The course of Counselling Psychology would cover the essential and relevant topics. These topics are taught at the PG level in most of the universities. The course would help students learn the basic process , skills and approaches of counseling. Counselling Psycholgy is a very popular and widely applicable option. The topics covered would help the students develop a basic orientation about Counselling Psychology. Knowledge of Counselling psychology would help students in future if they want to practice counselling in any sphere (school, hospital, industries, drug de-addiction centres etc.)The coursea) Is a part of approved curriculum being transacted in most of the Universities of Indiab) Is taught at the M.A/M.Sc./PG level
Overview
Syllabus
Counselling Psychology is an applied paper. It is one of the most sought after options in Psychology. Every student of Psychology is expected to have knowledge of counselling because the option has a large applicability. The course would help in preparing a foundation in counselling. It would prepare students to learn the basic concepts, processes and theoretical models in Counselling Psychology. Furthermore the skills and areas of Counselling, that would be taught in the course, would help students in every Psychology related occupation. The content of the course is as follows:
- Counselling: Overview
- Counselling: History
- Training of Counsellors
- Counselling: Ethics
- Counselling Processes: Effective Counselling relationship
- Counselling Processes: Counselling Skills
- Counselling Processes: Counselling Skills
- Counselling Processes: Counselling Skills
- Counselling: Stage 1- Rapport and Relationship
- Counselling: Stage 2- Assessing client problems
- Counselling: Stage 3- Developing counselling goals
- Counselling: Stage 4- Strategies and intervention
- Counselling: Stage 5- Termination and follow up
- Counselee Appraisal: Testing Techniques
- Counselee Appraisal: Testing Techniques
- Counselee Appraisal: Non-testing Techniques
- Counselee Appraisal: Non-testing Techniques
- Counselling: Approaches- Psychoanalytic
- Counselling: Approaches- Psychoanalytic
- Counselling: Approaches- Psychoanalytic
- Counselling: Approaches- Behavioural
- Counselling: Approaches- Behavioural
- Counselling: Approaches- Behavioural
- Counselling: Approaches- Cognitive
- Counselling: Approaches- Cognitive
- Counselling: Approaches- Cognitive
- Counselling: Approaches- Humanistic
- Counselling: Approaches- Humanistic
- Counselling: Approaches- Humanistic
- Counselling Applications: Child and adolescent
- Counselling Applications: School counselling
- Counselling Applications: Marriage and Family
- Counselling Applications: Career and Occupation
- Counselling Applications: Rehabilitation and Mental Health
- Counselling Applications: Child abuse
- Counselling Applications: Substance abuse
- Counselling Applications: HIV/AIDS
- Special Problems in Counselling
- Special Problems in Counselling
- Counsellor burnout and self-renewal
Taught by
Dr Mamta Sharma, Professor of Psychology
