(Podcast) Guidance and Counsellin‪g‬ Open University Malaysia

Episode 1 The topic traces the origin of counselling from the 1900s until today. Discussion also focuses on the definition of counselling and the differences between counselling, guidance and psychiatry.

Episode 2 The topic discusses three counselling theories: psychoanalysis by Freud, Adlerian theory by Adler and person-centred approach by Rogers. Emphasis will be on the assumptions of these theories on human nature and the counselling approach proposed.

Episode 3 The topic discusses three counselling theories: gestalt therapy by Perls, behavioural theory by Skinner and rational-emotional behaviour by Ellis. Emphasis will be on the assumptions of these theories on human nature and the counselling approach proposed.

Episode 4 The information processing model discussed in this Topic emphasises the need to study the mental events involved in the processing of information.

Episode 5 This topic reintroduces an old concept in the form of constructivism which emphasises that reality is constructed by the learner.

Episode 6 This topic discusses the attributes of critical and creative thinking and how it may be enhanced in the classroom teaching existing subject areas.