Counselling Centre is a very unique facility available in Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering. It is a pioneer effort taken by the management. The centre offers psychological help to students, teachers and parents in many ways.

The students of engineering have to be competent in soft skills, creativity, team work, communication and many more skills in addition to their technical education. The Centre facilitates students to learn such skills on their own. The centre provides psychological counselling and training to students, teachers and parents to develop themselves. It aims to prevent psychological issues such as stress, depression and anxiety and provides remedy to such issues if any. Special attention is given to hostellers who have specific issues like home sick and adjustmental problems.

Ethical Practices of the Centre:
The centre

• Maintains strict confidentiality.
• Obtains informed consent from the clients.
• Does not engage in any form of discrimination in its services.
• Is committed to ensure quality services.

Profile of the Counsellor: Mr. Karthik Lakshmanan is a young qualified professional. He is a post-graduate in Counselling Psychology from Madras School of Social Work and has work experience in Synergy health care as Psychologist and EZ Vidya Pvt. Ltd. as Trainer. He is also serving as Guest Faculty for PG Department of Psychology, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras. He has done various research projects, designed psychological tools and presented papers in national and international conferences. He is following many scientific approaches in his counselling.

His Psychological Trainings include Goal Setting, Career Guidance & Counselling, Positive Parenting, Leadership, Time Management, Improving Self-esteem, Assertiveness, Team Building, Stress Management, Conflict Management, Improving memory and many more.