Counselling and guidance equips participants with a thorough multi-disciplinary and holistic understanding of the principles, practice and skills of guidance and counseling and mental health practices for quality service to the community.

Objectives.

• By the end of the programme, the participants should be able;
• To develop personal and interpersonal qualities and skills that are fundamental in helping others
• To develop skills and competencies needed to function as effective helpers in a variety of settings.
• To enhance awareness of the growing needs for guidance and counseling in the community.
• To enable clients cope with problems that they may face from time to time.
• To enable clients make rational, realistic and independent decisions.

Content Areas

• Introduction to guidance and counselling
• The profile of a counselor
• Self awareness
• Ethical and legal issues on counselling
• Principles of therapeutic communication
• Basic skills and techniques in counselling
• Life skills
• Counselling for special groups; children and adolescents, elderly persons,

special populations

• Family and group counselling
• Career counselling
• Learning and motivation
• Coping with the stress of caring