Division of
School Counselling
Division of
School Counselling
The Division of School Counselling (DSC) of Asian Professional Counselling and Psychology Association was established in 2018.
The Division aims at advocating the comprehensive school counselling services with professional counselling knowledge and approaches from kindergarten to tertiary school settings in Hong Kong.
We promote quality education for ongoing development of school counselling professionals and therefore to raise the standards of the school counselling profession for the benefits for all stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers and the local communities.
What is School Counselling
School Counselling is one of the major branch counselling which intends to apply psychological and counselling theories and approaches to provide accurate and effective assessment, intervention and prevention (responsive services, individual student planning, curriculum, and system support) in the aspects of career, academic, and socioemotional developments of students.
Who are School Counsellors
School Counsellors are the professionals who adopt school counselling approaches and psychological theories to enhance students’ well-being, strengthen students’ mental health and potentials, be aware of students’ personal growth, needs, interests and tasks in their corresponding developmental stages.
School Counsellors work in kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary institutions and special schools. They play the essential roles in facilitating and promoting the implementations of comprehensive school counselling system in school settings through four main interventions, including counselling, guidance, coordination and consultation.
Services from School Counsellors
Responsive service, guidance curriculum, individual planning and system support are the fundamental duties of school counsellors. School counsellors provide individual and group counselling, strength-based, preventive and remedial services, and monitor students’ progress after intervention.
In the meantime, students need to learn life skills to develop their self-confidence through developmental guidance curriculum provided by school counsellors.
Furthermore, school counsellors guide students to plan their academic, personal, social and career development. Besides offering direct counselling services to students, school counsellors provide support and consultation to teachers and parents, manage and monitor the implementation of the guidance program.
Application criteria
Must already be an APCPA Registered Counsellor.
An honours degree or more advanced degree in Counselling or its equivalence acceptable to the Division*
At least 250 hours of individual face to face counselling with regular clinical supervision at the time of registration OR have practiced at least 400 hours of face to face group#
To provide at least 1200 hours school counselling services in particular school settings*
+Require advanced-degree courses that include 4 out of the 6 following fundamental areas:
Career development, Child Counselling OR Adolescent Counselling, School Counselling, Motivation in learning, Cultural diversity in Counselling, or Counselling students with special educational needs. All equivalent will be assessed on a case by case basis
#The regular supervision must be received from a Counselling Trained Clinical Supervisor. Applicant is required to fill out form and have your supervisor sign and date
*The whole-day-school registered in Education Bureau, e.g. kindergarten, primary/secondary school, special school, tertiary education. Besides these, the registration board of division of school counselling will assess on a case by case basis.
Application fee
Free
Renewal criteria
Have received at least 30 hours of training in counselling areas, including workshops, seminars, conferences, etc., at recognized training institutes/centres within the past year
AND have practiced individual face to face counselling hours with regular clinical supervision within the past year
Renewal fee
Free
