Palestinian Counseling Center


General Information


Type of Organization:

Local NGO

Acronym:

PCC

Governorate:

Qalqilya (Branch Office)

Establishment Year:

1983

Address:

'Azzun / Al-Safha Area / In front of the martyr Yasser A'rafat's Median School

Telephone:

09-2902462

Website:

www.pcc-jer.org

Fax:

09-2902463

E-mail:

pcc@palnet.com

Person in Charge

Name:

Ahlam A'mmar

Position:

Administrative Assistant

Telephone:

09-2902462

Mobile:

E-mail:

pcc@palnet.com

Staff:

Psychologist (1) Social Worker (1)

Mission & Goals


Mission:


Goals:

Target Groups


ChildrenYouthWomenMenFamilies

Activities / Interventions


Information dissemination to the community at large
Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
Messages on positive coping
Facilitation of conditions for community local
Support for emergency relief that is initiated by the community
Strengthening of community and family support
Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
Strengthening of parenting/family supports
Facilitation of community supports to vulnerable persons
Structured recreational or creative activities
Safe spaces
Child & Youth friendly spaces
Psychosocial support in education
Psychosocial support to student teachers
psychosocial work
Psychological first aid (PFA)
Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
Basic counselling for individuals
Basic counselling families
Basic counselling for groups
Psychotherapy
General activities to support MHPSS
Training. / TOT
Technical or clinical supervision
Psychosocial support for staff / volunteers
Advocacy
Research
Clinical management of mental disorders
Non-pharmacological management of mental disorder 

Time of implementation:

Morning

Place of implementation:

CenterHomeSchoolClinicCommunity

Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:

CityVillage

Cost of the services provided:

FreePartial Cost

Mental and Behavioral Disorders


Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
Phobic anxiety disorders
Obsessive – compulsive
Acute stress disorders
Emergency
Grief
PTSD
Adjustment disorders
Brief depressive
Mixed anxiety & depressive
Somatoform disorders
Disorders of psychological development
Specific developmental of speech & language
Scholastic skill
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
Hyper kinetic disorders
Conduct disorders
Emotional disorders (separation anxiety)
Behavioral & emotional disorders
Mental disability
Mild
Behavioral syndrome associated with physiological disturbances & physical factors
Sleep disorders
Nonorganic eating disorders
Disorders of adult personality & behavior
Specific personality disorders
Habit & impulse disorders
Gender identity
Organic, including symptomatic mental disorders
Dementia in Alzheimer diseases
Dementia in other diseases
Other mental disorders due to brain damage & function
Schizophrenia & delusional disorders
Schizophrenia
Psychotic disorders
Mood (affective) disorders
Manic
Depressive

Training


Community capacity building of organizations base in the areas of, administrative, finance, public relations, strategic planning, planning activities and quarterly reports, as well as a range of training courses for staff and volunteers of the institutions on the topics of child development, stages of development groups, summer camps and community campaigns.
1 - Transfer models of individual therapy, non-formal education, big brother big sister.
2 - Capacity building of university students and recent graduates in the specializations of psychology, social work and education, from different Palestinian universities.
3 - Building the capacity of Palestinian institutions working in the field of mental health and social development.
4 - Short-term training programs for workers in the field of mental health and social development.

Research



1 - The psycho-social effects on families who are forced by the occupation authorities to demolish their homes in Jerusalem in 2011.
2 - The impact of the policy of houses demolishing on Palestinian children and their families, 2009.
3 - Protective factors of psychological burnout of the Palestinian teacher 2009.
4 - The psycho-social affects of the forced families to demolish their own houses by occupation authorities in the city of Jerusalem (2011).