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The document outlines the syllabus for the Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy program. It details the 5 papers which make up the program, including Counselling, Psychotherapy, Psychological Testing, Dissertation, and Educational Activities. It provides information on the evaluation system and recommended textbooks.

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PGDCP 2019

The document outlines the syllabus for the Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy program. It details the 5 papers which make up the program, including Counselling, Psychotherapy, Psychological Testing, Dissertation, and Educational Activities. It provides information on the evaluation system and recommended textbooks.

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Department of Psychology, Gujarat University

Revised Syllabus for


Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
(PGDCP)
Higher Payment Program (HPP)
(Effective from 15th June 2019)

Paper no. Paper Name


I Counselling
II Psychotherapy
III Psychological Testing (Practicals)
IV Dissertation
V Educational Activities and Field Work

Evaluation system:
o Total Marks for each paper (Theory and Practicals) – 100 Marks
o Total Marks for Dissertation and Field Work – 100 Marks
­ 60 Marks for Dissertation: (50 Marks for Dissertation + 10 Marks
for Viva – Voce)
­ 40 Marks for Field Work: (30 Marks for Report + 10 Marks for
Viva Voce)
Department of Psychology, Gujarat University

Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy


(PGDCP)

PAPER – I: COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY

Value based education:


Counselling is the much-needed area in the present time. The process of counselling helps to
bring change in the counsellor/psychologist/psychotherapist themselves and in their
perceptions. It also develops in them positive characteristics like empathy, genuineness,
patience, and understanding towards other people and their problems and enhances their
problem-solving skills.

UNIT SYLLABUS

Chapter – 1: Historic Perspectives


Unit – I
Chapter – 2: What do counsellors do?

Chapter – 3: Where counsellors work?


Unit – II
Chapter – 4: Individual Counselling

Chapter – 5: Group techniques for counsellors


Unit – III
Chapter – 6: Counselling for career planning and decision-making

Chapter – 7: The counsellor as developmental and educational consultant


Unit – IV
Chapter – 8: Prevention and wellness

Chapter – 9: Counselling program development and management

Unit –V Chapter – 10: Counselling and technology

Chapter – 11: Ethical and legal guidelines


PAPER – II: PSYCHOTHERAPY

Value based education:


Learning different types of psychotherapies and their techniques is a very important part of a
therapist’s life which requires a lot of training and skills and it in turn helps them to gain self-
awareness about their own thoughts, emotions, and perceptions. It attempt to create self-
acceptance and transforms them for better. It also helps to enhance their mental health.

UNIT SYLLABUS
1. What is psychotherapy?
2. Essential Ingredients for Successful Psychotherapy: Effect of
Common Factors
Unit – I 3. Promoting self-awareness in therapists
4. Self-assessment of burnout, distress, and daily hassles in
therapists
5. Ethics, impairment, personal problems, and burnout among
therapists
Developing a Case Conceptualization
1. What Is Case Conceptualization?
2. Functional Purpose of a Case Conceptualization
3. Conceptual Approaches
4. The Conceptualization Process
Unit – II
Developing a Treatment Plan: Therapeutic Alliance and
Collaborative Goals
1. Roles of Patient and Therapist
2. Goals and Tasks of Treatment
3. Building and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship

Understanding, Facilitating, and Evaluating Change


1. Understanding Change
2. Facilitating Change
3. Evaluating Change
Unit – III Effective Termination
1. Rationale for a Termination Strategy
2. Effective Termination Strategy
3. Competence and Professional Standards of Care
4. Applied Skills for a Sound Strategy

Psychotherapies and its Specific Applications


1. Modes of Therapy
a) Individual Therapy
Unit – IV b) Group Therapy
o Family and Marital Therapy
2. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
a) Freudian Psychoanalysis
3. Play therapy (Therapy for children)
4. Logotherapy – Viktor Frankl (Therapy for older adults)
Psychotherapies and its Specific Applications
1. Client – Centered Therapy (Carl Rogers)
2. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (Albert Ellis)
Unit - V
3. Behavior Therapy Techniques (All Behaviorists)
4. Cognitive Therapy (Aaron T. Beck)
PAPER – III: PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS (Practicals)

1. Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Test

2. Intelligence test – Binet – Kamat Test

3. Projective test – Rorschach Ink Blot Test (Indian Cards)

4. Children’s Apperception Test

5. Personality test – 16 PF

6. Developmental Screening Test / Vineland Social Maturity Scale / Seguin Form Board
Test

7. Draw-a-man Test

8. Spiritual Intelligence

9. Psychological Well-being

10. Bender-Gestalt Visual Motor Perception Test

11. Multiple Intelligence Test

12. Emotional Intelligence Test

13. Autism and ADHD

o Childhood Autism Rating Scale

o ADHD Test
PAPER – IV: GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR DISSERTATION

1. Area and topic to be selected in consultation with the Head and concerned faculty which
should be related to Counseling or Clinical area only.
2. Orientation program regarding the entire process of research work and writing
dissertation.
3. Every student must read at least 5 dissertations from the library.
4. Training to the students in data collection and application of statistics.
5. Dissertation should be based on primary data collection.
6. The given outline should be followed by each student for dissertation: (refer table)

CHAPTER NO. TITLE


1 Introduction
2 Review of literature
Research Methodology
Statement of the problem
Objectives
Hypotheses
Variables
3
Research Design
Selection of sample
Research tools
Data Collection and Procedure
Statistical Analysis of data
4 Discussion and interpretations of results
5 Research findings and suggestions
References (APA Style)
Appendices

7. The assessment of Dissertation:


3 spiral copies must be submitted for examination as per rules of GU.
Dissertation (Total 60 marks): [50 marks for Dissertation, 10 marks for Viva – Voce]
PAPER – V: EDUCTAIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FIELD VISITS

1. Workshops

2. Conferences

3. Seminars

4. Guest lectures

5. One-month internship at Hospital for Mental Health

6. Internship in two schools

7. Old age home

8. Sabarmati Jail

9. Juvenile home

10. AWAG – Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group (Ambawadi)

11. Orphanage

12. Centre for learning disabilities

13. At least one NGO

14. Centre for Domestic Violence

15. Gender Resource Centre

16. Child Protection Unit

17. SAATH Suicide Prevention Centre

18. Mahipat Anaath Ashram (New Cloth Market)

19. Blind People’s Association

20. GAP – Gujarat AIDS Awareness & Prevention Unit (Madalpur)

21. Sardar Patel Deaddiction & Rehabilitation Centre (New Wadaj)

The assessment of Field Work:


Field work (Total 40 marks): [30 marks for Report writing, 10 marks for Viva – Voce]
RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. Freeman, A., Felgoise, S. H., & Davis, D. D. (2008). Clinical Psychology: Integrating
Science and Practice. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2. Gibson Robert, L. & Mitchell Marianne, H. (2015). Introduction to Counselling and


Guidance (7th Edition). Pearson India Education Services Pvt Ltd: New Delhi.

3. Gladding Samuel, T. & Kishore Renu. (2018). Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession


(7th Edition). Pearson India Education Services Pvt Ltd: New Delhi.

4. Hecker J. E. & Thorpe G. L. (2005). Introduction to Clinical Psychology: Science,


practice and Ethics. Pearson Education Inc. (Indian Edition): New Delhi.

5. Kapur Malavika. (2011). Counselling Children with Psychological Problems. Dorling


Kindersley (India) Pvt Ltd: New Delhi.

6. Morrison, J. (2014). DSM-5 Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis. New York:
The Guilford Press.

7. Nietzel M. T., Bernstien D. A., & Milich R. (2003). Introduction to Clinical Psychology
4th Edition. Prentice Hall Publications: USA.

8. Pare David, A. (2013). The Practice of Collaborative Counseling and Psychotherapy:


Developing skills in culturally mindful helping. Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd: New
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9. Sharf Richard, S. (2012). Theories of Psychotherapy and Counseling: Concepts and


Cases (5th edition). Cengage Learning: USA.

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New Delhi.

11. Dewan, Mantosh, J., Steenbarger, Brett, N., & Greenberg, Roger, P. (2004). The Art and
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