P.G. Diploma in Psychological Counseling & Guidance

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UNIT II: Humanistic Approach (Person-centered Therapy), Existential Ideas (especially pertaining to loss and death), Logotherapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

UNIT III: Educational Guidance and Career Counseling- Purpose of Educational Guidance, Process of Vocational and Career Counseling, Concept of Intelligence, Interest, Aptitude, Creativity, Motivation; Basics of career counseling, Decision Making

UNIT IV: Stress and Stress Management: Definition and Classification, Types of Stressors, Effects of Stress, Causal Factors and their effects, Stress Management Techniques

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Personality and Adjustment

UNIT: Freudian and neo- Freudian theories of personality: Psychoanalytic perspective (Sigmund Freud), Analytical Perspective (Jung), Individual Psychology (Adler), Ego psychology (Anna Freud), Object relations theory, Self-psychology

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UNIT II: Humanistic & Existential: Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, HS Sullivan, Victor Frankl, Rollo May, Irvin Yalom

UNIT III: Adjustment Problems, Causes of Maladjustment. Conflict, Types of Conflict, Psychological Approaches to Adjustment, Standards of Adjustment, Factors Influencing Adjustment

UNIT IV: Psychodynamics of Adjustment and Coping: Adjustment problems, causes of maladjustment, Coping strategies for adjustment problems, Mental Health Problems: Characteristics, Need and Status in India

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Understanding Abnormal Behaviour

UNIT I: Classification of Mental Health Disorders and Conditions, Depression: Symptoms, Clinical Features, Etiology, and Treatment Evidence, Description and Features of other Mood Disorders

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UNIT II: Anxiety Spectrum Disorders: Symptoms, Clinical features, Etiology and Treatment Evidence: Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Stress and Adjustment Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and complex-PTSD, Dissociative Disorders, Somatization Disorders

UNIT III: Common Manifestations of Anxiety and Depression through Childhood and Adolescence, Habit and Impulse control Disorders, Parent-Child Relationship, Peer Relationship, Teacher and student relationship, Suicide: Perspectives, tendencies, suicide prevention strategies and measures

UNIT IV: Common Neurodevelopmental Conditions and Externalizing Conditions: Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation), Learning Disorders and Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Disruptive Behavior Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder

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Paper IV

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Practical Paper I

Identification and Assessment 

• Identification and Assessment:

(i) Intelligence, (ii) Aptitude, (iii) Interest and Motivation, (iv) Personality, Mental Health, v) Creativity

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2. Identification and Assessment of Development and Learning Disorder or Difficulties: (a) Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation), (b) Autism Spectrum Disorders, (c)Learning Disorders

3. Identification and Assessment of Externalizing Behavior Deficits: (a) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity, (b) Disruptive Behavior Disorder, (c) Oppositional Defiant Disorder, (d)DAP (e) CAT

Emotional Dysregulation: Assessment and Planning for Intervention

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UNIT II: Trauma and Crisis Intervention: Abuse. Kinds of Abuse, Causal theories of Abuse and Effects of Abuse, Concept of Psychological Trauma, Kinds of Psychological Trauma, Addressing Trauma Reactions and Manifestations, Psychological First Aid (PFA), Terminal and Chronic Illness, Stages of Death and Dying, Grief and Bereavement, Approaches to addressing Grief, feeling of loss and bereavement, Palliative Care

UNIT III: Counselling and Guidance in Special Groups: Characteristics and Needs of Special Groups- Socially and Economically disadvantaged, Destitute and Orphans, Delinquents, School and college drop-outs, HIV/AIDS patients, Substance Misusers, Counseling in Industrial Settings and Community Centers (NGOs), Health Counseling

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Counselling  Process with Families

UNIT I: Counseling Process with Families, Communication Styles in Families, Concept of Family Structure, Multisystemic Approaches, Origins of Family Therapy, Principles and Characteristics of Family Therapy, Child Guidance, Marriage counseling

UNIT II: Process and stages of Family Therapy: Planning, Assessment, Treatment, Disengaging and Recontracting, Group Therapy: Group analysis, encounter groups, psychodrama, Gestalt therapy in group setting, Counseling for the Geriatric population: Geriatric Depression, Empty nest syndrome

UNIT III: Family Therapy with Child and Adolescent -focused Problem: Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, Legal Considerations: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Systemic model of Physical child abuse, Family therapy for Physical Child Abuse

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Theory Paper IV (continued)

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