Counselling in India Reflections on the Process /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sriram, Sujata (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Social work.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Social Work.; Professional & Vocational Education.

This volume provides a critical and reflexive view into the counselling profession in India. Counselling and psychotherapy are emergent fields in India; there is inadequate synergy between theory and practice at present, as psychotherapy and counselling practice in the field have not sufficiently in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction – Sujata Sriram
• Chapter 2. Counsellor’s Characteristics and their Experiences – Swarnima Bhargava & Sujata Sriram
• Chapter 3. The Experience of Being a Novice Counsellor - Chetna Duggal & Mithila Rao
• Chapter 4. The Personal and Professional Lives of Counsellors - Sindhuja Vummidi & Sandhya Limaye
• Chapter 5. Exploration of Therapists' Personal and Professional Values – Rashmi Rangarajan & Chetna Duggal
• Chapter 6. Beginning the Journey: What motivates therapists to join the profession? – Chetna Duggal & Sujata Sriram
• Chapter 7. Training in Counselling: Current Status and Trainer's Perspectives – Sujata Sriram & Sneha Nikam
• Chapter 8. Exploring Expressions: Using the Creative Arts in Therapy - Afshan Mariam & Aparna Joshi
• Chapter 9. The Role of the School Counsellor – Sindhura Tammana
• Chapter 10. Marital Counselling in India: Perspectives from Family Court Counsellors – Sujata Sriram & Chetna Duggal
• Chapter 11. Telephone Counselling in India: Lessons from iCALL – Sujata Sriram, Aparna Joshi, Paras Sharma
• Chapter 12. Conclusion and Directions for Future Research – Sujata Sriram.