3.3.7 Mental health support for staff

 
 
We recognize that there can be times when one of the staff struggle with the demands of Teaching or life in general. Nationally, and indeed globally, there is increasing concern about mental health challenges facing people as a result of the growing pressures they face living and working in today’s world. We also know that staff in higher education are reporting higher levels of stress and anxiety than in previous generations. It is our absolute priority at Aswan University to work with our staff to promote good physical and mental health, and to support staff and our society who need help through (Training and Psychological Counseling and Human Development Unit), which aims to:
  1. Providing training and psychological, social, and administrative consultations for community institutions.
  2. Providing guidance and psychological counseling services, whether therapeutic, marital, family, and youth counseling, for ordinary or people with special needs.
  3. Providing psychological, professional, and administrative counseling services, especially for some cases that suffer from behavioral disorders that impede them from psychological and professional adaptation.
  4. Providing training programs for nurses, psychologists and social workers, teachers and researchers in the field of psychology and special education who work with students.
  5. Holding counseling courses and programs in management Psychology and professional and psychological rehabilitation for workers in various professional fields to rehabilitate their employees and increase their professional competencies.
  6. Preparing Mentoring programs for young people inside and outside the university aimed at protecting them intellectually from destructive intellectual currents and behavioral deviations.
  7. Calling for holding local, Arab, and international scientific symposiums and conferences in the fields of psychological counseling.
  8. Conducting studies and research in the field of psychological guidance and counseling.
  9. Identifying some of the fears of the student, the trainer, and the psychological counselor to adapt to the different situations to which he is exposed during his work, removing many of his fears, thus providing him with an atmosphere that encourages sustainable professional development. guide and try to support them with some directions that make them avoid and overcome these fears.
  10. Giving the student, the trainer, and the psychological counselor the opportunity to adapt to the different situations he is exposed to during his work and removing many of his fears, thus providing him with an atmosphere that encourages sustainable professional development.
  11. It helps the student, the trainer and the psychological counselor to discover his capabilities in training and to know what solutions suit him.
  12. Providing the trainer and psychological counselor during the service with positive trends towards the profession of training and psychological counseling, among which are the values ​​of belonging and loyalty to the homeland and the development of cultural identity.
  13. Introducing the coach and psychological counselor to the existing and expected problems and difficulties and practicing professional ethics.
 

  • Aswan University held training course for imam and preachers at the Faculty of Engineering, Aswan University, under the title “Psychological Counseling”. It aims to rehabilitate imams and develop their intellectual and cultural capabilities towards the sciences of the Qur’an, the Sunnah and various current religious issues.
                 
 
Our mental health providers understand the complexities of staff life and offer an open, safe, and confidential environment to help staff through issues that may interfere with their development, well-being, and academic productivity.
Aswan University’s no-cost mental health services include individual, couple/partner, group counseling, outreach programming, and stress management. We also offer 24/7 crisis services.
Psychiatry services are also available for medication management.
To get your service please contact the administration of mental health department
Phone            : 097380446 – 0973480901
Fax:                09773480449