Programs

The Office of Personal Development and Counseling Services aims to create a supportive and nurturing environment that offers holistic programs which promote the curricular and metacurricular experience of our students. Our programs focus on the areas of personal, spiritual, emotional and interpersonal growth.

Our programs include:

Stress Management Workshops and Reflection Room Activities:
Hear about the ways stress can impact college students and learn effective stress management and meditation techniques.
Doha Community Engagement Program:
Students directly initiate and create programs that enhance their community through engagement and raising awareness of a social issue.
Myers Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI):
This assessment tool can help you learn more about how you perceive the world and make decisions based on your personality.
Mental Health Awareness Week:
This week focuses on the importance of mental wellness and will include workshops on depression awareness, conflict resolution, self-esteem, anger management and how to recognize the signs of distress.
The Big Questions Dinner
Students, faculty and staff come together to share personal reflections on “big questions” and learn more about how there are diverse ways of seeing the world around us.
Doha Community Engagement Program:
Students directly initiate and create programs that enhance their community through engagement and raising awareness of a social issue.

Our courses include:

99190- Managing Stress, Restoring Harmony
This mini-course (offered each semester) is designed to explore the subject of stress and how it can be managed to improve health and wellbeing. We explore the environmental, physical and emotional components of stress and provide opportunities to practice a number of stress management techniques.

To learn more about these workshops and programs, ask your Diwani Advisor or visit with the Office of Personal Development & Counseling Services staff.