Counselling Psychology

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Free Online Course: Counselling Psychology provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. Counselling Psychology is taught by Dr Mamta Sharma, Professor of Psychology.

Overview
  • 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

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:

    1. Counselling: Overview
    2. Counselling: History
    3. Training of Counsellors
    4. Counselling: Ethics
    5. Counselling Processes: Effective Counselling relationship
    6. Counselling Processes: Counselling Skills
    7. Counselling Processes: Counselling Skills
    8. Counselling Processes: Counselling Skills
    9. Counselling: Stage 1- Rapport and Relationship
    10. Counselling: Stage 2- Assessing client problems
    11. Counselling: Stage 3- Developing counselling goals
    12. Counselling: Stage 4- Strategies and intervention
    13. Counselling: Stage 5- Termination and follow up
    14. Counselee Appraisal: Testing Techniques
    15. Counselee Appraisal: Testing Techniques
    16. Counselee Appraisal: Non-testing Techniques
    17. Counselee Appraisal: Non-testing Techniques
    18. Counselling: Approaches- Psychoanalytic
    19. Counselling: Approaches- Psychoanalytic
    20. Counselling: Approaches- Psychoanalytic
    21. Counselling: Approaches- Behavioural
    22. Counselling: Approaches- Behavioural
    23. Counselling: Approaches- Behavioural
    24. Counselling: Approaches- Cognitive
    25. Counselling: Approaches- Cognitive
    26. Counselling: Approaches- Cognitive
    27. Counselling: Approaches- Humanistic
    28. Counselling: Approaches- Humanistic
    29. Counselling: Approaches- Humanistic
    30. Counselling Applications: Child and adolescent
    31. Counselling Applications: School counselling
    32. Counselling Applications: Marriage and Family
    33. Counselling Applications: Career and Occupation
    34. Counselling Applications: Rehabilitation and Mental Health
    35. Counselling Applications: Child abuse
    36. Counselling Applications: Substance abuse
    37. Counselling Applications: HIV/AIDS
    38. Special Problems in Counselling
    39. Special Problems in Counselling
    40. Counsellor burnout and self-renewal