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

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

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:

CenterSchoolCommunity

Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:

CityVillageCampBedouins

Cost of the services provided:

Partial Cost

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

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

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

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).