NGO – Free Counseling Service
Level of Service: Para-Counselor

Monday to Friday 2pm – 4pm and 7.30pm – 9.30pm

(Service as usual on Public Holidays)

The Buddhist Gem Fellowship Counselling Unit or BGFCU came into being with the launching of the telephone counselling service in 1992. The main objective of the move was to provide counselling service to individuals, families or groups to help them cope with the pressures of modern living. Apart from that, it was also intended to provide information and referral services so that the needs of the counselee could be dealt by the most competent resource.

BGFCU started the annual counselling course or training so as to get volunteers trained for the on-going telephone counselling service. However, the course went beyond this objective as participants who attended the training would definitely bring home with them some counselling knowledge and skills that would benefit them in their day-to-day living through better communication and interpersonal skills, as well as enhancing their sense of empathy.

BGF Counseling Unit – Helpline