CHMSU Compassion is an on-line platform where professional counselors of Carlos Hilado Memorial State University can provide counseling service and other forms of psychotherapy, and deliver other guidance services through telecommunications and other forms of social media in advancing mental health, emotional stability and psycho-social needs of the students and the school community. The Office of the Guidance Services, being a support arm of CHMSU seeks to contribute in the fulfillment of the school’s mission/vision of honing the youth towards excellence and compassion by bridging linkages between and among different sectors in the school in the delivery of holistic education. The office offers programs and services that would help students know themselves better, adjust to college life, cope with the new normal and discover their potentials that would aid them in making and achieving their life goals; ultimately to become concerned, involved and responsible members of the society empowered by the Core Values of CHMSU: Excellence, Compassion, Environmentalism, Love of Country, Social Responsibility, Integrity, Openness, and Resilience. The Office of the Guidance Services commits itself to maintain the delivery of quality service through the conduct of ethical and responsive guidance activities. As part of this commitment, client privacy and confidentiality are highly prioritized. Any information pertaining to clients are safeguarded by ensuring that only authorized and licensed professionals are allowed to manage the online delivery of available guidance services and that login/s or password/s that allow access to client information are solely in their care. Nevertheless, all data are subject to terms, conditions, and limitations possessed by the utilized social media, and the Office of the Guidance Services cannot be held responsible for the disclosure of information brought about by changes prompted by the website’s (Facebook) technical management, or due to any event that is otherwise beyond the control of the Guidance Counselors who served as Page Administrators. Furthermore, as stipulated in the RA 9258; clients’ info may only be responsibly disclosed by working counselors in the event that: (a) there is impending harm to the client or to others, and/or (b) it is otherwise required by law.
