Counseling psychology in India: Issues and challenges

Pages: 918-920
Poonam Yadav (Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

Owing to technological advancement, globalization, migration, social and cultural change, counseling needs have increased manifold in almost every segment of Indian mainland – be it school, corporate house, social sector etc. Yet counseling services, courses or training available in India is not at par with the need of the hour. Indian counselling services is still at great risk of remaining estranged from contextual realities. The challenge before Indian counselling fraternity is to discover and develop a fresh and relevant Psychology of counselling. The present paper examines the issues and challenges faced by counseling psychology as a discipline in India.