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Counselling and Empowerment Cell
Vision
- To empower students and faculty to make responsible, lifelong, and meaningful choices in a global and dynamic world.
Mission
- Women Medical and Dental College aims to sow the seed of empowerment among the students and faculty and to make the emotionally and psychologically strong through counseling and to help them to become better professionals and service providers of the society.
About counseling
- Counseling is a process that aims to facilitate personal well-being of the individual through support and guidance of trained counselors, for a healthy mind and body.
- With the intent to address and help resolve emotional and psychological issues of the students and employees of WMG&DC the college has initiated the “Counseling and Empowerment Cell” in the college premises with the help of a trained Counselor.
- The goal of the counseling Cell is to encourage the students and employees to understand themselves and the issues that trouble them and guides them to resolve their problems. These problems can be personal, social, peer, family, emotional, sexual, academic etc. This is done through individual or group counseling to help them with academic goals, social and career goals, personality development, empathy, enhancing listening skills, and interpersonal skills to have healthy relationships and a healthy lifestyle.
Objectives
- To create awareness about issues and problems related to mental health of student
- To help the students and faculty in solving their personal, social, educational, as well as psychological problems.
Roles and responsibilities of a counselor in a Women Medical College
- Educate students and faculty about mental health services available and about how to seek them
- Promoting coping skills in both teachers and students to help deal with the inherent Stressors of medical education
- Help students and faculty to overcome their emotional and behavioral problems
- Diagnosis of a potential disorder through interviews and use of psychological tests
- Help clients define goals and plan action to achieve personal, social, educational and vocational development and adjustment.
- Promote safety of client
- To consult with, refer to or cooperate with other professionals, to the extent needed to serve the best interests of clients.
- To respect the dignity, worth and rights of clients to confidentiality.
- Respect cultural and individual differences.
- Assess teacher and student relationships.
- Take necessary steps to improve teacher and student relationship.
- Maximum compliance with ethical codes.
Student Empowerment
- To empower students multiple student societies have been established at WM&DC. Students are elected for various positions in the societies via elections
Societies Structure
Miss Masooma Rafique
Profile
Psychologist Medical Education and Research WM&DC
is a well-qualified psychologist providing counselling services to the students and staff she is also rendering her services as a lecturer.
Qualification
M.Phil. Psychology
Quaid-e-Azam University
Skills and Expertise
Counselling, Active listening, online and classroom teaching , students coordination, Implementing student empowerment plans.
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