counseling Department

Unit 1: Identity: who am I? Where do I belong?

Unit 2: Transitions and life cycle changes, stress, general emotional processes.

Unit 3: Understanding the effect of our behavior

Unit 4: Organizational skills: setting priorities

Unit 6: Puberty, menstruation, erections, and secondary sexual characteristics

Unit 7: Main gender physical differences and similarities, hormones

Unit 8: Friendship

Unit 9: Effective communication with teachers, peers and family members.

Unit 10: Understanding the feelings of others

Unit 5: What are values? Focus on: Honesty

Unit 1: Perception

Unit 2: Self Esteem, Self concept.

Unit 3: Self Image: how I look at myself

Unit 4: Adolescence: Feelings, Transitions

Unit 5: Nutrition

Unit 6: The reproductive system, pregnancy and birth

Unit 7: Cultural, moral and legal issues regarding intercourse (multicultural approach).

Unit 8: Making healthy choices

Unit 9: Psychoactive substances (types)

Unit 10: Bullying and aggression. Focus on values: Tolerance, responsibility, and excellence

Unit 11: Family and Family roles.

Unit 12: Assertiveness

Unit 1: Personality

Unit 2: Mental health: Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicide, and suicide prevention

Unit 3: Adolescence and mental health

Unit 4: Stress vs. Distress: relaxation and other management strategies

Unit 5: Life cycle: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age

Unit 6: Sexual intercourse, dating and pressure

Unit 7: STD's, prevention

Unit 8: Abortion and birth control (general)

Unit 9: Legal and moral issues regarding abortion and birth control

Unit 10: Physical development and exercise

Unit 11: Substance addiction (main concepts):Alcohol and Cigarettes

Unit 12: Occupations and different professions and interests

Unit 13: Refusal techniques

Unit 14: Values: Responsibility

Unit 15: Divorce and re arranged families, the family cycle: Feelings related to these family processes

Unit 1: Personality theories

Unit 2: Intelligence, memory, learning and its processes, learning difficulties

Unit 3: Mental health: trauma, bereavement

Unit 4: Goals: short and long-term

Unit 5: Function of sexuality beyond procreation.

Unit 6: Sexual response cycle.

Unit 7: Moral and ethical issues regarding sexual intercourse (different perspectives)

The role of sexuality in relationships. Contraception methods

Unit 9: Preventive medicine: stress, fulfillment, exercise and health

Unit 10:Relationships, conflict and conflict resolution.

Unit 11: Introduction to secondary school.

Unit 12: Values: Compassion and empathy

Unit 13: Decision-making

Unit 1: Psychological approaches

Unit 2: Mental health: Psychological disorders

Psychological Treatment and therapy

Unit 3: Normality vs. abnormality

Part 1

Unit 4: The brain, learning and behavior

Unit 5: Gender issues and neurology

Unit 6: Relationship between stress and stress management and short and long-term health

Unit 7: Alternative medicine

Unit 8: Drugs and sexuality

Unit 9: Sexual risks, harassment, and discrimination

Unit 10: Normality vs. abnormality

Part 2

Unit 11: Vocational choice

Unit 12: Influence of culture and media in health

Unit 13: Alcoholism, drug abuse, and addiction: emotional, physical, and social consequences.