About the book
The third extensively revised and updated edition of this
widely popular book –Counselling and Guidance provides an introduction to the
philosophy and principles of guidance. This new enlarged edition covers all the
important aspects of this highly dynamic field of counselling. It discusses the
counselling process at length while considering the representative theories and
their essential outlines without subjecting the reader to polemics.
- There is a new reformed chapter on mental health—Counselling across human life-span: A mental-health perspective
- A new chapter on Counselling for marriage and family
- Keeping vulnerability of adolescent and young adults, two new chapters have been added—Guidance and Counselling in Educational Setting and Career Guidance and Counselling
- There is new chapter on special areas in counselling covering—Counselling for legal offenders and juvenile delinquents, minorities and weaker sections, alcoholics and substance abusers, victims of abuse and violence, and a topic on Crisis Intervention strategies.
The late S Narayana Rao, former Professor and
Chairman, Department of Psychology, Dean, School
of Social and Behavioural Sciences, and
Principal, Sri Venkateswara University
College
Prem Sahajpal obtained her Ph.D. in Social Psychology
from the University
of Delhi Indraprastha
College , University
of Delhi , from 1970 to 1972 and of Lady Shri Ram College
for Women, University
of Delhi India ), OSTOMY
Society , INDIA
Contents
Part I: Introduction to Counselling and Guidance
Chapter 1 Emergence and growth of guidance and counselling
Chapter 2 Counselling: Nature, related fi elds and scope
Chapter 3 Counselling and Guidance: Expectations, goals, issues,
ethics and legalities
Chapter 4 Education and training of professional counsellors
Part II: Counselling Process and Techniques
Chapter 5 Counselling: The process, relationship and skills
Chapter 6 Assessment in counselling: Psychological testing
and diagnosis
Chapter 7 Counselling interview
Part III: Theoretical Approaches to
Counselling
Chapter 8 Approaches to counselling
Chapter 9 The individual versus group methods of counselling
Part IV: Counselling Applications
Chapter 10 Counselling across human life-span: A mental-health
perspective
Chapter 11 Guidance and counselling in the educational
setting
Chapter 12 Career guidance and counselling
Chapter 13 Counselling for family and marriage
Chapter 14 Special areas in counselling
Part V: Present Status of Counselling and Guidance
Chapter 15 Evaluation in counselling
Chapter 16 Modern trends in counselling
Chapter 17 The status of the guidance and counselling
movement in India
