Department of Special Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Counseling

The purpose of the program is to specialize scientists of various specialties in “Counseling Psychology” and “Counseling”. The Postgraduate Diploma is a two-year intensive program (150 ECTS credits) with two mandatory directions:

1. Mental Health Counseling
2. Counseling in Education/School Counseling

The purpose of the program is to provide specialized knowledge and develop appropriate counseling skills in issues related to: a) Education in general and Special Education in particular, b) Mental Health, Psychological Well-being and Work and c) the field of People with Special Needs and People belonging to Minorities. In particular, the MSc aims to train specialists in Counseling, capable of effective counseling intervention aimed, among others, at:

• Combating school failure and supporting, on the one hand, students with or without special needs who present emotional difficulties and behavioral, adaptation and learning problems, and on the other hand, their families and teachers/professors,
• In counseling support for individuals who present psychological difficulties and mental health problems, as well as for individuals in their environment and
• In addressing social exclusion and inequality as well as the integration of individuals with special needs, women and other vulnerable and/or culturally minority groups in Greek society and the labor market.