Zambia

IAC Member Associations & Organizations

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Additional Counselling Associations & Organizations

National Guidance and Counselling Association Of Zambia

The Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council together with (Zambia National Traditional Counsellors Association)

Prisons Care & Counselling Association

IAC Education Institute Members

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Additional Education Institutes

University of Zambia

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Arts in Applied Psychology, Master of Social Work, Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work 

Mulungushi University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of Psychology, Bachelor of Industrial Psychology 

DMI-St Eugene University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Social Work in Human Resource Management Bachelor of Social Work in Medical and Psychiatry, Bachelor of Social Work in Community Development, Master of Social Work in Human Resource Management, Master of Social Work in Medical and Psychiatry, Master of Social Work in Community Development 

Justo Mwale University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Education in Guidance and Counselling, Bachelor of Education in Guidance and Counselling (Open and Distance Learning)

Trans-Africa Christian University

Chreso University

• Programme Types: Degree in Social Work 

Copperstone University

• Programme Types: Diploma in Guidance and Counselling, Diploma in Social Work, Bachelor of Guidance and Counselling, Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Social Work 

OAK University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Bachelor of Social Work 

Mosa University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Social Work in Medical and Psychiatry, Master of Social Work in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, PhD in Social Work 

Harvest University

• Programme Types: Diploma in Psycho-Social Counselling, Diploma in Addiction Counselling 

Brookebesor University

• Programme Types: Psychology (Edexcel A level tuition), Pyscho-Social Counselling, Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Bachelor of Social Work 

Zambia Institute for Medical and Psychological Studies

Information and Communication University, Zambia

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Social Work Practise and Development, Masters in Social Work  

Rusangu University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts with Education in Guidance and Counselling, Master of Psychology with Education

The Zambia Catholic University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Secondary Education (Guidance and Counselling with a Teaching Subject), Bachelor of Arts in Social Work 

Supershine University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of Social Work and Development

Gideon Robert University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Science in Social Work, Master of Science in Forensic Psychology Master of Arts in Social Work, Master of Education in Psychology

The University of Barotseland

• Programme Types: Diploma in Social Work, Bachelor of Arts in Social Work 

Trinity University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, Bachelors of Arts in Psychology

Chalimbana University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Distance and Full-time), Bachelor of Guidance and Counselling with Education (Distance and Full-time)

Mansfield University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, Master of Arts in Psychology, Master of Arts in Social Work 

Bethel University

• Programme Types: Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

University of Edenberg Kitwe

• Programme Types: Certificate in Sport Psychology, Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Bachelor of Art in Social Work

IAC Member Centres/Group Practices

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Additional Centres/Group Practices

PsychHealth Zambia

Renaisense

AJFPS

MNK Psychotheraphy and Wellness Centre

Historically, mental health care has been a neglected part of the health system in Zambia, with services concentrated at provincial government hospitals and not at the primary care level.

Currently, Zambia has only one psychiatric hospital known as Chainama Hills Hospital which is based in the capital city of Lusaka. It was opened in the year 1962 as a national referral centre. The capacity of the hospital filled with about 500 beds divided into 380 general adults and 120 forensic. Years later small divisions begun to develop in seven provincial areas run by the clinical officers and psychiatric nurses (Ngungu & Beezhold, 2009).  

There is one association that matches to the counselling system which is known as the Psychological Association of Zambia that was formed to promote and help regulate the field of psychology in Zambia.

There are practice settings from associations, prison care, hospitals and private settings.

•  There are high levels of stigma to those who are mentally ill and are not accepted in the culture or in their own family belongings such as also against their families and those who are working in the mental health services. Many patients are disowned by their families. Most long-stay patients in Chainama Hospital have not contact with their family members due to this stigma (Ngungu & Beezhold, 2009). 
  Zambia needs more capacity for psychiatrist to help build such services. There is also a need of psychologist, mental health professionals and including occupational therapist. Training people from overseas, as has been proved over the years, but it is not effective option. The establishment of training facilities will be expensive or uncertain.
• Inadequate funding, lack of prioritisation at the policy level, few human resources (specialists) led to a shortage of mental health services at primary care level (Munakampe, 2020).
• The lack of provision of community mental health services from the health sector left little room for awareness and knowledge of mental health and mental health conditions in the community (Munakampe, 2020).

For more information about the counselling profession in the state, interested readers are encouraged to read the following journal and website articles:

• Munakampe, M. N. (2020). Strengthening mental health systems in Zambia. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 14(1). doi:10.1186/s13033-020-00360-z
• Mwape L, Mweemba P, Kasonde JM.  Strengthening the health system for mental health in Zambia. Lusaka: Zambia Forum for Health Research; 2010.
• Ngungu, J., & Beezhold, J. (2009). Mental health in Zambia – challenges and way forward. International Psychiatry, 6(2), 39-40. doi:10.1192/s174936760000042