BPCE 145 Solved Question Paper June 2026 gives you exam-ready answers to every question IGNOU set in the latest term-end paper of BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology. Two answers are open below so you can judge the quality first; the complete file with all 8 answers comes on WhatsApp 9899436384.
BPCE 145 key facts
- Course code: BPCE-145
- Subject: Counselling Psychology
- Programme: Bachelor of Arts (General), BAG; also listed in Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology, BAPCH
- Credits: 6 (Semester V Discipline Specific Elective in BAG)
- Blocks and units: 5 blocks, 16 units
- Maximum marks: 100
- Duration: 3 hours
- Questions in the paper: 8 (attempt any 5, at least 2 from each section)
- Sample answers on this page: 2 (Q1 and Q2)
- Questions in the paid file: All 8 questions, including the 6 not answered on this page
What the BPCE 145 Solved Question Paper June 2026 includes
BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology is a Semester V psychology elective of IGNOU's Bachelor of Arts (General), BAG, and this solved paper answers all 8 questions of its June 2026 term-end exam.
The June 2026 paper moves across the whole course. Section I opens with two classic schools, psychoanalysis and behaviour therapy, then asks about music therapy and school counselling. Section II turns to applied settings: families, the workplace and survivors of psychological trauma.
The final question is a pair of 200-word short notes on dance and movement therapy and on drama therapy. That makes this one of the more expressive-therapy-heavy BPCE 145 papers, with three of its answers built around creative arts approaches rather than talking therapy alone.
Every answer in our file is written for this exact wording. Where the paper splits marks, as in Q4 (10+10) and Q6 (5+15), the answer is split the same way, so you can see how much depth each part deserves.
BPCE 145 sample answers on psychoanalysis and behaviour therapy
Questions 1 and 2 from Section I are answered in full below; the other six questions are listed underneath with their text only.
These two answers show the length, structure and level of detail of the complete file. Read them as you would an examiner: check the introduction, the named theorists and the conclusion.
Q1. Discuss the techniques in Psychoanalysis. (20 marks)
Psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud in Vienna at the end of the nineteenth century, rests on one idea: symptoms grow out of wishes, conflicts and memories that have been pushed into the unconscious. Its techniques are therefore built to slip past the ego's defences and bring that hidden material into awareness, where the client can understand it and finally deal with it.
1. Free association
The client, traditionally lying on a couch with the analyst sitting out of view, is asked to say whatever comes to mind, however trivial, embarrassing or illogical it seems. Freud called this the fundamental rule of analysis. Pauses, blocks and sudden changes of topic are treated as clues that the client is nearing repressed material.
2. Dream analysis
In The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) Freud called dreams the royal road to the unconscious. The analyst separates the manifest content, the dream as the client remembers it, from the latent content, the disguised wish beneath it. The dream work that hides this wish, such as condensation, displacement and symbolisation, is gradually unpicked.
3. Interpretation
The analyst explains the hidden meaning of the client's associations, dreams, slips, resistances and transference. Timing matters: an interpretation offered too early only raises defensiveness, while one offered when the client is nearly ready to see it produces genuine insight.
4. Analysis of resistance
Resistance is any unconscious effort to block therapy, for example arriving late, missing sessions, forgetting dreams or steering away from painful topics. The analyst does not fight it. Instead the resistance is pointed out and explored, because what the client is protecting usually lies at the heart of the problem.
5. Analysis of transference
Clients unconsciously redirect feelings once held towards parents or other key figures onto the analyst, seeing the analyst as critical, rejecting or idealised. Working through this transference lets old conflicts be relived and understood in the safety of the present relationship. The analyst also watches for countertransference, their own emotional reactions to the client.
6. Catharsis and working through
Building on his early work with Josef Breuer, Freud saw that recalling a buried memory with its original emotion brought relief, called catharsis. Relief alone is not enough, so the client revisits the same conflicts again and again, a process called working through, until insight changes behaviour outside the consulting room.
Conclusion
Free association, dream analysis, interpretation, and the analysis of resistance and transference all serve one goal: making the unconscious conscious and strengthening the ego. Classical analysis is long and costly, so modern psychodynamic counsellors use the same techniques in shorter, more focused forms.
Q2. Discuss the theoretical frameworks and techniques in behaviour therapy. (20 marks)
Behaviour therapy treats most problem behaviour as learned. If fears, habits and maladaptive responses were learned, they can be unlearned or replaced through the same principles of learning. The approach focuses on present, observable behaviour, sets measurable goals and tests its methods scientifically.
Theoretical frameworks
Classical conditioning. Ivan Pavlov showed that a neutral stimulus paired with a meaningful one comes to trigger the same response. John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner's Little Albert study (1920) showed that fear can be conditioned in this way, which suggested phobias could be unlearned too.
