The Department of Counseling provides teaching, research and professional activity in counseling, helping professions, social work, family counseling and work with people facing demanding life situations.
Consultations with members of the Department should be arranged individually by e-mail. Detailed academic profiles and official quality documents remain available in Slovak through the linked profiles and study-programme repository.
Study Programmes | Quality Assurance | Contacts
Academic focus
- teaching within the Counseling degree programme;
- professional counseling and the helping relationship;
- social work, family counseling and support in demanding situations;
- practice-based teaching and student placements;
- research and publication in counseling and helping professions;
- cooperation with social-service providers and international partners.
Members
- prof. PhDr. Mária Šmidová, PhD. (profile in Slovak) — Head of Department; counseling, social work and helping professions
- doc. ThLic. Krzysztof Trębski, PhD. (profile in Slovak) — counseling and pastoral sensitivity
- PhDr. Renata Jamborová, PhD. (profile in Slovak) — counseling, social work and professional practice
- MSc. Mária Nemčíková, PhD. (profile in Slovak) — counseling, social work and helping professions
- Mgr. Katarína Slezáková, PhD. (profile in Slovak) — counseling, professional practice and Department coordination
Study and professional practice
The Department connects academic knowledge, personal formation and supervised practice. The Counseling programme is presented alongside theology and mediation as a complementary way of understanding and supporting the human person.
Counseling Training Centre
The developing Training Centre supports practice-based teaching, skills training, professional cooperation and the creation of learning materials. Information and documents will be added as the Centre’s activities develop.
Building the Counseling Training Centre — professional seminar (Slovak)
Department activity
Conferences (Slovak) | Media outputs (Slovak) | Study Programmes