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Critical Incidents Among Novice Counselor Trainees
Author(s) -
Howard Erin E.,
Inman Arpana G.,
Altman Abby N.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2006.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - practicum , psychology , counselor education , competence (human resources) , medical education , perspective (graphical) , applied psychology , graduate students , higher education , pedagogy , social psychology , medicine , political science , law , artificial intelligence , computer science
The authors attempted to gain an understanding of critical incidents (CIs) from the perspective of novice counselor trainees during their 1st year of supervised clinical practicum. Journals kept by 9 trainees in master's‐level counseling programs were qualitatively analyzed using the discovery‐oriented research methodology (A. Mahrer, 1988). One hundred fifty‐seven CIs emerged in 5 major categories: (a) professional identity, (b) personal reactions, (c) competence, (d) supervision, and (e) philosophy of counseling. Implications of the findings are discussed for counselor development theory and research, as well as counselor training.