Counseling

      Counseling psychology is a psychological specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling process and outcome; supervision and training; career development and counseling; and prevention and health. Some unifying themes among counseling psychologists include a focus on assets and strengths, person–environment interactions, educational and career development, brief interactions, and a focus on intact personalities.

An overview of counseling

Definitions of counseling; distinctions between counseling and psychotherapy; goals of counseling; historical development of counseling profession and the role of counselor.

Personal characteristics of effective counselors; the process of counselor education, personal values in counseling, on becoming a counselor.

DESCRIPTION & OBJECTIVES

To produce students with a strong knowledge of skill and acumen in the detection, evaluation and diagnosis of various psychological conditions.

To understand and change abnormal behavior, cognition, and emotions through the application of principles and techniques of Clinical and counseling Psychology.

To study Counseling Psychology as helping profession in everyday life.  

CONTENTS

Theoretical approaches to counseling

Psychoanalytic foundations; Adlerian approaches to counseling, cognitive behavioral approaches to counseling, exentential approaches to counseling, behavioural approaches to counseling, gestalt approaches to counseling, rational emotiove behavioral therapy, uses of Expressive Arts in counseling Psychology.

Counseling processes and methods

Procedural skills –I (Helping characteristics and therapeutic climate, initial procedure, counseling interview and counseling skills)

Procedural skills-II (advance empathy, theme identification, self-disclosure, perception check, interpretation, action strategies, goal setting, termination and follow up)

1. Counseling selected special populations, crisis interventions and models of helping
2. Career counseling and professional issues.
3. Ethical Issues in Counseling Psychology

Ethical considerations in counseling Legal considerations for counselors, current and future trends in counseling, research and evaluation in counseling.

Learning Outcomes

• It will inculcate a sense of team spirit and group dynamics among the students.
• Students will be able to understand various modes of exercises (mental and physical) for ensuring an optimal morale.
• They will learn the role of psychologist in initiating and sustaining optimal motivation on and off ground.

  READINGS

  Brammer, L. M., Abrego, P. J. & Shostrom, E. .L. (2003). Therapeutic counseling & psychotherapy. N. J.: Prentice Hall.

  Corey, G. (2006). Theory and practice of counseling & psychotherapy. Brooks/Col

  Gibson, R. L. & Mitchell, M. H. (2000). Introduction to counseling and guidance. Ohio: Merrill.

  Hanser, J. (2002). Counseling – Theory and process. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

  Heiden, L. A, & Hersen, M. (Eds.) (2005). Introduction to clinical psychology. New York: Plenum Press.

  ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 

  Sessional: 20 (Students are supposed to take at least two cases from counselling setting and submit detailed clinical report with diagnosis and interventions).

  Midterm: 30

  Final exam:50