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Crescent Professional Counseling Centre
The Proposal
- Student and faculty life is getting complex day by day, majority of them lack a sense of direction, purpose and fulfillment. They indulge in destructive activities, which lead to social damage and loss
- Adequate guidance and counseling facilities is the only answer to help and guide the youth to worthwhile channels and help them realize the goals of optimum academic, personal and social development
- Guidance and Counseling aims at helping the student to understand and accept themselves “as they are”
Crescent psychological counselling centre have been started exclusively for female with an female psychologist. This centre is located at the first floor convention centre and email id for communication and booking appointments is mindcare.cpc@crescent.education
NSS Camp in Thundal Kazhani village given Talk on Stress Management to students of our Institute on 29/01/2020
What Counseling Achieves
- It gathers information to help in problem solving
- To establish a cordial relationship between the nurturer and seeker
- To work out a plan for solving difficulties
- To encourage and develop special abilities and right attitudes
- To inspire successful endeavour toward attainment of academic excellence and accept opportunities in life as a growth process
- To assist in career growth as a wholesome process
Activity Gallery
Glow inside out: Hygiene and mental wellness
On November 26/2024 an awareness session has been organised and conducted by Dr.Yogeshwari, Warden- Girls hostel BSACIST. It is exclusively organised for girl students and female faculty members staying at BSACIST women’s hostel on the topic “Glow inside out: Hygiene and mental wellness”. The speaker of the session was Dr.S.Muthulakshmi, Student Psychologist, BSACIST. The session included awareness of how hygiene plays a major role in women’s mental health. She also addressed categories of hygiene, physical diseases and mental conditions associated with it. She also addressed the need of self-assessment and professional interventions for women’s hygiene and mental health. The session included activities related to behaviour modification as well. The session went in an interactive manner and activities for the month has been planned based on this topic.
Special lecture on “Prevention of Suicide among Youths”
On 25.09.2024 we conducted a special lecture on the topic “Prevention of Suicide among Youths” on the account of World Suicide Prevention Day. Crescent professional counselling centre along with School of Social Sciences & Humanities and NSS of our institute organised this lecture for all first-year students.
Dr.V.Jayanthini M.B.B.S,M.D,D.P.M Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist was invited to deliver the special lecture. The event took place in the Convention Centre, BSACIST at 11.50 am.
Dr.Ayub Khan Dawood, Dean SSSH delivered the Welcome address. Dr.N.Raja Hussain, Registrar BSACIST delivered the Presidential address.
The guest speaker addressed the importance of Adolescence mental health conditions and its risk factors. She have made the audience understand the importance with real life incidents. She also addressed the need for peer support, parental and institutional intervention and awareness for effective handling of mental health issues in current world. And Dr.S.Muthulakshmi Student psychologist BSACIST delivered the Vote of Thanks.
Orientation Program
The orientation program conducted on 24.07.2024 for B.Tech first-year students, conducted by the Muthulakshmi S Student Psychologist, was a resounding success, shedding light on the vital topic of Mental health and its importance. This enlightening session provided students with an in-depth understanding of mental health, underscoring its pivotal role in achieving academic excellence and maintaining personal well-being. Participants were given a detailed overview of the university’s counselling and guidance center including its comprehensive range of services, strict confidentiality policies, and easy access procedures. By fostering an environment of support and awareness, this orientation aimed to empower students to prioritize their mental health and utilize available resources to confidently navigate university life.
Seminar on “Mental health and wellness”
Crescent professional counselling centre conducted a seminar on “Mental health and wellness” for final year Life sciences students of B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of science and technology on 22.03.2024. Ms. Muthulakshmi, psychologist BSACIST conducted the sessions focused on the non-traditional way of creating awareness of adolescents psychological health, behavioral response and discussions of psychological wound addressal and mindfulness in an interactive way.
Orientation program for freshers has been conducted on 21.8.2023 on the topic “Mental Hygiene for adolescents” by Muthulakshmi.S Student psychologist/counsellor at Auditorium, Crescent Institute campus, Vandalur
Awareness program on “Building and improving emerging adult relationships”
Awareness program on “Building and improving emerging adult relationships” has been conducted by Crescent Professional Counselling Center for the first year B.Tech students on Friday, 12th May 2023 in our auditorium from 3.00 to 4.00 PM. Muthulakshmi. S Msc, PGDCFS, PGDCP, (Ph.D), Student psychologist/counsellor was the resource person for the program.
This was an initiative to make the students think about the idea of relationships and handle it efficiently.
The goal of this program is, 1. To throw light on the facts of unhealthy, toxic and dysfunctional relationship patterns, 2. To reduce the problematic behaviours and thought patterns which arise from their unhealthy relationship, 3. To make them think about how to maintain a healthy relationship with others, 4. To maintain healthy mental health
World Happiness Day 2023 have been celebrated on 20.03.2023 and virtual activities were given to the students, teaching and non-teaching staffs in the college to enhance the positive impact of mental health.
Stress Management program have been conducted by Muthulakshmi S, Student Psychologist of B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai during the 7 days special camp organised by National Service Scheme (NSS) on the theme “MISSION SWACH BHARAT” on 19.03.2023 at Panchayat Union Middle School, Keerapakkam village, Kattankulathur Union, Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu, India.
Orientation program for B.Tech students have been conducted on October 19, 2022 by Muthulakshmi, Student psychologist/ counsellor on the topic “Importance of adolescents Mental health and well-being”
Pre-Promotional training program have been conducted for Tamil Nadu police at TN Police Academy, Chennai on the topic of “Criminal psychology, Stress management for police population, Health and Police welfare”
Motivational talk on Stress Management by Dr Hameed kadar Ali Professor of Clinical Psychology and Professional Counsellor on 25 Feb 2022 at 11 am in seminar hall, office of Dean ( Research)
