The Eskişehir Technical University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Unit was established pursuant to the directive that came into effect on July 14, 2020. Currently, our unit is staffed by two faculty members, including one expert psychological counselor and one clinical psychologist, in addition to a psychologist who serves as a permanent staff member.
The primary goal of the Eskişehir Technical University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Unit is to offer psychological counseling and guidance services aimed at supporting individuals in their social, emotional, academic, and career development. The services are designed to assist individuals in self-actualization and self-awareness.
Within this scope, the unit conducts various services, including:
- Providing individual and group psychological counseling activities to help individuals resolve their social-emotional, academic, and career issues, enabling them to achieve a healthy and balanced harmony with their environment.
- Conducting psycho-educational activities targeted at the development or problem areas needed by individuals.
- Organizing seminars related to the developmental or problem areas needed by individuals.
- Supporting crisis intervention and emergency services within the university to ensure students and staff smoothly overcome crisis periods, offering psychological support.
- Conducting research at regular intervals within the framework of professional ethical standards to determine the needs, expectations, and profiles of the target audience.
- Engaging in activities to understand the individual, using appropriate assessment tools, and conducting interviews.
- Organizing all types of psychological counseling and guidance activities within the university that are developmental, preventative, supplementary, problem-solving, and adaptive.
- Providing training activities to university staff as needed within the scope of activity areas.
Our unit continues its services following these principles:
- Every human being is worthy of respect.
- Each individual has the freedom to choose and make decisions.
- Every individual needs help and should receive it.
- Voluntariness is fundamental.
- Confidentiality is paramount.
- Respect for individual and cultural differences is essential.
- Development is a lifelong process.
- Psychological Counseling and Guidance (PCG) Services are professional and scientific.
- Actions are taken with responsibility towards the individual and society.
- PCG Services are an integral part of education.