Developing the professional identity of school counsellors in the Asia Pacific: Challenges and ways forward

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI:10.1002/capr.12816

Mark G. Harrison, Low Poi Kee

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Abstract

Background

School counselling in the Asia Pacific region has experienced enormous development in the last few decades but faces many serious challenges as counsellors seek to respond to the needs of young people in a complex and fast-changing environment.

Aims

This article aimed to explore the challenges school counsellors face in finding a clear identity and sense of purpose.

Discussion

We outline the antecedents and consequences of a weak counsellor identity. We suggest that the future development of school counselling in the region rests on responding to the challenge of school counsellors finding a clear and robust identity by (1) adopting an ecological perspective and (2) developing culture-specific, indigenous ways of counselling.

Conclusion

Given that the development of school counselling in this region has a long way to go, we briefly sketch some research priorities for the years ahead, which may contribute to the realisation and articulation of a stronger professional identity for school counsellors.

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发展亚太地区学校辅导员的专业身份：挑战与前进之路

背景亚太地区的学校辅导在过去几十年中经历了巨大的发展，但也面临着许多严峻的挑战，因为辅导员要在复杂和快速变化的环境中满足青少年的需求。目的本文旨在探讨学校辅导员在寻找明确身份和目标感时所面临的挑战。讨论我们概述了辅导员身份认同薄弱的前因后果。我们建议，该地区学校辅导的未来发展有赖于通过（1）采用生态学视角和（2）开发针对特定文化的本土辅导方法，来应对学校辅导员在寻找明确而有力的身份认同方面所面临的挑战。结论鉴于该地区学校辅导的发展任重而道远，我们简要勾画了未来几年的一些研究重点，这些重点可能有助于实现和阐明学校辅导员更强的专业身份。

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Counselling & Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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4.40

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Counselling and Psychotherapy Research is an innovative international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to linking research with practice. Pluralist in orientation, the journal recognises the value of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods strategies of inquiry and aims to promote high-quality, ethical research that informs and develops counselling and psychotherapy practice. CPR is a journal of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, promoting reflexive research strongly linked to practice. The journal has its own website: www.cprjournal.com. The aim of this site is to further develop links between counselling and psychotherapy research and practice by offering accessible information about both the specific contents of each issue of CPR, as well as wider developments in counselling and psychotherapy research. The aims are to ensure that research remains relevant to practice, and for practice to continue to inform research development.