CMS CARE - GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING CENTRE
CMS CARE Guidance and Counselling Centre was established in the year 2009 to provide counselling to students for their academic and personal problems. In addition, its extends its services to teaching and non- teaching members too.
Preamble
“Counseling is the application of mental health, psychological, or human development principles, through cognitive, affective, behavioural, or systemic interventions, strategies that address wellness, personal growth, or career development, as well as pathology,” as per ACI.
The centre offers a positive and confidential atmosphere where students can work together freely with the counsellors without inhibition & hesitancy and be assured that there will be no prejudice in proceeding the counselling sessions.
Vision
To enable stakeholders to look within and initiate positive transformations for self-development.
Mission
CMS CARE ensures an amicable academic experience and a healthy environment by creating awareness about mental health to stakeholders and ensuring the upliftment of quality in life.
Objectives
- Initiate and offer services for the academic, career, and personal development of students.
- Emotional support those in crisis expeditiously.
- Coordinate for referrals
- Provide consultation, training, and community interventions.
Student Counsellor: R. KUMUDHA, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, CMS College of Science and Commerce, Coimbatore
Individual Counselling
Students with psychological or social problems were identified by the Class in-charge or mentors were sent CMS CARE for individual counselling.
Group Counselling
School students and industrial employees were given group counselling.
Activities Performed during the Academic Year 2022-23
S.No. | Date | Name of the Activity | Target Group | Total No. participants | Outcome |
1 | 30.08.2022 | Session on Self Esteem | II B.Sc. IT students, CMSCSC | 24 | Introspect themselves to understand self to increase the self-esteem. |
2 | 14.11.2022 | Session on Goal Setting | I B.Com students, CMSCSC | 22 | Learnt SMART goals and its importance in life. |
3 | 31.03.2023 | Webinar on Mental Health and coping strategies | CMS CSC students | 66 | Got insight on mental health and ways to cope with cognitive distortions using RAINBOW technique. |
Activities performed during the Academic Year 2021-22
S.No. | Date | Name of the Activity | Target Group | Total No. participants | Outcome |
1 | 22.09.2021 | Awareness Generation on Prevention of Sexual Harassment | Employees of Care now India | 70 | Participants got the knowledge about sexual harassment, POSH Act and ICC. |
2 | 11.02.2022 | COVID – Psychological Outlet | Chinnavedampatti | 16 | Ventilated their feelings and reduced their psychological burden. |
3 | 10.03.2022 | Soft Skills | CMS Matriculation Hr. Sec School Students | 56 | Learnt the soft skills – Communiction, leadership and decision making |
Activities performed during the Academic Year 2020-21
S.No. | Date | Name of the Activity | Target Group | Total No. participants | Outcome |
1 | 08.03.2021 | Stress Management | B.Com (Banking and Insurance) Students of Kongunadu Arts & Science College | 38 | Students got insight on stress and its impact, and learnt the coping techniques. |
2 | 05.04.2021 | Tele Counselling | I MSW STUDENTS | 15 | Students got emotional support |
3 | 06.04.2021 | Tele Counselling | I MSW STUDENTS | 15 | Students understood the reality and preparing themselves to move on. |
4 | 07.04.2021 | Tele Counselling | II MSW STUDENTS | 12 | Ventilation helped the students to feel ease and accept the current situation. |
5 | 08.04.2021 | Tele Counselling | II MSW STUDENTS | 11 | Emotional support made the students feel ease. |
Activities performed during the Academic Year 2019-20
S.No. | Date | Name of the Activity | Target Group | Total No. participants | Outcome |
1 | 21.08.2019 | Cyber Crime in society | Students of Venkatalakshmi Matric Hr.Sec. School | 80 | Students understood negative sides of social media |
2 | 10.10.2019 | Awareness programme on Mental Health Care | Residents of Pasur village | 22 | Got knowledge on mental health and mental illness and tips on being mentally healthy. |
3 | 06.03.2020 | Career Guidance to Women | Care T NGO | 46 | Participants got input on Career selection and its skill sets |
Activities performed during the Academic Year 2018-19
S.No. | Date | Name of the Activity | Target Group | Total No. participants | Outcome |
1 | 18.12.2018 | Peer Influence – Pleasure and Pressure | Students of Venkatalakshmi Matric Hr.Sec. School | 68 | Students were able to differentiate between the pros and cons of peer pleasure and pressure. |
2 | 05.01.2019 | Stress Management | B.Ed students of CMS College of Education | 98 | Participants leant various coping techniques through the activities conducted in the session |
3 | 24.01.2019 | Identifying Good Touch and Bad Touch | Adivasi Welfare High School, Pasur | 25 | Students learnt to recognize the good and bad touch. |
Activities performed during the Academic Year 2017-18
S.No. | Date | Name of the Activity | Target Group | Total No. participants | Outcome |
1 | 05.07.2017 | Session on How to be Happy in life | I BBA Students | 48 | Students understood the transition and the change of responsibility in their life. They also understood that they are the one who are going to decide how their life to be. |
2 | 10.10.2017 | World Mental Health Day | Keeranatham residents | 40 | Got knowledge about mental health and mental illness |
3 | 10.02.2018 | Excel Yourselves | 11th & 12th Students of Michael Job Matriculation Hr.Sec. School | 46 | Understood the changes during adolescence and peer influence. Also learned the ways to handle peer pressure |
