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SYLLABUS
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Counselling
(P.G.D.P.C.)
DURATION OF THE COURSE : one academic year.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
PASS PERCENTAGE AND DIVISION
Division shall be awarded to the successful candidates on the aggregate marks obtained by him in accordance with the following scale, viz.
First Division : 60% and above
Second Division : 50% but less than 60%
Third Division : 40% but less than 50%
ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION
ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION
1. In a course there shall be four papers of 100 marks each, out of which 70 marks are earmarked for university main examination and 30 marks of assignments.
2. The minimums pass marks in assignments, in university main examination and in the total of assignments plus university main examination for each paper separately shall be 40%, 30% and 40% respectively.
3. A candidate failing in one paper shall be allowed to appear in supplementary examination (distance mode), as conducted by the university, If he/she shall be declared fail.
4. A candidate failing in more than one paper shall be declared fail. He/she shall be required to appear in all the components (assignments and university main examination) of all the paper of the respective course during the next or subsequent examination as conducted by the university.
5. The Kulpati, may if a candidate is failing at the examination or missing a division by one marks, condone deficiency of one mark where the deficiency is so condone, one mark shall no-where be added.
SYLLABUS
PAPER-I- PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER-1
THE CONCEPT OF PERSONALTY - Meaning and definition of personality. Determinants of Personality. Role of Heredity and Environment in personality development . Individual differences. Agents of socialization child's self-concept.
CHAPTER-2
THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT - Meaning and Definition of development. Significant facts about development. The orderly process of growth, parental development, process of birth, post-natal care.
CHAPTER-3
INFANCY PERIOD - Characteristics of infancy, adjustment of infancy. Psychological issue-trust Vs mistrust, parental attitudes and social attachments, sensory motor capacities of infant, beginning of personality.
CHAPTER-4
CHILDHOOD CHARACTERISTIC NAD BABYHOOD-personality Development tasks of babyhood, psychological crisis, autonomy Vs shame and doubt, physical emotional and language developments, social behavior, family relationship and development in babyhood.
CHAPTER-5
CHILDHOOD - Characteristics and Development, tasks of babyhood, psychological crisis, autonomy Vs shame and doubt, physical emotional and language developments, social behavior, family relationship and development in babyhood.
CHAPTER-6
ADOLESCENCE - Definition, Psychology of the adolescence, development task of an adolescence, psychological crisis, group identity Vs alienation, individual identity Vs role diffusion, physical maturation, emotional and social changes
during adolescence, adolescence interest, ineternalized morality ,sex interest and role identity, family relations and personality.
CHAPTER-7
ADULTH - Characteristic and developments tasks in adulthood, psychological crisis- intimacy Vs isolation, changes in interest, sex role adjustments- vocational and marital adjustments, lifestyles and personality development, understanding and counseling youth.
CHAPTER-8
MIDDLE AGE : Characteristics of middle age – Development task Psychological crisis integrity Vs Despair- Adjustment to physical and mental changes adjustment to changed family patterns- importance of family counseling achievements- Emotional state and its effects on personality.
CHAPTER -9
OLD AGE: Characteristics of old age – major adjustment in old age common problems of old age and personal attitudes social system – welfare of the age – home for the aged counseling for the aged to except realities of life.
PAPER – II – PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT
CHAPTER -1
ADJUSTMENT AND GROWTH: Adjustment, concept of adjustment and growth, personal growth variation, conditions for growth phenomenology of growth as a self actualization fulfilling our potential growth and risk.
CHAPTER -2
MOTIVATION: Concept of motivation push and pull motives, classification psychological motives and behaviors, awareness and changes of motives.
CHAPTER -3
STERSS : The significance of stress, what is stress effect of stress prolonged stress social and individual factors, type of psychological stress, pressure, frustration, conflicts, Anxiety, Symptoms reducing to stress, defense mechanism copying devices problems solving approaches to stress.
CHAPTER - 4
EMOTIONS: What are emotions, awareness of our emotions, expressions in control of our emotions, handling troublesome emotions.
CHAPTER -5
SELF: Concept, what is self, concept the subjective self, the ideal self characteristics of the self, concept, self social influence, changes in the self concept.
CHAPTER – 6
Interpersonal relationship, understanding relationships, beginning relationships, role relationships, intimate personal relationships intimacy and growth.
CHAPTER -7
Freedom and decision making, the importance of personal freedom, freedom and decision making, decision and personal growth.
CHAPTER -8
Self directed change, achieving self control, setting a goal recording your behavior.
PAPER –III- TECHNIQUES AND METHODES OF COUNSELING
CHAPTER -1
INTRODUCATION: What is counseling conceptual classification of related terms, scope, levels of counseling, types of counseling, directive, non directive, individual, group counseling, counselors work setting, personality characteristics.
CHAPTER -2
COUNSELING: Exception and goals, achievement of positive mental health resolution of problems, improving personal effectiveness, change decision making modification of behavior.
CHAPTER -3
COMMUNICATION: Elements of interpersonal communication, listening responding, type of responses, verbal and non verbal communication, effective communication barriers.
CHAPTER -4
THE COUNSELING RELATIONSHIP- good relationship, the interview types structuring the relationship, setting and room arrangement, general tips on the initial interview counseling process techniques for building and enhancing the working relationships.
CHAPTER-5
MODEL OF COUNSELING- Counseling-different models, Egan’s models skill in counseling, termination & referral counseling.
CHAPTER-6
CRISIS AND DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING-Dynamics of crisis, distractive& constructive ways of dealing with crisis, intervention, development counseling achievement, motivation.
CHAPTER-7
EDUCATIONAL - Vocational development & career counseling vocational choice-vocational development adjustment-vocational maturity-evolution of ideas about work-human development & career counseling-career education.
CHAPTER-8
MARRIAGE COUNSELING - Issue-interventions-family counseling-corrective
Educational experience model-role family counseling-stages of family development.
PAPER –IV- ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION - Assessment techniques-psychological assessment observation-interview-psychological testing-limitation of psychological assessment.
CHAPTER-2
PSYCHOTHERAPY - Definition-counseling & Psychotherapy -major schools of psychotherapy-types supportive symptomatic & reconstructive Psychotherapies-approaches to Psychotherapy.
CHAPTER-3
TRANSACTION ANALYSIS DEFINITION OF T A - structural analysis-types of ego status types-Transaction-stroking-positive/negative/condition allun conditional strokes/script writing.
CHAPTER-4
GROUP AND FAMILY THERAPIES - Basic features of group therapy-factors influencing change of behavior-major approaches to family therapy-objectives of family therapy & its effectiveness.
CHAPTER-5
MEDICAL TREATMENT DRUG THERAPY - Major & minor tranquilizer-depressants anticonvulsants-sleep therapy-shock therapy & psychosurgery.
CHAPTER-6
SPECIAL THERAPIES - guestalt therapy-client centered therapy-play recreational therapy-psycho dramas reality therapy.
CHAPTER-7
BEHAVIOUR THERAPY - Resent developments in behavior therapies-systematic desensitization-method of systematic desensitization-procedure-effectiveness of systematic desensitization.
CHAPTER-8
GROUP COUNSELING - Social psychology of counseling-counseling's in group counseling process-growth factors group cohesiveness-behavioral feedback-characteristics of group-stages of group development types of group counseling.
CHAPTER-9
EVALUATION OF COUNSELING - Problems of evaluation-approaches to evaluation-survey, case study, experimental problem of measuring changes-usefulness of counseling -criteria of evaluation.
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