Guidance & Counseling

To Be Fully Alive is to Be a Fully Functioning Person

Holy Cross College Counseling Centre was established in the academic year 2000-2001. It operates from 9 AM to 4 PM on working days. Two professionals, a counseling psychologist and a psychotherapist, have been appointed for student welfare. Students from SHIFT I & II attend counseling sessions outside their class hours.

Objectives of Counseling

• To provide support for students with academic, behavioral, and vocational challenges.
• To help students devise plans for resolving their difficulties.
• To assist students in understanding their interests, capabilities, and aptitudes for personal growth.

Types of Counseling

• Individual Counseling
• Group Counseling

Types of Problems Addressed

Students with Educational Problems:

• Career counseling for vocational choices.
• Personal counseling for issues like poor academic performance and lack of concentration.
• Guidance on friendship issues, peer pressure, decision-making, and personality development.

Students with Behavioral Problems:

• Counseling for mild behavioral concerns such as mood swings, depression, and anxiety.
• Referral of severe cases to a psychiatrist when necessary.

Services Provided by Counseling Centre

• Orientation sessions for students.
• Professional counseling services.
• Participation as resource persons in counseling-related programs.
• Regular peer group counseling meetings.
• Awareness programs such as "Know Yourself" for students.

Valued Outcomes

• Fostering psychological healing and emotional well-being.
• Encouraging personal, professional, and social development.

Gallery

1.Programs Conducted on Campus

2.Programmee were conducted for outsiders

3.Online Counselling Centre “Hear and Heal” opened for Alumni

4. Holly Cross Feast - Counsellor Dr. Sr. Catherine as a Chief Guest

5. Hands- on Training – Basic Skills of counseling to II M.Sc Psychology Students