Introduction: -
Counselling is a process that seeks to help you focus on and understand more clearly the issues that concern or trouble you. The counsellor's role is to offer support and understanding and listen and respond in a non-judgmental way. Counselling can also help with making decisions, choices or changes that are right for you. It helps you to understand your problem more deeply and deal with it more efficiently. The general problems associated with students are:
- Time management
- Low self-confidence
- Academics related problems
- Problems related to peers
- Emotional stress
- Relationships
- Family issues
- Financial problems
- Decisions regarding career
- Adjusting to the new environment
- Homesickness
- Sleep disorders
- Loneliness
- Anxiety
- Time management
According to World Health Organization, nearly one among five students will have emotional or behavioural problems. So, the Mental health and wellbeing of students require our attention. In this regard, Honorable Director of the National Institute of Technology Srinagar has taken the initiative of providing counselling to students to make them more productive through programs of awareness on Mental health issues and professional counselling services. NIT Srinagar has a counselling cell which deals with all these issues of the students. It works under Dean Student’s welfare and has an in-charge counselling cell, institute counsellor (psychologist) and student volunteers of the cell.