Areas of Counselling

Areas of counselling

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
S. P. PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
SEMESTER-IV
EP: 430:
(Major Mandatory: Specialization)
(Credits-4)

Learning Objectives 

To acquaint the student with-
1. Different areas of counseling
2. Childhood issues and need for counselling in childhood
3. Aquatint with areas of personal counselling
4. Special areas of counselling

Learning Outcomes 

The student will be able to-
1. Demonstrate understanding of need for counselling in various areas
2. Synthesize information from various elements to understand and deal with specific problems
3. Develop technique and implication of applied counselling skills in areas of practice.
4. Use the counselling knowledge in the areas of research and interventions.

1.0. HELPING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS [15]

1.1. Emotionally Disturbed Children; characteristics, assessment, measures and treatment.
1.2. Counselling for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
1.3. Counselling at different Stages of School
1.4. Counselling for Low Self- esteem, Self- harm and School bullying, Addiction

2.0. FAMILY COUNSELLING [15]

2.1. Premarital Counselling: Nature, Important factors in selecting a mate, Counselling methods and Principles.
2.2. Marital Counselling: Factors Related to Good Marital Adjustment
2.3. Couple and Family Counselling: Family and Family Life Cycle, Key assumptions and concepts (Systems Theory), Couple and family Counselling Process
2.4. Gender- based Counselling.

3.0. COUNSELLING FOR SPECIFIC PROBLEMS [15]

3.1. Counselling for Specific Problems: HIV/AIDS: Orientation, Pre-test and Post- test Counselling. Cancer: Diagnosis, Pre-test and Post- test Counselling
3.2. Counselling for Specific Problems: P.T.S.D: Effect of Trauma and interventions Counselling for psychosomatic problems.
3.3. Handling suicides and Para suicides: Nature, Definition and types, Sociological and Psychological Explanation, Suicide Potentiality and Presentation.
3.4. Counselling and Sexual Orientation.

4.0. SPECIAL AREAS OF COUNSELLING [15]

4.1. Counselling at Workplace: Nature and Skills.
4.2. Occupational Stress and Counselling: Meaning and Types, Causes- Extra-organizational Stressors, Organizational stressors, Group Stressors, Individual Stressors; Coping strategies for occupational stress.
4.3. Geriatric Counselling: Old age, Needs of the Aged, Counselling the Aged.
4.4. Counselling – Sports Anxiety: Definition, Anxiety and Personality, Effect of anxiety on performance, types of Sports anxiety, Coping Strategies.

Books for Reading

1. Gelso, C. J., & Williams, E. N. (2022). Counseling psychology. American Psychological Association (APA).
2. Gladding S.T. (2014) Counselling: A Comprehensive Profession (7th Ed) Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt.Ltd. of Pearson Education.
3. Feltham, C., & Horton, I.E. (ed) (2006). The Sage handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (2nd ed.). London: Sage Publication.
4. Gibson, R.L., Mitchell, M.H. (2005). Introduction to counselling and guidance (6th ed.). Delhi: Pearson education Pvt.Ltd.
5. Gelso, C. J., Fretz, B.R. (1995). Counselling psychology. Banglore: Prism books Pvt.Ltd
6. Gregory, R.J. (2005). Psychological Testing (4th ed.). Delhi: Pearson education Pvt.Ltd.
7. Rao, S.N. (2006). Counselling and guidance (2nd ed). New Delhi: Tata McGrawHill Publishing Co.Ltd.
8. Patterson, L.E., Welfel E.R. (2000). The counselling process (5th ed.). Belmount: Woodsworth/Thomson Learning.
9. Nelson R. Jones (2000). Introduction to counselling skills: Text and activities. London: Sage Publication.
10. Cohen, R.J., Swerdlik, M.E. (2005). Psychological testing and assessment (6th ed.). Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill.
11. Dalai Lama, His Holiness the & Cutler, S.C. (1998). The art of happiness: The handbook for living. Sidney: Hodder.
12. Mangal S.K (2007) Educating Exceptional Children; An Introduction to Special Education. Prentice –Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
13. Deshpande C.G. (1999) Suicide and Attempted Suicide. Uma Publications, Pune.
14. Kumar U. and Mandal M.K. (2010). Suicidal Behaviour: Assessment of People- at Risk. Sage Publication.
15. Luthans, F. (2013) Organizational behaviour: An Evidence – based Approach (12thEd.) ND: McGraw-Hill Edu (India) Pvt. Ltd.
16. Robbins, S.P.; Judge, T.A.; & Sanghi, A. (2009). Organizational behaviour. N.D.: Pearson Prentice Hall.
17. Weiten, W. and Lloyd, M. India Edition 8th (2007). Psychology applied to modern life: Adjustment in the 21st century. Thomson.
18. Deshpande C.G. and et. al. (2010) Samupadeshan: Shasrtiya Prakriya va upayojan. Unmesh Prakashan Pune.
19. Kapur Malvika (2011) Counselling Children with Psychological Problems (1st) Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt.Ltd. of Pearson Education.