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Guidance & Counselling

COD'S GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING MESSAGE

Welcome to Guidance & Counselling office. Currently, the department is manned by Ms Goretti W. Runnoh (M.A Counselling Psychology; B.A. Counselling Psychology; Higher Dip. in Counselling Psychology). The Office helps students and staff members work on their social, psychological, family, and academic challenges mainly by discussing and exploring the causes, effects, and solutions. In carrying out their mandate, the counsellor (s) ensures confidentiality and professionalism as is expected of them by the code of ethics, the university and the professional organization(s). Through Guidance and Counselling, our students are prepared to handle several emerging issues both in the University and life.

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING GOALS

Development Goals – (emotional, cognitive and physical wellness).
Preventive Goals – helps the client to avoid some undesired outcome.
Enhancement Goals – identifies and further develops skills and abilities through the assistance of a counsellor.
Remedial Goals – assists a counselee to overcome and treat an undesirable development.
Exploratory Goals – Exploration presents goals appropriate to the examining of options, testing of skills and trying new and different activities, environment, relationship etc.
Reinforcement Goals – Reinforcing positive behaviour (s)

DEMYSTIFYING GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING

Counselling

Counselling is a helping profession and relationship in which a counsellor facilitates the counselling relation and assists the clients to resolve their issues and cope with situations. It also empowers the client to attain his/her full potential and maintain daily normal functioning and live a more satisfying life.

Guidance

Guidance is a developmental process that contributes to the self-knowledge, understanding, determination, realization, acceptance and self-development of the individual by identifying his/her abilities, interests, attitudes, values, potentialities and developing them to the fullest.

Who is a Counsellor?

A professional who empowers a client in solving personal problems/Issues and challenges to enhance client’s growth and development through Guidance and Counselling.

Who is a Client?

Counselling client is any person going through normal life challenges.

What happens in a Counselling session?

Client’s consent (permission) to participate in the session is sought from him/her during the initial session.
What the client discloses during therapy (counselling process) is kept confidential. But in cases where the client poses danger to self or others, then the confidentiality may be broken.
The client is encouraged to express and explore his/her feelings, values, thoughts, behaviours and enabled to find solution to their problems.
The client may be given psycho-education to gain knowledge and insight for better understanding of his/her issue(s) or problem(s).

Difference between Guidance and Counselling

	COUNSELLING		GUIDANCE
	Initiated by the client		Initiated by the counsellor
	Is effective ( deals with feelings and emotions)		Deals with facts/knowledge based
	Private		Public
	Curative		Preventive

OUR SERVICES

The Guidance and Counselling office address the following emerging issues

Family issue (s)
Relationships
Stress management
Anger management
Alcohol Drug and Substance Abuse
Cohabitation
Life skills
Abortion and its effects
Career guidance and counselling
Identity crisis
HIV/AIDS/STI’s
Addictions such Betting and Lottery Addiction, drug, internet among others.
Drug and Substance use and Abuse
Managing Peer pressure
Loss of self esteem
Conflict Management and Resolution
Time management
Emotional and psychological problems
Study skills and examination taking techniques
Job searching skills
Behavior Change Communication (BCC) among other

The services are offered through

Individual/Personal Psychological Counselling
Group counselling for students with common issues
Marital and family counselling
Crisis and trauma counselling
Grief Counselling
Sensitization/Awareness Campaigns
Training and Supervision of Peer Educators/Counsellors
Referral services for services needed but not offered by Guidance and Couselling Office such Voluntary Testing and Counselling (VCT)

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING OFFICE SERVICE CHARTER

VISION

To be a department that creates a condusive therapeutic environment that will promote clients’ wholistic development.

MISSION

To enable our clients develop psychologically, cognitively and emotionally; prevent and overcome undesired behaviours; identify and develop skills and abilities as well reinforce positive behaviour.

MOTTO

Devotion, Efficiency, Integrity

SERVICE OFFERED	REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN SERVICE	USER CHARGE	TIME LINE
1. Guidance and Counselling	Accurate presentation of information by the client	Free	Within 24 hrs to get the case history Counselling Continuous process
2. HIV/AIDS Test	Voluntary Testing and Counselling	Free	Within 30 minutes at minimal depending on the case Referral where necessary
3. Drug and Substance Abuse	Accurate presentation of information from the client	Free	Within 24 to get client case history Counselling Continuous process Referral where necessary
4. Guidance and Counselling for disciplinary case of student and staff member	Referred	Free	Within 24 hours to get client case history Counselling continuous process
5. Peer Counselling and Educators training	Notice to students and staff members to register for the training Registration of students for peer training	Free	Course duration as stipulated

Any service that does not conform to the following standards or any officer who does not live up to commitment to courtesy and excellence in service delivery should be reported to:

The Vice Chancellor, Murang’a University of Technology

Email Address: complaints@mruc.ac.ke

The Commission Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Commission of Administrative Justice, 6^th Floor, Deputy President Building, Nairobi

P.O BOX 20414-00200, NAIROBI

Email: certificationpc@ombudsman.go.ke

Web: ombudsman.go.ke

HUDUMA BORA NI HAKI YAKO

Website: www.mut.ac.ke

The Counselling and Guidance office also works as secretariat to Alcohol and Drug Abuse committee and AIDS Control Unit Committee (ACU).

For, Further Information, Consultation and Counselling Appointments, Visit Us In Our Guidance And Counselling Office, Ufundi Drive Opposite Meachanical Engineering Workshop

Visit our service charter or email us on: counsellor@mut.ac.ke

Working Hours: Monday – Friday

8:00am – 5:00pm

Saturday/Sunday

Closed

Online sessions now available through: counsellor@mut.ac.ke