Operant conditioning. B. F. Skinner showed that behaviour followed by reinforcement becomes more frequent, while behaviour that is ignored or punished declines. Counsellors therefore change the consequences of a behaviour to change the behaviour itself.
Social learning theory. Albert Bandura added that people learn by observing others and that beliefs about one's own ability, called self-efficacy, shape whether new behaviour is attempted. This framework later fed into cognitive behaviour therapy, which adds work on thoughts to work on actions.
Techniques of behaviour therapy
- Behavioural assessment: the counsellor records the antecedents, the behaviour and its consequences (the ABC analysis) before choosing a technique.
- Relaxation training: Edmund Jacobson's progressive muscle relaxation teaches the client to tense and release muscle groups to reduce anxiety.
- Systematic desensitisation: developed by Joseph Wolpe, it pairs relaxation with a graded anxiety hierarchy, from the least to the most feared situation, so relaxation gradually replaces fear.
- Exposure and flooding: the client faces the feared stimulus, gradually or all at once, until anxiety falls naturally.
- Aversion therapy: an unwanted habit is paired with an unpleasant stimulus so that it loses its appeal.
- Positive reinforcement and token economy: desired behaviour earns rewards or tokens that can be exchanged later, a method widely used in schools and wards.
- Shaping and modelling: complex behaviour is built in small reinforced steps, or learned by watching a model perform it.
- Assertiveness training and behavioural contracts: clients rehearse confident responses and agree written targets with clear rewards.
Conclusion
Behaviour therapy is short-term, structured and backed by strong research, which makes it effective for phobias, anxiety, habits and classroom problems. Its critics say it can ignore thoughts, feelings and the deeper causes of a problem, and that some gains fade once rewards stop. Cognitive behaviour therapy was developed partly to fill this gap, and today most counsellors combine behavioural techniques with cognitive ones.
Questions answered only in the full file
The six questions below appear on this page as question text only. Their complete answers are in the paid file.
- Explain music therapy. Describe the approaches and benefits of music therapy. (20)
- Discuss the importance and scope of school counselling. Describe school counselling across the elementary, secondary and higher secondary stage of education. (10+10)
- Discuss the theoretical approaches and therapy related to family counselling. (20)
- Define workplace counselling. Describe the models of workplace counselling. (5+15)
- Describe the goals and counselling techniques in Psychological trauma. (20)
- Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each :
(a) Approaches to dance and movement therapy
(b) Drama therapy (10+10)
BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology block and unit wise syllabus
BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology has 5 blocks and 16 units, taught in Semester V of the BA General programme.
Block 4 is the largest, with five units on where counselling is applied, and four of this paper's eight questions come from it. Blocks 2 and 3 supply the other four, so the June 2026 paper skips Block 1 and Block 5 entirely.
| Block | Unit | Unit title | Key topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1 Introduction to Counselling Psychology | Unit 1 | Introduction to Counselling Psychology | Goals of counselling; characteristics of an effective counsellor; types of counselling |
| Unit 2 | Counselling Process | Factors affecting the counselling process; stages of counselling; ethical guidelines | |
| Unit 3 | Assessment in Counselling | History of assessment; methods and areas of assessment; issues in assessment | |
| Block 2 Theoretical Approaches to Counselling | Unit 4 | Psychodynamic Approach | Concept, goals and techniques of psychoanalysis; roles of counsellor and client |
| Unit 5 | Existential-Humanistic Approach | Existential therapy; person-centred therapy; counsellor's role and strategies | |
| Unit 6 | Cognitive and Behavioural Approach | Behaviour therapy assumptions and techniques; cognitive behaviour therapy | |
| Block 3 Counselling Skills and Techniques | Unit 7 | Counselling Skills and Techniques-I | Rapport, case history and interview; basic skills; crisis intervention, grief and bereavement |
| Unit 8 | Counselling Skills and Techniques-II | Music therapy; art therapy; play therapy and their therapeutic benefits | |
| Unit 9 | Counselling Skills and Techniques-III | Dance/movement therapy; drama therapy; key concepts and techniques | |
| Block 4 Areas of Application of Counselling | Unit 10 | Child and Adolescent Counselling | Behavioural and emotional disorders; developmental disorders; substance use |
| Unit 11 | School and Career Counselling | Scope of school counselling in India; career guidance; role of the school counsellor | |
| Unit 12 | Couple and Family Counselling | Nature and goals; key concepts and theoretical approaches; family techniques | |
| Unit 13 | Counselling at Workplace | Meaning and models of workplace counselling; challenges and ethics; Indian context | |
| Unit 14 | Counselling for Special Population | Geriatric population; HIV/AIDS and terminal illness; psychological trauma | |
| Block 5 Contemporary Trends | Unit 15 | Indian Approaches to Counselling | Indigenous approaches; sociocultural context of counselling in India |
| Unit 16 | Counselling and Technology | Features of online counselling; factors affecting it; ethical considerations |
For the unit-wise reading, use the BPCE 145 Study Material. IGNOU also lists the course on its official BA (Honours) Psychology programme page.
