The Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences is affiliated with the Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Division in the University Presidency. It is a division affiliated with the Office of the Assistant President of the University for Academic Affairs.
Vision:
The Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Al-Hamdaniya University seeks to provide psychological and social support, counseling services, and educational guidance to all students at the college. It also seeks to help develop and enhance the educational and pedagogical environment to achieve the highest levels of excellence for students, and to assist them in dealing with the challenges they face.
The message:
The mission of the Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Al-Hamdaniya University is to plan and follow up on how to provide appropriate mechanisms to provide psychological support, guidance and educational guidance to all students in the college with the aim of promoting mental health, and helping in providing the best solutions from several alternatives presented to students who face a problem, and trying to guide the student in order to develop their educational and personal skills, and direct them towards how to make the appropriate decision for them that meets their needs, in addition to preparing new students in the college and providing suitable study conditions and trying to integrate them into the university community.
Objectives:
- Developing the annual plan for psychological counseling and educational guidance for the college and providing sufficient space for implementing its programs.
- Clarifying the rights and duties required of the student, the necessity of respecting the university campus, and the student’s relationship with his professors, colleagues, and college members.
- Providing specialized psychological counseling services to male and female students to help them deal with the psychological and emotional challenges they may face during their studies.
- It works to enhance and develop the educational, physical and psychological aspects and to create the appropriate conditions and atmosphere for the student on campus.
- Holding workshops, seminars, and awareness and educational courses in the fields of sports, psychology, science, society, and culture, which aim to enhance students’ thinking.
- Helping new students quickly and easily adapt and integrate into the university’s educational environment by introducing them to the unit’s services and meeting their needs in coordination with Student Affairs.
- Diagnose students who suffer from health or psychological problems and inform the college and teaching staff.
- Communicate with students, listen to their academic problems and difficulties, and find ways to solve them.
- Involving students in activities and events organized by the unit and encouraging them to participate in volunteer work.
- Follow up on students who are struggling academically, identify the reasons behind this, and find appropriate solutions.
- Helping students deal with their psychological, social, and behavioral problems appropriately, and working to develop students’ personal skills and abilities to achieve the best results.
- Helping students understand their physical and social environment, including its potential and shortcomings, and benefit from their own potential and the potential available to them in their environment, to set realistic goals for their education and plan properly to achieve these goals.
- Developing students’ ability to dialogue, consult, and express opinions freely and responsibly.
- Follow up on the annual guidance plan and the extent to which its sections are being achieved.