A study of the effects of the counselor trainees'' personal counseling experiences on their personal growth and professional training.

• Main Authors: Chang, Shu-Fen, 張淑芬
• Other Authors: Chen Shien - Liang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06243316798207678185

碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 輔導學系 === 85 === A Study of the Effects of the Counselor Trainees'' Personal Counseling Experiences on Their Personal Growth and Professional Training Shu - Fen Chang ABSTRACT The purpose of this thesis was to understand the effects of counselor trainees'' personal counseling experiences on their personal growth and professional training, as well as the relationship between personal growth and professional training in counseling experiences. A qualitative research methodology was utilized in which twenty-four graduate or undergraduate students from three universities'' guidance departments or graduate schools in Taiwan were interviewed with an interview guide. Based on an open-coding analysis of the in-depth interviews, the findings were as follows: 1. The effects of personal counseling experiences on their personal growth The effects were divided into three main categories: (a) Positive effects-- Self-awareness(including awareness of cognition, emotion, behavior, self-concept, and interpersonal relationship), self-responsibility, spontaneity, self- assertiveness, self-acceptance, change of cognition, stability of emotion, and solving of problems (including clarification of problems and skills of interpersonal relationship) were found inductively. (b) Negative effects-- Frustration from counseling relationship, poor interpersonal relationship, and negative emotion were included. (c) No effects-- No change in personal growth. 2. The effects of personal counseling experiences on their professional training The effects were divided into two main categories: (a) Positive effects-- Counseling strategies, counseling theories, counseling relationship (including counseling interaction, roles of a counselor, roles of a client, and counseling ethics), and identification of counseling profession were included. (b) Negative effects-- Doubt of a counseling skill''s effect and difficulties in conducting a skill were found. 3.The relationship between personal growth and professional training in personal counseling experiences (a) Self-awareness has an influence on counseling strategies, counseling theories, and negative effects of professional training. (b) Self-assertiveness has an influence on counseling strategies and counseling interaction. (c) Self-acceptance has an influence on counseling strategies and counseling interaction. (d) Solving of problems has an influence on counseling strategies and roles of a client. (e) Others--Positive effects of personal growth have an influence on identification of counseling profession and need for supervision. Negative effects of personal growth have an influence on counseling strategies and negative effects of professional training. The findings and several implications for counselor educators, counselor trainees, counselors, counselor education programs, and further researches are discussed.