BPCE 145 Question Paper pattern and marks split
The IGNOU BPCE 145 Question Paper has 8 questions of 20 marks each in two sections; you answer any 5, with at least 2 from each section, in 3 hours.
| Part | Questions or value | Marks detail |
|---|---|---|
| Section I | Q1 to Q4 | Q4 split 10+10 (importance and scope, then stage-wise school counselling) |
| Section II | Q5 to Q8 | Q6 split 5+15 (definition, then models); Q8 two short notes of 10 marks each |
| Choice rule | Any 5 of 8 | At least 2 questions from each section |
| Answer length | About 400 words | About 200 words for each short note in Q8 |
| Total | 100 marks | 5 answers x 20 marks in 3 hours |
The pattern has stayed stable since at least December 2022, which is why older papers are useful practice. You can compare earlier sets through our IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper collection.
Topics that keep returning in BPCE 145 papers
Family counselling and psychoanalysis are the most repeated BPCE 145 topics, each asked in 5 of the 7 official papers we checked.
We counted topics in the official BPCE 145 papers for December 2022, June 2023, June 2024, December 2024, June 2025, December 2025 and June 2026. The December 2023 file on the IGNOU site could not be read as text, so it is not included in these counts.
| Topic | Sessions asked | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Family counselling (theories, Minuchin, Satir, couple counselling) | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2025, Jun 2026 | 5 |
| Psychoanalysis (goals, techniques, Freud's personality structure, defence mechanisms) | Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Dec 2024, Dec 2025, Jun 2026 | 5 |
| Person-centred therapy (counsellor's role and techniques) | Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Dec 2024, Jun 2025 | 4 |
| Music therapy (history, approaches, benefits) | Dec 2022, Jun 2024, Dec 2024, Jun 2026 | 4 |
| Assessment in counselling (testing, intelligence, aptitude, issues) | Dec 2022, Jun 2024, Dec 2024, Jun 2025 | 4 |
| Behavioural approach and behaviour therapy techniques | Dec 2022, Jun 2025, Jun 2026 | 3 |
| Existential therapy (view of human nature, counsellor's role) | Dec 2022, Jun 2025, Dec 2025 | 3 |
| Dance and movement therapy | Jun 2024, Dec 2025, Jun 2026 | 3 |
| Counselling at stages of education and school counselling | Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 3 |
| Geriatric counselling (goals and techniques) | Dec 2022, Jun 2025, Dec 2025 | 3 |
| Indigenous approaches (Panchakosha, Sri Aurobindo's integral psychology) | Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Dec 2025 | 3 |
| Cognitive therapy (assumptions, client and counsellor roles) | Dec 2024, Dec 2025 | 2 |
| Drama therapy (stages, concepts, techniques) | Jun 2025, Jun 2026 | 2 |
| Counselling for psychological trauma | Jun 2023, Jun 2026 | 2 |
| Substance use disorders and grief and bereavement counselling | Dec 2022, Dec 2024 | 2 |
Notice the pairing pattern: when psychoanalysis is asked as a long question, defence mechanisms often return later as a short note. For a revision list across courses, see our IGNOU Important Questions page.
How our BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology answers are prepared
Each BPCE 145 answer is written to the June 2026 wording, matched to the course material, and reviewed before it goes into the file.
Our writers first break each question into the parts the examiner will mark. Q7, for example, asks for both goals and techniques of trauma counselling, so the answer gives each its own heading instead of blending them.
Named theorists and models are checked carefully, from Freud and Wolpe in Section I to family therapists such as Minuchin and Satir, whose work has appeared in earlier BPCE 145 papers. Answers close with a short evaluation, since IGNOU rewards balanced conclusions.
Every answer is tied to its unit in the official course, so Q6 draws on the workplace models of Unit 13 and Q7 on the trauma section of Unit 14. Sheetal Kirola then reviews each answer for length, structure and accuracy.
