Course Contents

1. Mental Health Counseling, Criteria of mental health counselors: theories and function of mental health counseling 2. Counseling in the community; current trends in mental health work setting 3. School Counseling: Definition of school counseling; qualification of school counselors; perspectives of a school counselor; 4. Principle of comprehensive school, counseling programs; Types of program interventions 5. Developmental school counseling and its implementation in the schools. 6. Counseling over the Life Span, Counseling with Adolescents: Views of Adolescents 7. the development of Intimate Relationships, Physical Attractiveness and its social meaning, the signs of adolescence love, sex and adolescent; 8. Adolescent abuse of alcohol. Counselor’s Role. 9. Adult Counseling, Demography of aging: problems and concerns of the old age people; loss of work role identity; decreased financial support; 10. Loss of significant persons and increased loneliness; increased physiological disorders and dependence; counselor’s role 11. Family Counseling, Definition of family counseling; theoretical approaches 12. Family counseling techniques; Family counseling theory and practice. 13. Counseling clients with Disabilities, Counseling the blind clients; counseling the deaf clients; counseling the epileptic clients; 14. Qualification of counselors who work with disabled clients; Professional Associations working with disables with special reference to Pakistan 15. Trauma Counseling, Introduction to Trauma Counseling, Major responses in Trauma counseling Acute and Chronic response. Managing Trauma and Critical Incidents, After the incident: counseling services in trauma, Post traumatic debriefing. 16. Coping with a traumatic event (accidental death, environmental disasters; hostage taking, robberies, murder, violence, terrorism, suicide, terminal illness of close ones).

Course Synopsis

Course Description:The course will focus on counselor's work as well as a counselor's typical day, provide understanding into how personal and professional ethics play a major role in the dynamics between counselor and client, and the challenges of various therapeutic techniques a professional counselor must face in helping people to live their own life rather than be lived by it. Objectives: Specific objectives of the program are to ensure an advanced level of knowledge about major approaches to counseling; to provide training in counseling practice and develop skills for immediate application in the workplace; and to introduce the challenges in undertaking counseling as a profession.

Course Learning Outcomes

The students will be able to work in variety of fields including school counseling, child and family services, adult counseling, health services management and rehabilitation counseling.