February 2020

Social guidance and counselling support services on the study habits of distance learners: A case of learners in Bachelor of Education programmes by distance learning of University of Nairobi, Kenya

Distance learners in some studies have reported feelings of isolation and lack of direction in developing effective study habits. The purpose of this study is to establish the extent to which social guidance and counselling influence study habits of learners in Bachelor of Educational programmes by distance learning of the University of Nairobi. Data were collected using structured questionnaire. Simple random and...

Author(s): Janet Orero Obiero, Charles Kimamo and Anne Assey  

January 2020

Making space for the adolescent unconscious: A case-based reflection on practice

Community-based psychotherapists and school counsellors work to assist adolescents through sharing resources, building awareness of cognition and behavior, and skill development in communicative competence.  However, adolescents, eager to delve deeper into the unknown territory of their being, also present us with speech and acts coming from the unconscious, in the form of metaphors, forgetting, behavioral...

Author(s): Donna Marie San Antonio and Nathan Gorelick

January 2020

Influence of psychological training on personal and professional development and group cohesiveness among the staff of residential campus, BRAC University

The present study aims to identify the impact of psychological training on the staff of BRAC University and how it has increased the group bonding of staff members. To see the impact, researchers conducted a series of training session with the participants over a span of one year. After the training, data were collected through interview method from the 18 participants. Besides, observation method was applied to see...

Author(s): Safina Binte Enayet, Anne Anthonia Baroi and Kazi Rumana Haque