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Institution

Type of organisation

Gubernamental/Pública - Nacional

Year of foundation

The Counselling Department was established in

Institutional presentation

Mission: The Counselling Unit is committed to providing an environment of safety and support, , allowing for awareness, healing, growth and personal development for all clients. We use an atmosphere of compassion and dignity to help our clients find their strengths and resilience, which them empowers them to have satisfying and genuine life experiences. Guiding principles: Change; confidentiality; Education;

Direct beneficiaries

• No consumen drogas
• Usuarios experimentales de drogas
• Usuarios de drogas en general
• Consumidores problemáticos de drogas
• Ex consumidores de drogas
• Otros (Persons with a wide range of mental health presentations)
• Mujeres con uso problemático de sustancias
• Mujeres con hijos a cargo
• Personas diagnosticadas de patología dual
• Personas con VIH/SIDA
• Minorías étnicas

Target population activities

• Educadores / Formadores / Referentes

Objective of the centre/ services

To provide counselling services to persons needing the intervention: To be advocates for persons with mental illness; To provide education and sensitivity training to persons in the general population To provide prevention services to persons deemed at risk for dysfunctional behaviour

National coverage

The persons who use the service come from the entire country. Even though the service is centralized in the capital city, it is accessible to and utilized by the general population. Access to the site from rural communities is seamless.

Intervention framework

Intervention types

• Prevención
• Tratamiento
• Inserción / Integración social
• Reducción de Riesgos

Intervention framework for Prevención

• Escuela / Educación primaria
• Escuela / Educación secundaria
• Universidad / Estudios terciarios
• Comunidad
• Eventos públicos
• Familia
• Lugar de trabajo

Intervention framework for Tratamiento

• Paciente externo / diurno / ambulatorio
• Grupos de tratamiento (prevención de recaídas)
• Tratamiento del Diagnóstico dual

Intervention framework for Inserción / Integración social

• Apoyo a la educación

Intervention framework for Reducción de Riesgos

• Orientación y apoyo a experiencias psicodélicas en eventos masivos y públicos
• Intervenciones de prevención y educación en salud
• Intervenciones en eventos masivos y públicos (zona de hidratación, descanso, información)

Activities

• Acompañamiento
• Coordinación
• Educación para la salud
• Formación
• Información
• Intervención socio-educativa familiar
• Intervención socio-educativa individual
• Orientación
• Sensibilización
• Tratamiento ambulatorio de alta exigencia
• Autoayuda

Description of the main activities

At the Counselling Center, the main activities are: - Counselling/mental health intervention -prevention activities for persons at risk for problematic behaviour -training and workshop development -capacity building -awareness building -mental health support and referral