Counselling
takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential
setting to explore a difficulty the client is having, distress they may be
experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life, or loss of a sense
of direction and purpose. Counselling focuses on personal growth. It helps
clients develop and become connected to their internal resources and
emphasizes the evolution of both interpersonal as well as internal harmony.
In this sense, Counselling is provided to a wide spectrum of clients ranging
from those who are apparently well-adapted to those who display evident
symptoms of pathological adaptation.
Counselling is about people and therefore our counselling training is built
upon and continuously fortified by knowledge in Psychology which is the
study of the human mind. It can be said that in the honoured tradition of
the scientist-practitioner, our programmes seek to weld the art of
Counselling and the science of Psychology together to produce a body of
knowledge so that students are equipped with a wide range of skills and
techniques based on established theoretical frameworks. Thus equipped,
graduates can then serve the counselling needs of the community much more
effectively.
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