| The PVCC Counseling and Personal Development
Division offers personal counseling and guidance assistance for prospective,
new and continuing students. This service is designed to help students
engage in realistic self-appraisal in order to define and achieve personal,
relationship, educational, and career goals. Counselors are available to
provide on-going support and encouragement to all students registered at
PVCC.
Services are open to both currently attending and potential students,
along with community members.
Personal Counseling Services include:
- Improving Interpersonal Skills:
Counselors help students individually and in classes and support groups
to increase interpersonal communication skills and develop personal and
academic potential.
- Crisis Intervention:
Counselors intervene in individual, classroom and other crisis situations,
being available to provide brief therapy, and, referral to mental health
resources when necessary.
- Values Exploration:
Explore and assess your values system by working one-on-one with a
counselor, by taking advantage of personality and values assessment tools
in the career center or by taking classes offered by the counseling centers.
- Overcoming Loneliness or Depression:
Counselors help students with loneliness or depression issues by counseling
sessions and referral to on- and off-campus support groups.
- Help with Family Problems:
Counselors are able and willing to assist students with family problems
and concerns that interfere with their success. This may include service
for other family members to resolve issues.
- Anxiety and Tension Reduction:
Counselors give individual attention to help with anxiety and tension-related
issues. (see our information regarding Stress
Management)
Classes and Workshops
- Career Development:
Provides opportunities to heighten self-awareness and research possible career "fits" in the world of work.
- College Survival and Success:
Encourages students to explore and use campus resources to increase
potential success in reaching academic and personal goals. Course work
offers assessment, study skills and time management as well as an orientation
to college and PCC specifically.
- Study Skills for College Learning:
This course is designed to teach students how to study successfully
and maximize long term learning by effective reading, memorization tools,
test-taking strategies, note-taking tips and time management skills.
For a list of our classes, see Counseling
and Personal Development Courses
- Support Groups
Various groups are formed by counselors and counseling interns to address
timely issues. Some groups are short-lived, while others are ongoing.
- Student Advocacy
Counselors on each campus are available to act as advocates for students
in misunderstanding with administrators, faculty, staff and other students.
Counseling services are free, confidential, and available by appointment. Counseling
services are provided Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am - 7:00 pm and
Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Please call (602) 787-6540 for more information
or to schedule an appointment with a counselor. You are also cordially
invited to drop by the Counseling and Personal Development offices
located in room B177.
The PVCC Counseling and Personal Development Division offers a wide
variety of college courses designed to help students identify and achieve
personal, educational and career goals. The CPD courses allow many students
to earn elective credit toward associates (2-year) degrees and most are
transferrable to NAU, ASU, and ASU West Universities. CPD courses are offered
days, afternoons, evenings, Saturdays, FLEX, ONLINE, and GIL. Please refer
to the current schedule of CPD courses for a complete list of course subjects,
days, and times.
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