Paper 5.3: Guidance & Counselling
Unit |
Content |
Time (Hours) |
Domain |
| I | Introduction
Guidance and counseling: meaning and goals Educational guidance: need and goals Vocational guidance: need and goals Guide- role Guidance interview |
10
4 3 3 |
Must know
Desirable to Know Nice to Know |
| II | Counseling
Counselor and the counselee: expectations and goals, role and functions of a counselor Ethical issues in counseling; Counseling as a profession-training and skills Effective counselor, characteristics of a counsellor Risks in counseling profession Rights of a counselee |
15
5 5 5 |
Must know Desirable to Know Nice to Know |
| III | Techniques and areas
Psychoanalytic, Humanistic Behavioristic and cognitive Areas of counseling: familycounseling, career counseling Crisis intervention Transactional analysis |
15
5 5 5 |
Must know Desirable to Know Nice to Know |
Syllabus Books:
- Gibson, R.L. and Mitchel, M.H. (2005). Introduction to Counseling and Guidance. Pearson Education.
- Locke, D.C., Myers, J.E., & Herr, E.L. (2001). Handbook of Counseling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
- Patri, V.R. (2008). Counseling Psychology. New Delhi: Authors Press.
Reference Books:
- A. Vacc, S. B. Devaney, J. M. Brendel. (2003). Counseling Multicultural and Diverse Populations: Strategies for Practitioners. Brunner Routledge.
- H. Blocher. (2000). Counseling: A Developmental Approach. Wiley.
- H. Osipow, W. B. Walsh. (1990). Career Counseling: Contemporary Topics in Vocational Psychology.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- A. Thompson. (2003). Counseling Techniques: Improving Relationships with Others, Ourselves, Our Families, and Our Environment. Brunner Routledge.
- B. Walsh. (2003). Counseling Psychology and Optimal Human Functioning.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.