M.A. (Psychology) Advanced Skills and Processes for Counseling and Psychotherapy Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Semesters III and IV are from the Board's own Semester III and IV syllabus approved on 12 July 2024 (item 5.7 (N)), in force from 2024-25. The 2023 document's credit table shows an earlier plan for Semesters III and IV; the 2024 syllabus is the one the University examines, and its Winter 2026 timetables name these papers.
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Syllabus for Advanced Skills and Processes for Counseling and Psychotherapy
The University's syllabus heads this course “Advanced Skills and Processes of Counselling and Psychotherapy”; the University's list of courses names it “Advanced Skills and Processes for Counseling and Psychotherapy”.
The University's own numbering is uneven here: the books for references are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 7. Everything is reproduced exactly as printed.
Course objectives
- 1 Building students capacity in understanding and using the basic and advanced skills for counseling and psychotherapy
- 2 Building students capacity in understanding and using therapeutic process and related aspects for counseling and psychotherapy
- 3 Assist students practice these skills and techniques
- 4 Developing professional skills required for independent practitioner
Course outcomes
- CO1 Demonstrate skills for counselling and psychotherapy
- CO2 Carry out Therapeutic assessment, Contracting and demonstrate skills initiating therapy
- CO3 Explain the process of counselling and psychotherapy.
- CO4 Evaluate conditions for Termination and Follow-up and Documentationand demonstrate skills. Methods: This course will be taught by using methods like teaching, role play, simulated cases, group discussion, self-work, videotaped sessions of role play. Classroom activities, homework activities and assignments are expected to be used. In addition, individual psychological support for self-work to learner may be provided if needed. Classroom Teaching and individual group work sessions are primary methods of learning. Number of students admitted should not be more than 10 in practice sessions. A new batch may be schedule for practice components above 10.
Unit I: Skills for Counseling and Psychotherapy
- A Basic Skills: Empathy, Genuineness, unconditional positive regard, congruence,
- B Listening, paraphrasing, reflecting, summarizing
- C Advanced Skills: interpretation, insight, transference interpretation, exploring projections, identifying failure of therapy, identifying working with burnout, self- supervision, confrontation
- D Characteristics of effective counselor/ therapists
- E Issues faced be young therapist
Unit II: Therapeutic assessment, Contracting and initiating therapy
- A Therapeutic assessment, History taking, and Formulation, setting goals.
- B Contracting and its implications
- C Skills for opening and closing sessions
- D Initial session, crisis and support.
Unit III: Process of Counselling and Psychotherapy
- A Initial phase: Psych- education, Supportive psychotherapy. Selecting techniques
- B Ice-breaking, exploration, Loss framework.
- C Dealing with Resistance: Techniques and applications
- D Transference and counter-transference
Unit IV: Termination and Follow-up and Documentation
- A Termination: Evaluating and sharing progress, Issues in termination and resolution
- B Follow-up: Systems and techniques, sustained changes
- C Documentation: Therapists documentation, Communication with other professionals and referrals
- D Legal implications: Legalities with therapy and Legal communication, documentation.
Books
- 1 Faiver, C., Eisengart, S., Colonna, S. (2003).The counselor intern’s handbook.Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
- 2 Martin, D. G. (2011). Counseling and Therapy Skills. NY: Waveland Pr In.
- 3 Moursund, J., & Kenny, M. C. (2002). The Process of Counseling and Therapy (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
- 4 Wolberg, L. R. (2005). The Technique of Psychotherapy Part I and II. NJ: Jason Aronson Inc.
Books for references
- 1 Archer, J., & McCarthy, C. J. (2008). Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Contemporary. Applications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall
- 2 Corey, G. (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.Californa: Brooks/ Cole Publishing.
- 3 Keeran, D. (2009). Effective Counseling Skills: The practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes.CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
- 4 Neukrug, E.S. (2010). Counseling Theory and Practice. Brooks/Cole, Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning
- 5 Hutchinson D. R. (2011). The Counseling Skills Practice Manual. New Delhi: SAGE Publications Inc.
- 6 Sommers-Flanagan, J. &Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2012). Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories in Context and Practice: Skills, Strategies, and Techniques. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- 5 Morrison, J. (2007). The First Interview (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
- 7 Perry, W. (2008). Basic Counseling Techniques: A Beginning Therapist's Tool Kit (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for M.A. (Psychology), Semester III and IV, AC 12/07/2024, Item No. 5.7 (N), in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording and numbering are as printed there; the marks scheme is in the PDF above.
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