu.pk

(01-06-2009)

The Student Counselor Office and CG & PC jointly organizes ACCA Presentation on Career building

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The Student Counselor Office and Career Guidance & Placement Center of GCU jointly organized a presentation by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Pakistan at Fazal-e-Hussain Reading Room. The head of ACCA Arif Masud Mirza, Member ACCA Irfan Ilyas, Business Development Executive Shahid Khan and Student Affairs Manager Sabahat Khan made exclusive presentations on career building. The presenters briefed different direction to develop the career as accounting professionals. The students rigorously participated in the question answer session. The  ACCA team also met with the Vice Chancellor Dr. Khalid Aftab. Fouzia Shahin Director AP&EL GCU presented souvenirs to the ACCA team.

(18-02-2009)

ESSEX UNIVERSITY ARRANGES A SEMINAR AT GCU

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The Student Counseling and Career Guidance Centre of GCU organized a forum with the collaboration of University of Essex, UK. Mr. Dan Entwistle made a presentation about his University’s admission procedure. The representative of Essex University in Pakistan Dr. M. Saleem Rana highlighted the kind of academic opportunity available to the Pakistani students at Essex University. He also told about the success rate of those Pakistani students who are getting their education from the same university and informed about future perspective of attaining quality education from UK. Ms. Fouzia Shaheen, In-charge GCU Student Counseling and Career Guidance Centre, thanked the foreign delegation members for visiting GCU.

 

 

 


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