What Is Psychological Counselling

Sir I want to know that what is the psychological counselling so can you please tell me the details for the same

[Kiran Chandar]

Counseling Psychology is a specialty within professional psychology that maintains a focus on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span.

The specialty pays particular attention to emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns

The practice of Counseling Psychology encompasses a broad range of culturally-sensitive practices that help people improve their well-being, alleviate distress and maladjustment, resolve crises, and increase their ability to function better in their lives.

Area of study

Topics commonly explored in the study of counseling process and outcome include therapist variables, client variables, the counseling or therapeutic relationship, cultural variables, process and outcome measurement, mechanisms of change, and process and outcome research methods.

Job Areas

Counseling psychologists are employed in a variety of settings depending on the services they provide and the client populations they serve.

Some are employed in colleges and universities as teachers, supervisors, researchers, and service providers.

Others are employed in independent practice providing counseling, psychotherapy, assessment, and consultation services to individuals, couples/families, groups, and organizations.

Additional settings in which counseling psychologists practice include community mental health centers,

Veterans Administration medical centers and other facilities, family services, health maintenance organizations, rehabilitation agencies, business and industrial organizations and consulting within firms.


Skill and Techniques Used

Individual, family and group counseling and psychotherapy.

Crisis intervention, disaster and trauma management.

Assessment techniques for the diagnosis of psychological disorders.

Programs/workshops that educate and inform the public about mental health, school, family, relationship and workplace issues so that problems can be prevented before they start or reduced before they get worse.

Consulting with organizations.

Program evaluation and treatment outcome (e.g., client progress).

Training.

Clinical supervision.

Test construction and validation.

Research methodologies for scientific investigations