About the department

The Department of Family Counseling is one of the important departments of the College of Educational Sciences. The department teaches the courses of the postgraduate program "Master's and Ph.D." Master's students study 15 courses in three semesters, and PhD students study 10 courses in two semesters, and then proceed to the thesis. 

Department Vision

Achieving leadership at the regional and global levels in the field of excellence and leadership in the field of family counseling.

Department Mission

Preparing and training the department's students to ensure high-level outputs in family counseling and guidance by providing the best study programs according to the latest modern technologies. And training them in modern teaching methods and methods and keeping up with scientific research.

Department Goals

Rehabilitation of students and empower them with knowledge and skills and keeping pace with the scientific and technological development in family counseling

Developing research and investigation skills for authentic topics and issues in the fields of family counseling

Contributing to provide the student with knowledge about the foundations of family counseling

Participating in the study of educational problems and work to treat them

The student acquires basic information related to family jurisprudence and transactions and benefit from them in the applications of family practices and transactions related to counseling and guidance

Acquisition of basic skills and information regarding the foundations and theories of psychological and family guidance and counseling

Acquisition of necessary information on the foundations, principles and laws of psychological growth processes and stages, and advanced theories that serve the different stages of growth

Recognizing and training in psychological and family measurement and evaluation processes

Acquisition of basic information and skills related to multiple communication processes

Recognizing the foundations and aspects of mental disorder processes in their various types and forms

Academic Nature of the Major

The program aims to prepare qualified and distinguished graduates in the field of family counseling, through their studies of specialized subjects in the program, to keep abreast of developments and new programs in the field of family counseling.

Graduate Work Areas

• Working in the public and private educational and service sector.
•  Working in the Ministry of Human and Social Resources. 
• Working in family development associations that are based on counseling, guidance and reform.
•  Working in departments of social service in the Ministry of Interior.
• Working in Schools and universities.