The Master of Science Program in Counselling Psychology established in 2014, is the first of its kind at the University of Kerala. Counselling Psychology focuses on personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span and on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental and organizational concerns. The program aims at equipping students with the knowledge, skills, attitude and professionalism to practice counselling in a wide range of settings with a high level of competence and compassion. Another area of focus of the department is in community outreach programs to create awareness on wellness and mental health. The department has revived the on-campus Loyola Student Counselling Centre to provide counselling services to the local student community as well as training for its own students. Conducting research and working to improve mental health services and policies are other priority areas.
A pioneering centre of excellence, setting standards of competence, compassion and ethics in Counselling
Engaged learning in caring and healing
PSO 1 Deep Knowledge in Behavioural Dynamics
PSO 2 Scientific Research Orientation
PSO 3 Community Engagement
PSO 4 Professional Competence
Foundations of Psychology |
CO 1: Provide comprehensive understanding of core areas of psychology |
CO 2: Understand the neurophysiological basis of learning, memory, emotions and motivation |
CO 3: Analyze complex human cognitive functions |
CO 4: Identify the research methods in biopsychology and ethical issues in research |
CO 5: Recognize connections between knowledge gained in psychology to everyday life |
CO 6: Identify how psychologist study human behaviour and how this knowledge can be used to explain, predict and influence behaviour |
Fundamentals of Counselling Psychology |
CO 1: To familiarize students with the basic concepts and issues of counseling |
CO 2: To be informed of the history and development of professional counseling |
CO 3: To provide a comprehensive overview and general understanding of the profession of counseling |
CO 4: To imbibe the values and ethics of counseling |
To be able to locate onself as a professional counselor in the developmental milieu of the country |
Psychology of Individual Differences |
CO 1: To familiarize students with the basic concepts and issues of counseling |
CO 2: To be informed of the history and development of professional counseling |
CO 3: To provide a comprehensive overview and general understanding of the profession of counseling |
CO 4: To imbibe the values and ethics of counseling |
CO 5: To be able to locate onself as a professional counselor in the developmental milieu of the country |
Research Methodology |
CO 1: Understand basics of psychological research. |
CO 2: Sketch research problems |
CO 3: To diffrentiate probabilityand non probability sampling |
CO 4: Understand the concepts and processes related with research designing |
Compare and diffrentiate qualitative and quantitative research approaches |
Understand significance of statistics and statistical analysis in research. |
CO 1: Execute and interpret parametric and non parametric tests. |
CO 2: Understand how to design a research proposal and research report in APA style |
CO 3: Use computers and softwares in research |
CO 4: Recognize the importance of ethical research practice |
Understanding Abnormal Behaviour |
CO 1: Provide conceptual understanding of normal and abnormal behaviour |
CO 2: Equip in diagnosing psychological deviances |
CO 3: Train in different therapeutic approaches in treatment |
CO 4: Enable in assessment and designing plan for intervention |
CO 5: Shedding light towards recent trends in psychopathology |
CO 6: Sensitize about the ethical issues in clinical practice |
Counselling Process and Skills |
CO 1: Understand basic counselling process . |
CO 2: Understand different micro and marco skills in conselling. |
CO 3: Diffrentiate between personal and professionals self in counselling process. |
CO 4: Critically evaluate different models of counselling and behavioral dynamics |
CO 5: Design modus operandi of counselling process . |
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Approaches to Counselling |
CO 1: Discuss various approaches in Counselling |
CO 2: Demonstrate counselling approaches |
CO 3: Identifiy suitable approaches as per cases |
CO 4: Design suitable therapeutic frameworks |
CO 5: Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling approaches |
Psychometry |
CO 1: Discuss the science of psychometry |
CO 2: Apprehend the use of psychological assessment in predicting human behaviour |
CO 3: Explain scientific facts underlying the construction of psychological tests. |
CO 4: Identify the ethical issues in test construction |
CO 5: Critically evaluate different psychological tests |
CO 6: Design psychological instruments for assessing and testing human behaviours |
Counselling in Community Settings |
CO 1: Understand basics of community psychology. |
CO 2: List principles of community psychology. |
CO 3: Execute need assessment and action research. |
CO 4: Examine different models of community functioning. |
CO 5: Identify the risk and protective factors and strategies to deal with psycho social stress. |
CO 6: Analyze community intervention techniques such as prevention, crisis intervention and consultation. |
CO 7: Describe mental health education, practice and effectiveness used among different communities. |
CO 8: Understand psycho social rehabilitation and principles. |
Counselling in Educational Settings |
CO 1: Provide deep understanding of the educational phenomenon |
CO 2: Provide theoretical knowledge of the interpretation of individual behaviour in educational situations |
CO 3: Shedding light towards recent research in educational psychology |
CO 4: Equipping students for the application of theoretical knowledge in practical way in educational and classroom settings |
CO 5: Equip the students for administering psychological tests in educational settings |
CO 6: Enable students for developing effective intervention strategies |
Counselling in Organizational Settings |
CO 1: To Understand the Concetp of Organizational Behavior |
CO 2: To Recall the significance of Counselling in Organizational Setings |
CO 3: To apply Counselling in Orgainzational settings |
CO 4: To evaluate the present need for counselling in Organizational setting |
CO 5: To create models that facilitate health organizational behavior |
Counselling the Family |
CO 1: Understand the concept of family dynamics |
CO 2: Develop critical understanding on different approaches to family counselling |
CO 3: Familiarize with the ethical practice in family therapy |
CO 4: Critically Analyse legislations and policies for family welfare in India |
CO 5: Students will be able to use different counselling techniques to accomplish family therapy |
CO 6: Students will be able to implement family intervention programmes and practices at field |