• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.667-676
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of practitioners who completed the counseling practice in addiction organizations and to suggest the direction of effective counseling practice for students in interdisciplinary program of addiction majors. For this purpose, we provided the counseling training to two addiction treatment institutions and conducted the interviews with 16 students who participated the counseling practice at the institute and then analyzed the data qualitatively. The results of the study showed that the counseling practitioners experienced fear and prejudice against addicts, prejudice against addicts, change of illness, severity and risk of addiction, career expectation in addiction area, and reality of addiction. Also, the significance of the counseling practice was to give an important lesson in establishing the attitude of self - reflection and the identity of addiction counselor. In the discussion, a systematic management plan of counseling practice in the addiction field was suggested based on the derived topic.