1. AUCA
2. Service to society
3. Psychological counseling services
4. Institute for Behavioral Health and Applied Research
5. Mission and Vision

Mission and Vision

The Institute for Behavioral Health and Applied Research (Institute) is a self-sustaining establishment for counseling, research, training and teaching, which is affiliated with the Psychology Department of American University of Central Asia and is a substructure of AUCA.

The Institute functions as an independent and self-sustaining structure in terms of its mission, procedures, finance and governance.

The mission of the Institute includes, but is not limited to:

• delivering mental health services to the community of Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan;
• serving as a platform for teaching and training beginning specialists in psychology – counselors and researchers;
• providing training and community-building events for the community of psychologists in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan;
• providing evidence-based assessment and diagnostics services for individuals, families, and organizations;
• serving as a research facility for conducting social and psychological research in Kyrgyzstan.