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Learning to be a Counselor: A Prepracticum Point of View
Author(s) -
Woodside Marianne,
Oberman Aaron H.,
Cole Kylie G.,
Carruth Ellen K.
Publication year - 2007
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.1556-6978.2007.tb00035.x
Subject(s) - practicum , psychology , counselor education , point (geometry) , pedagogy , phenomenology (philosophy) , graduate students , medical education , higher education , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , political science , law
Research team conducted 8 phenomenological interviews with pre‐practicum counseling students at a southeastern research university regarding the students' experiences of learning to be a counselor. Seven themes emerged from analyzing transcripts of the audiotaped individual interviews: the journey, decision making, self‐doubt, counseling is, learning, boundaries, and differences. Results indicate that students view their experiences as a journey permeated with self‐doubt.