Counseling Department

_Vision

_{The Counseling Department of the Kabul University faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences is determined to provide professional counselors to provide quality psychosocial services to the affected Afghan society.}

_Mission

_{The Counseling Department is committed to provide appropriate courses in psychological counseling, career and academic counseling that meet the current needs of the society and the level of neighboring countries, in accordance with internationally accepted standards, Hence, the graduates of this department should be served as professionals in various fields of counseling. mental health and educational centers.}

_{Goals/ Objectives}

• _{Training professional counselors who are able to apply psychotherapeutic and psychosocial practice, theories and skills necessary to help diverse individuals and groups with psychological challenges.}
• _{Training counsellors with research skills and abilities who are able to conduct advanced research to enrich psychological literature in Afghanistan.}
• _{Training counsellors who are committed to the counseling principles, values ​​and ethics.}
• _{Providing mental health and psychosocial awareness for individuals, families, groups and communities through seminars, journals, workshops and training of professional counsellors in mental health and psychosocial support.}
• _{Moving toward the creation of an Afghan Counseling Psychology that integrates Afghanistan’s diverse cultural and spiritual values into counseling practice at all levels; individual, group and community.}

_{Faculty members}

• _{Associate professor  Raihana Faqiri}
• _{Assistant Professor Spozhmay Oria}
• _{Assistant Professor    Maraim Ahmady}
• _{Assistant Professor Zekrullah Faiq}
• _{Assistant Professor Bezhan Ayubi}

_Curriculum

Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd 1G137	English language	2
PsEd 2-01	General Psychology	4
PsEd 1G135	Environment Protection	2
PsEd1-151	Principles of Counselling	4
PsEd1-51	Basics of Education	2
PsEd1G 4	Basics of Computer	1
PsEd 1G136	Islamic Theology	1
Total Credits:		17
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd 2-152	Specialized English	4
PsEd 2-104	Educational Psychology	2
PsEd 2-153	Professional Ethics in Counselling	2
PsEd2G 212	Computer Application	2
PsEd1-2-62	Peace Education	2
PsEd2 G 236	Contemporary History of Afghanistan	1
PsEd2 G237	Islamic Theology	4
Total Credits:		17
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd 3-154	Counselling Theories	4
PsEd 3-012	Social Psychology	4
PsEd 2-09	Exceptional Children Psychology	4
PsEd 2-07	Developmental Psychology (1)	4
PsEd2-57	Physiology of Glands and Nerves	2
PsEd 3 G 438	Islamic culture (3)	1
Total Credits:		21
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd2-08	Developmental Psychology (2)	4
25-4 PsEd	Social Pathology	2
2-06- PsEd	Physiological Psychology	4
PsEd 4-156	Family Counselling	2
119-4 PsEd	Organizational Behavior Psychology	4
PsE4- G2	Islamic Theology (4)	1
Total Credits:		19
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd 5-157	Educational Counseling	2
PsEd 5-158	Counselling skills and  Technic	4
PsEd 5-159	Fundamentals of Mental Health	4
PsEd3- 61	Personality Psychology	4
PsEd3- 64	Descriptive and inferential Statistics	4
PsEd 5 G 438	Islamic Theology (5)	1
Total Credits:		19
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd6-160	Psychopathology (1)	2
PsEd6- 161	Group Counselling	4
PsEd 4- 71	Application of Computer in Scientific Researches	4
PsEd 6-112	Behavioral sciences research methods	2
PsEd 6-162	Practical Work (1)	4
PsEd 6 G 438	Islamic Theology (6)	1
Total Credits:		19
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd 7-163	Addiction (Treatment and Prevention)	4
PsEd7-164	Special Groups Counselling	4
PsEd 7-165	Psychopathology (2)	4
PsEd 7-166	Career Counselling	2
PsEd 7- 167	Practical Work (2)	2
PsEd 7 G 438	Islamic Theology (7)	1
Total Credits:		17
Code	Course Name	Credits
PsEd 8- 168	Crisis Intervention	3
PsEd 8-169	Psychometrics	4
PsEd 8- 170	Practical Work (3)	4
PsEd 8- 171	Final Seminar
PsEd 8 G 438	Islamic Theology (8)	1
Total Credits:		17
Total Program Credits		146