Counseling Unit Services

The Counseling Unit provides AU students, staff, and faculty members with up to four free-of-charge individual Counseling sessions. The Counseling Unit deals with an array of issues, including discovery of personality and beliefs, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, fatigue, isolation, mood fluctuations or depression.

Individual and group counselling:
Individual counseling:

There are many benefits to working in a therapeutic relationship with a professional counsellor on an individual basis. It can be a relief to tell someone who is impartial about difficulties you have struggled with on your own. You may have a longstanding concern, be encountering new difficulties, or simply have a sense that something is not right.

Group counseling

Open agenda group sessions can be an effective form of help for a range of problems, providing an opportunity to explore how you relate to others and benefit from their experiences and support.

* After registering for a meeting with the counsellor, the session will take place either in the office or via one of the tele mental health services (Zoom Meeting, phone consultation, or WhatsApp chat)

Staff Member Counselling Services

Ajman University’s Counselling unit offers individual and group counseling to staff members, providing confidential support for personal, professional, and emotional well-being. These services aim to promote a positive work environment and overall mental health.

Advice for staff

If you are concerned about the welfare of a student, you can seek help to ensure that support and treatment is provided as early as possible. It is important to be able to recognize a problem, to know what options are available for help, and to recognize when to refer to an appropriate professional.

  • When to consider referring a student
  • Making a referral
  • What to do if you think the problem might be urgent
  • Protecting student confidentiality
  • Link Counsellor Program
  • Support for colleges and departments coping with a trauma
Students supporting students

One of the most valuable resources that students have during their time at University is each other. Providing support is not always easy, here are some thoughts that may help.

  1. Be realistic about what you can offer.
  2. Help build a support network. It is not a good idea for you to be your friend’s sole or main source of support. The burden could be too great for you, and you could also lose objectivity. It is important they have others to turn to and that you have someone to confer with when needed.
  3. Encourage your friend to seek professional help. It may help to explore what is getting in the way of them seeking help.

Student counselling unit offer the chance that a student could help other students academically by building a student network where they could discuss topics of the courses they study and explain ideas to each other.

Let's Talk/ Let’s Tele Talk

Let's Talk/Tele talk" is a program that provides easy access to informal consultations with the counselor in a specific hour with no prior registration.

Let's Talk/Tele talk" is the best fit for the following people:

  1. Students who are not sure about counseling and wonder what it's like to talk with a counselor
  2. Students who have a specific problem and would like someone with whom to talk it through
  3. Students who have a concern about a friend and want some thoughts about what to do
  4. Students who are not interested in ongoing counseling but would like the perspective of a counselor.

Meetings are first-come, first-served, and students may be in the zoom waiting room/ or the office for up to 15 minutes

Let’s Talk/ Tele Talk connects AU students with support from counseling unit without an appointment.

Day and time: Every Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Click on the following link to join us:

https://ajman-ac-ae.zoom.us/j/81037393251

Parental counseling and lectures

The Counseling Unit provides psychological services for parents because this will reflect on student’s mental health.

Alumni Counseling

The Counseling Unit, in collaboration with the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs, offers free short-term consultation sessions for alumni and their parents.

The available ways for consultations are:

  • Whatsapp consultation.
  • Zoom meeting consultation.
  • Email consultation.
  • Phone call consultation.
Academic accommodation for students with disability

The Counseling Unit offers a reasonable academic accommodation for students with disability.