Counseling Department, in partnership with Peer Educators and Counselors Club, holds the Annual Peer Educators and Counselors Training
Oct 17, 2025 - By Kore Githui and Edgar Thangwa On September 19-20 and October 3-4, the Counseling Department, in collaboration with the Peer Educators and Counselors Club (PECC), held the Annual Peer Educators and Counselors Training in a significant effort...    

Enhancing access to mental health services through Psychological First Aid training
Aug 15, 2025 - By Juma Damiano On August 8, the Counseling Center held a graduation ceremony for the third cohort of the Psychological First Aid Training program. This event aimed at celebrating 156 students, staff, and faculty members who had completed the...    

Counseling Center holds VCT Week in partnership with other institutions
Jul 31, 2025 - By Phoebe Wangui Mburu On July 14-17, the Counseling Center held VCT Week, themed “Status Update: TESTED,” bringing together the university community to participate in a variety of activities. In collaboration with AIDS Healthcare Foundation...    

Counseling Department hosts Mental Health Awareness week
Jun 6, 2025 - By Zina Nguru On May 27-29, the Counseling Department in collaboration with Inuka Nami Foundation held the second edition of Mental Health Awareness week. This drive was organized to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month, which is observed...    

The Counseling Center holds a bipolar awareness workshop
Apr 18, 2025 - By Ms. Zina Nguru The Counseling Center in conjunction with a student-led Bipolar awareness event planning committee and the Metrocare Clinic, organized a bipolar awareness initiative themed; Bipolar: Beyond the Label; Building Bridges of...    

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...    

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...    

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...    

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...    

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...