Module 1 Intro To Counselling

Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences

Introductory to Counselling Psychology

By
Ashwani Mohan
Assistant Professor
AIPS, Amity University

Counselling
• A supportive relationship that enables clients to explore their
problems, understand their problems and resolve their problem.
• Counselling is a therapeutic relationship through which Counsellor
helps client to address and resolve his or her problems.
• In this process, Counsellor develop insight within the individual
about right or wrong.
• In Counselling process, Counsellor enables client or make him
confident to take his or her decisions or come out from worse
situation.
Counselling is Not
• Providing Information
• Giving Advice
• Giving suggestions
• Taking decisions on the behalf of client
• Providing resource to client
• Providing readymade solutions to client
Goals of Counselling
• Curative
• Preventive
• Developmental
Some other goals of Counselling:
• Help individual to overcome immediate problem
• Help in self development
• Improving Relationship
• Enable client to take right decision
• Develop coping strategies

• Gain insight into their thoughts, feelings and behaviour
• Resolve personal and interpersonal conflicts
• Create positive changes
• Develop their full potential
• Find their own solutions to their problems
• Adapt situations that can not be changed
Purpose of Counselling
• The basic purpose of counselling is to help people use their
existing problem-solving skills more effectively or to
develop new or better coping skills.
• To help people to solve their difficulties.
• To encourage developing right attitudes.
• To help clients achieve their personal goals, and gain greater
insight into their lives
• To assist individual in educational and vocational planning.
Ethical Issues
• Violation of confidentiality
• Negligent practice
• Claiming expertise, one does not posses
• Imposing one’s values on a client
• Creating a dependency in a client
• Sexual activity with client
• Certain conflicts of interest
• Questionable financial arrangement, such as charging excessive fees
• Improper Advertising
Reason for Ethical Codes

Ethical codes are designed to provide some guidelines for the
professional behaviour of members.
Ethical standards exist for many reasons:

• Ethical standards protect the profession from government.
They allow the profession to regulate itself and to function
autonomously instead of being controlled by legislation.
• Ethical standard help control internal disagreement and

promoting stability within the profession.
• Ethical standard protect practitioners from public, especially
in regard to malpractice suits. If professionals behave
according to ethical guidelines, the behaviour is judged to be
in compliance with accepted standards.
Characteristics of A Good Counsellor
• Self Awareness
• Curiosity or inquisitiveness
• Possess natural interest in people
• An ability to listen
• Empathy and understanding
• Emotional insightfulness
• Critical Thinking
• Reflective Thinking
• Can set aside your needs in order to listen
• Intellectual competence
• Energy
• Flexibility
• Readiness to support
• Unconditional Positive Regard
• Retaining an attitude of hope
COUNSELLOR PREPARATION
• Education:
•Masters or bachelors degree in teaching and education .they should
have basic course in principles and practice of the guidance programmed and
additional area of training either in behaviour sciences of community health.
• Experience:
 2 years counseling experience.
 1 year of cumulative work experience in the field of school programmed.
• He will have masters degree in essential areas of

guidance programmed the area in training are:-
• Counselling process
• Understanding the individual
• Educational, occupational and vocational information
• Administrative relationship
What is psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy is the informed and intentional application of clinical
methods and interpersonal stances derived from established
psychological principles for the purpose of assisting people to modify
their behaviours, cognitions, emotions, and/or other personal
characteristics in directions that the participants deem desirable.
• It is also know as the ‘’talking cure’’. Talking, expressing,

verbalizing or sharing one’s pain is to potentially lead towards
healing.
Difference between counselling and psychotherapy

Counselling Psychotherapy
• Helps people identify problems and • Helps people with psychological
crises and encourages them to take problems that have built up over the
positive steps to resolve these issues. course of a long period of time.
• Counselling is a short-term process that • Psychotherapy is a longer-term process
encourages the change of behaviour. of treatment that identifies emotional
issues and the background to problems
and difficulties.

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Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences

Introductory to Counselling Psychology

• Develop coping strategies

Reason for Ethical Codes

Ethical standards exist for many reasons:

• Ethical standard help control internal disagreement and

• He will have masters degree in essential areas of

• It is also know as the ‘’talking cure’’. Talking, expressing,

Difference between counselling and psychotherapy

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