Fedora Psyche Alicante 2010

PSYCHE (Psychological Counselling in Higher Education) is a network of professionals who are trying to build up communication and co-operation between student counsellors and universities in Europe.

As a working group of FEDORA it came into existence in 1990 resulting from a meeting of student counsellors in Amsterdam. PSYCHE currently consists of 35 members from 13 different countries in the European Union.

In order to build up communication and co-operation between student counsellors and universities it is important that student counselling is perceived as a part of the university and part of the academic itself.

Furthermore, PSYCHE members promote the idea that successful academic learning implies personal growth and development. Taking a holistic view of the student as a person, PSYCHE members underline the importance of the mutual respect and understanding of different cultures.