• Personal counseling services are offered to all undergraduate students by a professional and certified counsellor Dr.Fejer AlMajed. Students encounter numerous obstacles during their university lives, such difficulties could be related to academics, domestic concerns and other social factors. The role of the counselor is to provide mentorship and guidance to students in need of social personal counseling.
• Students are referred by HOD, Instructors, Advisors and Parents. Self – referred students are also welcomed.

The counselor
Dr. Fejer AlMajed is a doctor turned psychotherapist with a medical degree and clinical doctorate from the University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. She has worked extensively in hospitals, polyclinics and private counselling agencies in both Scotland and Kuwait. She is also passionate about mental health community involvement and believes in the social impact of mental health awareness and has been an active member of the Kuwaiti community mental health movement.

• Individual and Group counseling
• Short-term counseling for such matters as: anxiety, depression, loneliness, identity confusion, stress management, time management, eating disorders, alcohol/drug use/abuse, relationship concerns, grief and loss, family stress, sexual orientation, college-related transition, developmental issues, and personal growth and development.
• Assistance for students who have been diagnosed with one or more long-term psychiatric conditions for referrals to off-campus resources, work on time-limited focused goals, and crisis.
• Crisis intervention.
• Assessment and referral community resources, particularly for students who’s presenting concerns are beyond Counseling Services’ scope of practice.
• Mental health consultation, education, and outreach programs for students, faculty, and staff.
• Consultation and information to students, staff, parents and management.
• Provision of skills and coping techniques which can be used throughout a student's academic and future career.
• Provide workshops for students & Staff on Mental health issues. Healthy-living workshops / Stress Management and various effective life-skills.
• Mental Dewaneya is also offered to students to talk and let out.

• GUST undergraduate students may make appointments to see the counselor by going to the OSC / Counseling Center. Students are required to give a name, Student ID no., contact phone number, and contact e-mail address. Students and the counselor with whom the appointment is made will receive an immediate confirmation e-mail of the appointment once the process is completed. Student can approach the counseling center (N3-103) personally or send an email to the counselor asking for an appointment: ([email protected])
• Generally, Counseling Center is open Sunday through Thursday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM from the arrival of students for the September semester until the end of Summer Semester. There are no scheduled walk-in hours. Appointments are recommended for all counseling sessions to be sure the counselor is available.
• The staff/faculty member will also contact the counseling area, send an email, or stop by the counselor’s office to provide further information. The staff/faculty member informs the counselor if the report is for information only, the student will self-report, or if the counselor needs to insist on a meeting with the student. The counselor may follow up with the faculty/staff member to report if the student came to a session, or if the faculty/staff member is not sure how to interact with the student.
• Contacting the Student: The counselor uses home and mobile phone numbers, GUST email system, and/or text messaging to set initial and follow up sessions with students who have been referred to counseling or who have requested the services. If the reporting person and/or the counselor feel that it is urgent for the counselor to meet with the student immediately, the counselor can go to the office of the reporting staff/faculty member to meet the student. Once the student is contacted, a meeting is set-up and documented with the Counselor.
• Each session is of 45-60 minutes and is pre-scheduled with the consent of the student, taking his /her academic schedule in account