경력상담자의 상담경험과 자기성찰에 대한 현상학적 연구

A Phenomenological Study on the Counseling Experience of Career Counselors and Self-reflection

The purpose of this study is to explore and understand whether the self-reflection on experiences of career counselors at the counseling site can be a basis to show that the process of becoming a professional counselor. For this purpose, Giorgi s phenomenological method was applied for 11 career counselors who have more than 5 to 15 years of experience in counseling, and belong to the University Student Counseling Center, Youth Counseling Welfare Center, and Private Counseling Center. As a result of analysis, 14 sub-constituents were derived, and 5 upper-constituents were derived as the central themes. The central theme was found to grow as a professional counselor through self-reflection on ‘difficulties due to the counselor s professionalism’, ‘difficulties due to the client s interactions’, ‘difficulties due to the boredom and burn-out’ and ‘experience of the counselor s own care’. As the result of this study, counselor s self-reflection on the counselor s experience of difficulties due to counseling in counseling site and the counselor s own care experience is the process of promoting professional development and growth as a professional counselor. Finally, the limitations of this study and suggestions for further research were presented.