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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2015.6.5.315

A study on undergraduate students' self-growth experiences in a counseling skills training course  

Kim, Youngeun (Division of Christian Studies, Baekseok University)
Lee, Hyun-Jung (Division of Social Welfare, Baekseok University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.6, no.5, 2015 , pp. 315-328 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore undergraduate students' self-growth experiences in a counseling skills training course. Participants of this study were seven students who completed the counseling skills course in a university. The analysis was done on the weekly reflective journals they had written during the course using Colaizzi's phenomenological qualitative method. As a result, 26 themes and 11 theme clusters which emerged: projecting oneself onto client, exploring interpersonal dynamics, approaching one's emotions, discovering oneself that he was not conscious of, examining connection between the present and the past, experiencing difficulties due to facing self, feeling concerned about performing a role as counselor, increasing growth motive, finding value of self-awareness, trying new actions, expanding acceptance of oneself and others. Likewise, undergraduate students were experiencing self-growth in a variety of aspects. This study has implications in that it shed a rich light on the self-growth of a counselor that has not received much attention so far. In the future, this study can be utilized in the development of holistic counseling training programs that would systematically facilitate counselors' self-growth.
Keywords
Counselor's professional development; Self-growth; Undergraduate students; Convergent educational method; Reflective journal writing; Qualitative research;
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