Psychology

Hi,
The increasingly complex world has helped opportunities for psychology graduates to grow manifold. These range from working in hospitals and schools to NGOs and corporate houses. An undergraduate course in psychology is career oriented as it offers a theoretical understanding of the major schools of thought along with providing practical skills in psychometric testing and various psychological tools. Specializations in the areas of social psychology, abnormal psychology, counseling psychology, organizational behavior (OB), rehabilitative psychology, health psychology, sports psychology and medical psychology are available. Those of you who opt for counseling psychology can further specialize in marital counseling, child counseling, family counseling, drug rehabilitation and trauma counseling.

Counselling is: The process that occurs when a client and counsellor set aside time in order to explore difficulties which may include the stressful or emotional feelings of the client.
There is a big difference between a professional counsellor and a person who uses some counselling skills as part of their role, for example their role as a friend or colleague.
Counselling is Not:
1) Giving advice.
2) Judgemental.
3) Attempting to sort out the problems of the client.
4) Expecting or encouraging a client to behave in a way in which the counsellor may have behaved when confronted with a similar problem in their own life.
5) Getting emotionally involved with the client.
Looking at a client's problems from your own perspective, based on your own value system.
So, if you have these skills - Go for it. All the best.