Individual Counseling

In individual interviews, the clients allow you to listen to the issues you find necessary with the psychological counselor/psychologists without being judged and gain a different perspective on your problems. During individual interviews, you can identify the situations that bother you, understand their effects on your life, develop alternative ways of thinking and behaving, and take responsibility for taking an active role in your life story and finding new solutions. When necessary, we can direct you to the relevant areas of expertise.

Individual counseling applications are based on the student’s voluntariness.

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Group Counseling

The group process begins with the group at the Psychological Counseling and Guidance Center (KHAS-PRDM), with 10-12 people who, after preliminary interviews, are decided by our experts that they will benefit from this type of study. These people must comply with the principle of confidentiality from the moment they are included in the group. Everything spoken in the group stays in the group. Our groups usually last at least four sessions, once a week, in 1.5-hour sessions.

In groups, people can find the opportunity to understand their inner world, lifestyles, and relationships. With practice, they can activate change in their inner world and relationships. It aims to enable students to examine their common problems through group dynamics and mutual communication and to learn to cope with problems.

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Protective / Preventive Studies

These are the services offered to support the development of individuals to reduce risk factors that may adversely affect their development and to increase protective factors.

It focuses on helping students acquire various life skills by supporting their personal, social, educational, and career development. Preventive studies include taking some measures now to prevent undesirable events or situations and increasing the desired events and conditions in the future.

a. Life Skills Education Programs

We offer the chance to both get information and practice on the subject in 2 hours with groups formed with an average of 20-25 people. We work on a variety of topics, such as:

  • Self-knowledge,
  • Self-Value,
  • Effective Interpersonal Communication,
  • Controlling Your Behavior,
  • Stress Coping Skills,
  • Goal Setting Skills,
  • To Decide,
  • Problem-Solving Skills,
  • Assertiveness,
  • Confidence,
  • Coping with Feelings of Rejection and Being Alone,
  • Romantic Relationships,
  • Relaxation Group,
  • Relationships and Separation,
  • Self-Expression and Listening,
  • Dealing with Negative Emotions,
  • Dealing with Exam Anxiety, etc.

For your workshop suggestions and needs, you can contact us at burcu.dok@khas.edu.tr.

b. Student Monitoring and Guidance Studies

We follow up on the students’ academic success decline from the first semester. We contact the students and arrange an intervention plan for their needs with their participation.

We communicate with students whose graduation situations are at risk for a preventive effort. We make a need-based guidance or intervention plan with the student’s participation.

We provide accurate information and guidance so that students can access and use the services available at the university when needed.

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Crisis Situation

In case of emergency:

1) If the person has thoughts/plans to harm himself/herself or others

2) If the person is or has acted that could endanger the life of others or himself/herself,

Contact the Security Office (1554), the Emergency Hotline (1555) and/or the Health Center (1255) immediately. Then please inform our center about the issue.