students

The psychological wellbeing of every student is paramount for the achievement of their goals.

 To achieve this, the university has several professional student counselors to assist students stay psychologically healthy. 

The section is headed by a Coordinator who is a Senior Student Counselor.

The section has both male and female counselors and students have liberty to choose their counselors.

Student Counseling Services

 

Our Mission: To assist students in the development of skills for establishing and maintaining effective and satisfying personal and social relationships, the formulation and implementation of their educational and career plans, and facilitating student self-understanding and self-acceptance.

Services Offered 

 

  • Individual Counseling (One-on-One): A private, direct session between a student who volunteers to seek help and an individual counselor.
  • Group Counseling: Sessions where a group of students facing similar challenges share experiences, learn from one another, and offer mutual support under the guidance of counselors.
  • Thematic Talks: Facilitated talks for student groups seeking guidance on specific topics or issues.
  • Online Counseling: Accessible remote counseling allowing students to reach out anytime via official counselor contacts listed on the website.

Peer Counselors Program

 

Peer Counselors are students recruited voluntarily and trained by Egerton University Counseling staff to counsel their fellow peers. Trained in Family Life Education, Counseling Skills, Substance Abuse, HIV/AIDS, and STIs, they respond sensitively to student needs.

They assist with issues ranging from relationship concerns, stress, financial and time management, roommate and academic problems, to adjusting to university life. You can identify them by a special tag they wear around hostels, lecture halls, and cafeterias.

Recruitment happens periodically on a voluntary basis. Interested students should watch notice boards and the university website for upcoming adverts.

 Staff Role

 

  • Enhancing life skills, effective communication, and personal potential.
  • Improving self-understanding to manage feelings, anxieties, and tensions.
  • Facilitating emotional, spiritual, and psychological healing during crisis.
  • Reconciling and restoring strained social or personal relationships.
  • Nurturing holistic development through all stages of university life.

Guiding Principles

 

  • Confidentiality: Professional privacy is strictly maintained in all sessions.
  • Volunteerism: Helping relationships rely on the student freely seeking help.
  • Autonomy: Respecting the student's right to self-determination and choice.
  • Beneficence: Active commitment to contributing to the well-being of others.
  • Professional Ethics: Strict adherence to established counseling codes of practice.

When to Seek Help

 

Students are encouraged to reach out anytime they need support, especially when dealing with:

  • Feeling helpless, demoralized, overwhelmed, or experiencing suicidal ideation.
  • Depression, intense anxiety, examination stress, or financial/fee pressures.
  • Relationship breakups, conflicts, or forming healthy interpersonal connections.
  • Unplanned pregnancies or coping with abuse of any kind.
  • Bereavement, grief, and loss of a loved one.
  • Challenges related to drug and substance use recovery.
  • Simply needing a confidential space to talk and be listened to.