The Psychological Counseling Center at Ain Shams University was established on April 29, 1991, and the center is subject to the provisions of the Universities Organization Law No. 49 of 1972 and its executive regulations. The center’s objectives included preparing preventive and curative counseling programs, providing psychological counseling to members of the community of different categories, organizing training programs and courses for psychologists and educators who work in the field of caring for children and youth, whether ordinary or people with special needs, conducting studies and research in various psychological counseling fields, and preparing methods and standards. Necessary for the psychological counseling process, issuing a scientific journal specialized in psychological counseling, organizing conferences and scientific seminars, and exchanging information and experiences with Egyptian, Arab and foreign research centers.

Services Offered

- Providing a variety of services, psychological counseling and training programs in several fields within the framework of national and international standards for participants at the local and regional levels; Through an integrated professional guiding methodology to maximize the upgrading of human resources and institutional and societal contribution to achieve comprehensive development.
- These counseling services are provided for a nominal fee, and the unit receives cases that frequent the center all days of the week from children, youth and adults in order to provide advice to all age groups. The center also offers seminars and workshops regarding dealing with children and adolescents to solve their problems and help them face life crises that they are exposed to The psychological counseling unit also includes a special room for sensory integration to treat different sensory problems in children, and another room that contains Montessori method tools as one of the advanced tools that are used to develop different skills in children in different age groups.
- Family and Marriage Counseling Division: In which counseling sessions for psychological cases are held using psychological test batteries in order to determine the capabilities, personal traits, strengths and weaknesses of the individual to develop the necessary treatment needs according to the problems that the individual suffers from.

Fees and Payment

Provides free and subsidized services

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Languages:
Arabic, English

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono