Palestinian Counseling Center

General Information
Type of Organization:	Local NGO	Acronym:	PCC
Governorate:	Jerusalem (Branch Office)	Establishment Year:	1983
Address:	Beit Hanina / Shajaret El Dur Street	Telephone:	02-2562272
Website:	www.pcc-jer.org	Fax:	02-2562271
E-mail:	pcc@palnet.com
Person in Charge Name: Rana Al Nashashibi Position: Director Telephone: 02-6562272 Mobile: E-mail: rana@pcc-jer.org
Staff:	Psychiatrist (1) Psychologist (17) Psychiatric Nurse (1) Social Worker (12) Occupational Therapist (2) Educational Counselor (3)

Mission & Goals

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Mission:

Work at the Center started out on a voluntary basis through raising awareness in school to the importance of counseling and the importance of working with children exposed to physical and political violence. At that time, mental health services were restricted to psychiatric treatment for mental disorders at mental health hospitals such as the hospital in Bethlehem, in addition to private clinics that were operated by psychiatrists. Treatment methods used were limited to bio-medical treatment, i.e., medication and electric shocks as well as behavioral therapy.

Goals:

- To improve the psychological well-being of individuals and groups that suffer from mental illness that affects their daily performance.
- To minimize the danger of psychological, social, and academic problems.
- To upgrade the capacities of individuals and institutions working in mental health.
- To contribute to the realization of the sustainability of the Center through abiding by good governance principles.
- To develop policies and capacities in mental health.

Target Groups

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Children

Youth

Women

Men

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

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:	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
	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

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Build the capacity of community organizations base in the areas of administrative, financial, relationships working, strategic planning and planning activities, in addition to quarterly reports, as well as a range of training courses for staff and volunteers/institutions on topics of child’s 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 graduates of psychology, social work and education fields 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

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