Psychology & Counselling
This psychology and counselling course introduces you to this specialist field and provides a good grounding in different behavioural patterns and disorders, along with valuable communication skills to use in a counselling environment.

According to the World Health Organisation, one quarter of the world’s population will develop a mental or behavioural disorder during their life-span. The most common physical disorders are depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, mental retardation, substance abuse disorders, and disorders of childhood and adolescents. Abnormal psychology is concerned with the study of maladaptive or abnormal behaviour and the classification and prognosis of such maladjusted behaviour.

Meanwhile, while most individuals develop methods of coping with stress, some develop unhealthy defence mechanisms and behavioural patterns that interfere with their daily lives. Others suffer mental breakdowns in response to too much stress.

If you find this subject interesting, this could be the course for you.
Aims of this course: 

• Identify the nature of conflict and stress and understand why this issue affects so many people today.

• Identify and examine behaviours that are characterised as abnormal and compare and contrast these with behaviours characterised as healthy.

• Explain social influence on individual behaviour.

• Explain social influence on group behaviour.

• Describe alternative methods of dealing with psychological problems.

• Develop skills for resolving conflict.

• Develop communication skills for counselling individuals.

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