Syllabus
Unit 1: Nature and scope of Guidance
1.1 Concept and definition of guidance and counselling
1.2 Guidance and life goals
1.3 The phases of counselling process (assessment, intervention, and termination)
1.4 Characteristics of an effective counsellor
1.5 Challenges and a Counsellor
Unit 2: Fundamental Counselling Skill
2.1 The client-counsellor relationship
2.2 basic counselling skills (observational, questioning, communication, notes and reflections)
2.3 Counselling interview
2.4 Developing case histories
Unit 3: Ethics in Counselling
3.1 Need for ethical standards
3.2 ethical codes and guidelines
3.3 Dual relationships in counselling practice
3.4 Counsellor’s ethical and legal responsibilities
3.5 Ethical issues in counselling process
Unit 4: Group and individual Counselling
4.1 Types of counselling settings
4.2 Characteristics of group counselling
4.3 Advantages and disadvantages of group counselling
4.4 Skills of group counselling
4.5 Characteristics of individual counselling
4.6 Advantages and disadvantages of individual counselling
Unit 5: Psychological testing and Diagnosis
5.1 Need for psychological tests and uses of tests
5.2 Characteristics of good psychological tests
5.3 Different types of tests
- Projective and psychometric
- Intelligence, achievement and aptitude test
- Personality inventories
5.4 Testing procedure, scoring, recording, reporting
5.5 Limitations of psychological tests
Unit 6: Perspective of abnormal behaviour
6.1 Historical view of abnormal behaviour
6.2 Meaning and definition of normality and abnormality
6.3 Basic models of psychology to understand behaviour
- Psychoanalytical
- Humanistic-existential
- Cognitive-behavioural
- Transpersonal
6.4 Causal factors of abnormality
6.5 Viewpoint on abnormal behaviour
Unit 7: Neurotic disorders
7.1 Stress and anxiety related disorder
7.2 Generalized anxiety disorder
7.3 Phobia
7.4 OCD
7.5 Stress and adjustment disorder
7.6 Dissociative disorder
7.7 Mood disorder
Unit 8: Psychotic disorders
8.1 bipolar disorder
8.2 Schizophrenia
8.3 Delusional disorder
8.4 Substance induced psychosis
Unit 9: Childhood and adolescence disorders
9.1 Learning disabilities
9.2 Autism
9.3 Intellectual disability
Unit 10: Other important disorders
10.1 Personality disorders
10.2 Substance abuse disorder
10.3 Sexual and gender identity disorder
10.4 Neurological disorder (Alzheimer’s disorder, Parkinson’s disorder)
Unit 11: Different approaches to counselling and therapy
Sub-unit 1: Person-centred Therapy
- Historical context
- Carl Roger’s contribution
III. Abraham Maslow’s Contribution
- Key concept and techniques
- Counsellor-client relationship
- Applications
VII. Limitations
Sub-unit 2: Behaviour Therapy
- Historical context
- Key concepts and techniques
III. Therapeutic process
- Applications
- Limitations
Sub-unit 3: Cognitive Behaviour therapy
- Historical context
- Albert Ellis’ Contribution
III. Beck’s contribution
- Key concepts and techniques
- Therapeutic process
- Applications
VII. Limitations
Sub-unit 4: Gestalt therapy
- Historical concepts
- Contribution of Fritz Perls
III. Key concepts and techniques
- Therapeutic process
- Applications
- Limitations
Sub-unit 5: Psychoanalytic Therapy
- Historical context
- Sigmund Freud’s contribution
III. Erikson’s Contributions
- Eric Berne’s transactional analysis
- Key concept and techniques
- Therapeutic process
VII. Applications
VIII. Limitations
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