PRACTICALS GUIDANCE FOR COUNSELING AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH STUDENTS

PRACTICALS GUIDANCE FOR COUNSELING AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH 

FOR FIRST YEAR M.SC, P.G. DIPLOMA AND DIPLOMA STUDENTS

The practical book is divided in to five units. One to three has five individual sessions. 

1. The first one is of Pre induction-Cognitive session.

2. The second one is of M.S.E. -Mental Status Examination to identify if the person need medical attention along with your counseling.

3. Third is the summary of one(PI) and two(M.S.E.) known as Case Study.

I would request all the students to fill up One session of pre-induction and one session of M.S.E. and one session of Case Study for your own self. This will help you to do remaining 4 sessions with your friends and relatives.

To make it easy, M.S.E. has to be filled up first, Pre induction second and Case study at the end.

M.S.E. is the first step you do with clients. So that you will know

1. if you can handle him / her. 

2. If he /she needs only counseling or Medical intervention along with counseling

As you have collected M.S.E. and P.I., before proceeding to Case study, you have to do some preparation like:

1. You should google and understand about the physical and mental illness of the patient.

2. Bases on the type of illness, based on google info, you should know what type of treatment you would offer them.

3. Select what test you will do with them to measure the illness of body and mind. If they have any medical report with them, you may keep a xerox copy with you. 

Or use psychometric assessment like DASS or other simple inventories. (our doctors or group counselors can guide you on this)

With all the above information in hand, now

1. You treat them by relaxation, understanding past incidences and people, visualization of healing the affected organs.

2. Teach them HLS

3. Make a daily chart and provide them to follow HLS 

4. Do regular followup to collect the filled up chart every week.

5. Weekly once, give them one hr class on HLS

6. Twice in a week, or once in a week, do the test to see the improvement

7. After 2 weeks, record a 3 to 5 minute video of their experience or you share your experience.

For practicals, pls refer the following pages in Paper 3 Counselling and Spiritual health Book:

Pre Induction: Pages 6 to 38 and 41 to 49

Mental Status Examination (M.S.E.) : Pages 50 to 69

Case Studies: Pages 282 to 319

One M.S.E., P.I and  Case study, you may fill it up for yourself. For remaining four, you may approach your relatives, friends or BK centre brothers and sisters.