Counselling And Guidance by S. Narayana Rao 3rd Edition

The third extensively revised and updated edition of this widely popular book— Counselling and Guidance provides an introduction to the philosophy and principles of guidance. This enlarged edition covers all the important aspects of this highly dynamic field of counselling. It discusses the counselling process at length while considering the representative theories and their essential outlines without subjecting the reader to polemics. Keeping in view the changing requirements of students and professionals the third edition has been restructured and expanded.

Contents

• Emergence and growth of guidance and counselling
• Counselling: Nature, related fields and scope
• Counselling and guidance: Expectations, goals, issues, ethics and legalities
• Education and training of professional counsellors Part II: Counselling Process and Techniques
• Counselling: The process, relationship and skills
• Assessment in counselling: Psychological testing and diagnosis
• Counselling interview Part III: Theoretical Approaches to Counselling Chapter 8 Approaches to counselling
• The individual versus group methods of counselling Part IV: Counselling Applications
• Counselling across human life-span: A mental-health perspective
• Guidance and counselling in the educational setting
• Career guidance and counselling
• Counselling for family and marriage