Counsellor's Blog

  1. How to keep yourself safe from online dating romance scams
    Aug 4, 2023 - By the Counseling Department A romance scam occurs when a criminal or a criminal gang creates a fake online profile and feigns romantic interest in another online user. They often target lonely victims looking for love and romance on dating...    
  2. Self-Love: What it is and how to develop the skill of self-love
    Apr 5, 2023 - By Leah Gichuki The dictionary defines self-love as “One's positive attitude towards self or positive opinion or evaluation of oneself”. There are other ways that one can define what is and what is not, self-love. Self-love is the value and the...    
  3. Keep calm and ask for help
    Mar 10, 2023 - Feeling : sad, anxious, irritable, tired all the time, like you are in a crisis Thinking : Nobody likes me, I can’t do anything right, I am a failure, I am losing interest in my academic journey Drinking more alcohol than anticipated or...    
  4. How to deal with your limiting beliefs
    Feb 10, 2023 - By Counseling Department In order to make progress in life and move forward you need to understand your own beliefs and which beliefs are limiting. When you believe your life will be hard, your mind will concentrate on this belief and will search...    
  5. How to manage your stress
    Jan 17, 2023 - Identify what is causing you stress Stress is our response to interaction between external events/demands (what is out there) and internal psychological or physiological response. It can be caused by such things as conflict, loss, uncertainty...    
  6. Suicide prevention month: Let us talk and prevent suicide
    Oct 7, 2022 - By the Counselling Department The risk of suicide is a major global health concern. Suicidal thoughts can happen to anyone – the strong or the weak, all races, nationalities, ethnicity, careers and different walks of life. Suicide is reported to...    
  7. Peer Educators and Counsellors Club (PECC) hosts webinar on suicide awareness
    Oct 14, 2021 - By Sandra Joan The Peer Educators and Counsellors Club (PECC) recently held an online webinar themed “Debunking Suicide". The event highlighted the issues surrounding depression and suicide, and featured panelists, including professionals in the...    
  8. The impact of COVID-19, alcohol and drug abuse on the lungs
    Mar 19, 2021 - By Patrick Obel We are living at a time when the third wave of COVID-19 has hit our country with devastating results. It is therefore vital to observe the basic Ministry of Health protocols regarding prevention of infection and its spread. Although...    
  9. How to make online learning bearable for both students and lecturers
    Mar 11, 2021 - By Lucy Kung'u & Lydia Winda The Coronavirus pandemic has been experienced around the world for more than a year and has had a major effect on economies of countries, families, people’s health ranging from physical to mental among other effects....    
  10. How to prepare for an Online EXAM
    Feb 19, 2021 - By Lydia Winda Mid- Semester Exams are around the corner and probably you are experiencing exam fever especially for those doing online exams for the first time. Below is a guide on how to prepare for USIU-Africa’s online exams; PRIOR TO THE...    
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