Counseling

During their formative years, students experience rapid physical and emotional growth and an emerging self-identity. School counselors help students navigate the challenges of these years by helping them to gain important personal and interpersonal skills; become confident, independent learners and address obstacles to their success both inside and outside of the classroom.

Counseling Belief, Mission & Vision:

(1) SSM Vietnam’s Counseling program believes that:

  • All students can achieve, meet high standards and become successful lifelong learners.
  • All students have the right to a safe, supportive, and nondiscriminatory learning environment.
  • The school counseling program is essential to meeting students’ social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development needs.
  • The school counselor must act as a collaborator and advocate for opportunities for self-development of all students.
  • Evidence-based practice is essential to a successful school counseling program.
  • School counselors should be guided by the ethical guidelines of the ASCA set forth in Vietnamese law.

(2) SSM Vietnam’s counseling program’s mission is to provide high-quality counseling services to all students. We strive to help students develop holistically in a multicultural environment. Our collaboration with educators and parents/guardians helps us support students on their pathway to become well-rounded, successful and confident in their own unique identities.

(3) SSM Vietnam’s counseling team envisions a school environment in which all students achieve their full potential. Where students become healthy, responsible, confident global citizens who treat others with kindness and respect.

The SSM Vietnam’s Counseling Program is designed to address the academic and developmental needs of all students through advisory and classroom guidance lessons. These lessons include the following topics and more:

  • Organization Skills
  • Understanding Self and Others
  • Coping Strategies
  • Peer Relationships and Effective Social Skills
  • Self-Regulation Skills
  • Communication and Problem Solving
  • College and Career Awareness
  • Multiculturalism and Diversity
  • Anxiety/Depression/Suicide
  • Grade Level Transitions
  • Mindfulness

Students may see the counselor for individual or small group counseling, to assist with a variety of concerns and problems, including but not limited to:

  • Friendship/social skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Academic Improvement
  • Divorce/Family Change
  • Grief and Loss
  • Self-Esteem/Body Image
  • College and Career Readiness

Elementary Students:  Receive regular lessons during specials rotation on various social/emotional topics, Core Values; and can utilize the individual or group counseling support as needed.

Secondary Students: Receive daily support in the Advisory classes; and can utilize individual or group counseling support as needed.

Parents are free to call or email the counseling office at any time for a meeting if you have academic, social, or personal concerns about your child. The counseling office will help to arrange small group or individual counseling, as well as outside referrals for intervention.