BPCE 145 solved file index for June 2026
The BPCE 145 June 2026 solved file holds 8 answers: 2 are on this page and 6 are in the full file only.
| Question | Section | Block and unit | Marks | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Section I | Block 2, Unit 4 Psychodynamic Approach | 20 | On this page |
| Q2 | Section I | Block 2, Unit 6 Cognitive and Behavioural Approach | 20 | On this page |
| Q3 | Section I | Block 3, Unit 8 Skills and Techniques-II | 20 | Full file only |
| Q4 | Section I | Block 4, Unit 11 School and Career Counselling | 10+10 | Full file only |
| Q5 | Section II | Block 4, Unit 12 Couple and Family Counselling | 20 | Full file only |
| Q6 | Section II | Block 4, Unit 13 Counselling at Workplace | 5+15 | Full file only |
| Q7 | Section II | Block 4, Unit 14 Counselling for Special Population | 20 | Full file only |
| Q8 | Section II | Block 3, Unit 9 Skills and Techniques-III | 10+10 | Full file only |
Preparing other electives in the same degree? Our BAG Question Paper collection lists the other BAG courses we have solved.
Programmes that offer BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology
BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology is a 6-credit Discipline Specific Elective in the Bachelor of Arts (General) and is also listed in BA (Honours) Psychology.
The June 2026 paper carries the heading BAG, and IGNOU places it in Semester V as a Discipline Specific Elective of 6 credits. Programme details are on our IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (General) page.
IGNOU's BAPCH (BA Honours Psychology) programme page also lists BPCE 145, and the June 2024 paper sits in IGNOU's BAPCH archive folder. BAPCH students can take the same paper, so this solved file works for both programmes.
Get the full BPCE 145 Solved Question Paper on WhatsApp
Message WhatsApp 9899436384 with "BPCE 145 June 2026" to get the complete file with all 8 answers.
The IGNOU BPCE 145 Solved Question Paper file includes the 2 answers you read above plus the 6 remaining answers: music therapy, school counselling, family counselling, workplace counselling, trauma counselling and both short notes from Q8.
Our team replies on WhatsApp with the details and shares the file as a PDF you can read on your phone or print for revision.
BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology FAQs
These are the questions BPCE 145 students ask us most often about this paper and the solved file.
What does the BPCE 145 Solved Question Paper June 2026 contain?
It contains complete answers to all 8 questions of the IGNOU June 2026 BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology term-end paper. Topics include psychoanalysis, behaviour therapy, music therapy, school counselling, family counselling, workplace counselling, trauma counselling, and short notes on dance and movement therapy and drama therapy. Answers follow the 400-word length the paper asks for, with the two short notes kept to about 200 words each.
How do I get the full BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology solved file on WhatsApp?
Send a message to WhatsApp 9899436384 with the course code BPCE 145 and the session June 2026. Our team replies with the details and shares the full solved file as a PDF. It contains all 8 answers: the 2 you can read on this page and the 6 remaining answers that are listed here only as question text.
How many questions must I attempt in the BPCE 145 exam?
You attempt any five of the eight questions, choosing at least two from Section I and at least two from Section II. Every question carries 20 marks, giving a total of 100, and the exam lasts 3 hours. A sensible plan is three questions from your stronger section and two from the other, leaving time to revise.
Which BPCE 145 topics repeat most often in IGNOU papers?
Family counselling and psychoanalysis are the most repeated topics, each appearing in 5 of the 7 official BPCE 145 papers we checked from December 2022 to June 2026. Person-centred therapy, music therapy and assessment in counselling each appeared 4 times. Dance and movement therapy, existential therapy, geriatric counselling and indigenous approaches each appeared 3 times across those sessions.
Is BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology part of the BAG programme?
Yes, BPCE 145 is a 6-credit Discipline Specific Elective in the Bachelor of Arts (General), BAG, and the June 2026 paper is printed with the BAG heading. IGNOU also lists the course on its BA (Honours) Psychology, BAPCH, programme page, so BAPCH students sit the same paper. This solved file therefore suits students of both programmes.
How long should each BPCE 145 answer be?
Each full question should be answered in about 400 words, as the paper instructs. Question 8 is the exception: it asks for two short notes of about 200 words each. For split questions such as Q4 (10+10) and Q6 (5+15), spend your words in proportion to the marks, so the 15-mark part of Q6 gets about three quarters of the answer.
Who writes and checks the BPCE 145 Counselling Psychology answers?
The answers are written by our psychology subject team led by Prateek Talwar and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola before release. Each answer is matched against its BPCE 145 unit and the wording of the June 2026 question, then checked for length, structure and accuracy of names, dates and theories, such as Wolpe's systematic desensitisation and Freud's dream analysis.
Can the BPCE 145 June 2026 solved paper help in the December 2026 exam?
Yes, because BPCE 145 repeats its core topics often. Psychoanalysis, family counselling and music therapy, all answered in this file, have appeared again and again since December 2022. Practising these June 2026 answers prepares you for the same themes in new wording. Pair them with older papers so you also cover topics such as cognitive therapy and geriatric counselling.