M.A. (Psychology) Intervention Systems and Skills of Psychology 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 Intervention Systems and Skills of Psychology
The University's own numbering is uneven here: unit 3 is lettered a, b, b, c. Everything is reproduced exactly as printed.
Course objectives
- 1 To analyse the different forces in psychotherapy
- 2 To examine various systems of psychological intervention.
- 3 To evaluate the approach of and processes in group therapy
- 4 To orient students with eclectic, multicultural, constructivist approaches to interventions.
Course outcomes
- CO1 Students will be able to understand how different theories and influence shaped the approaches to counselling and psychotherapy
- CO2 Students will be able understand the systems, processes, interventions in counselling and psychotherapy
- CO3 Students would be able critically examine traditional approaches to counselling and psychotherapy in the context of cultural context, eclectic orientation and the role of constructivism.
- CO4 Students will be able to apply this knowledge to different areas of psychological practice.
Unit 1: Psychoanalytical and Cognitive-Behavioural Approaches
- a Sigmund Freud- Classic psychoanalysis
- b Alfred Adler-Individual psychology
- c Behaviour therapy
- d Aaron Beck- Cognitive therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Unit 2: Humanistic-Existential and Client Centered Approaches
- a Carl Rogers- Person centered therapy
- b Existential Therapy
- c Gestalt Therapy
- d Reality Therapy
Unit 3: Group Therapy
- a Fundamentals: Influences and advantages of group therapy
- b Processes: Organizing a group, opening and later sessions, technical functions of group therapists.
- b Special problems during group therapy
- c Group therapy approaches: pre‐intake and post‐intake, special age groups, behavior therapy, experiential therapy, psychodrama and role play.
Unit 4: Approaches emphasizing Integration, Eclectic Systems, Context and Constructivism
- a Integrated and eclectic interventions
- b Effective multicultural counselling
- c Feminist Therapy
- d Family Systems Therapy
Books for study
- 1 Corey, G. (2009). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (8th ed.). CA: Thomson Brooks.
- 2 Kress, V. E. Seligman, L. & Reichenberg, L. W. (2021). Theories of counseling and psychotherapy systems, strategies, and skills (5th ed.). Pearson.
- 3 Flanagan, J.S. & Flanagan, R.S. (2018). Counseling and Psychotherapy theories in context and practice: Skills Strategies and Techniques (3 rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- 4 Gladding, S.T. (2022). Theories of Counselling (3 rd ed.). Rowman and Littlefield
- 5 Wolberg, L. R. (2005). The Technique of Psychotherapy Part I and II. NJ: Jason Aronson Inc.
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.
The complete syllabus
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