Vision and Message
Vision
The university student passes through two overlapping psychological stages during his years of study: the end of adolescence and the beginning of early adulthood. Passing through these two stages in a healthy manner requires the individual or student to form a clear identity of his self and his role in life from academic, cultural, and moral aspects, and then to establish a productive and effective professional role in his life and the beginning of forming intimate relationships that establish a sound family structure. These needs interact with the personal traits that each individual carries, which he acquires from his biological inheritance and the pattern of early life experiences, leading to the individual's personal traits or a special pattern of personality. The aforementioned factors interact with the surrounding social and cultural variables in terms of family or household status, the prevailing culture in society, the nature of social norms, and the administrative philosophy of the educational and professional institution. All these interactions are supposed to lead to the growth of healthy individuals who enjoy their lives, are productive, and have broad interests and wide future horizons. However, difficulties may occur in any of these factors or a number of them, leading to a negative impact on mental health and problems in the educational and learning process. At that point, intervention becomes necessary by providing an opportunity for the student to talk about his difficulties and suffering to a trusted person, represented by the educational counselor.
Message
The message of the Guidance Unit includes the scientific and realistic establishment of the role of the psychological and educational counselor in university life by appointing members of the teaching staff as counselors for students at all stages and preparing them for this task through holding seminars for teaching staff to inform them of the methods they can follow in dealing with the problems that students consult them about. Currently, three teaching staff members have been allocated for each stage, and their names have been introduced to the relevant students. However, there is still avoidance by both the counselor and the student from engaging in the counseling process. The Guidance Unit is working over time to progress towards a more mature, effective, and impactful counseling experience. On the other hand, a systematic plan has been developed to establish a counseling process starting from first-year students by assigning a counselor to each student who continues with him throughout the six years of study. A new student is added each year from the first stage until each counselor has a continuous group of six students, and they are followed up according to the university card kept by the counselor professor.