Palestinian Counseling Center

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	PCC
Governorate:	Ramallah & Al-Bireh (Branch Office)	Establishment Year:	2002
Address:	Ramallah / Al-Masioun / Khalil Al-Sakakini Street / Next to the Legislative Council	Telephone:	02-2989788
Website:	www.pcc-jer.org	Fax:	02-2989788
E-mail:	pcc@palnet.com
Person in Charge Name: Munira Batat Position: Director Telephone: 02-2989788 Mobile: E-mail: pcc@palnet.com
Staff:	Psychologist (4)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

The Palestinian Center for Counseling is a non-profit organization providing comprehensive services in the field of positive mental health, including psychotherapy and counseling, social educational services to prevent the development of psychological problems, capacity-building and counseling for mental health institutions and individuals as well as pressure and advocacy to influence policies and legislation supportive of the right of access To establish a healthy mental health together in Palestine

Goals:

- Improve the performance of individuals and groups psychologically, functionally, both productively and socially.
2. Protect individuals and groups from the risk of psychological and social problems in the most marginalized areas.
3. Developing the capacities and performance of institutions and individuals working in the field of mental health in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
4. Improving policies, procedures, regulations and practices related to the mental health of the individual and the Palestinian society.
5. Develop the Center's self-capacity to conform to the standards of good governance.
6. Developing the financial system of the Center to conform to the objectives of the General Center and the International Accounting Standards.

Target Groups

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Children

Youth

Women

Men

Elderly

Families

Activities / Interventions

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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
	Inpatient mental health care

Time of implementation:	Morning
Place of implementation:	Center	School	Community
Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:	City	Village	Camp	Bedouins
Cost of the services provided:	Free	Partial Cost

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	Phobic anxiety disorders
	Obsessive – compulsive
	Acute stress disorders
	Emergency
	Grief
	PTSD
	Adjustment disorders
	Brief depressive
	Mixed anxiety & depressive
Disorders of psychological development
	Scholastic skill
	Others ............
Behavioral & emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in child & adolescence
	Hyper kinetic disorders
	Conduct disorders
	Emotional disorders (separation anxiety)
	Behavioral & emotional disorders
	Others ............
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
Schizophrenia & delusional disorders
	Schizophrenia
	Psychotic disorders
Mood (affective) disorders
	Manic
	Depressive

Training

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Build capacity of community based organizations in the areas of administration, finance, public relations, strategic planning, activities planning and quarterly reports as well as a range of training courses for staff and volunteer institutions about topics stages of development of the child, stages of development of 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 fields of psychology, social work and education among different Palestinian universities.
3 - Capacity building of the 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.