This study examined the influence of earlier life experiences on the development of beginning counsellors' personal theories of counselling. The significance of the study lies in its potential to extend counsellor educators' knowledge of the early processes involved in personal theory building. A qualitative method using a phenomenological design was chosen for the study. Five master's in counselling students, and two recent master's in counselling graduates were given a questionnaire to complete and then interviewed individually. A thematic analysis, and comparison to Skovholt's and Ronnestad's (1 992) study Themes in Counsellor Development were used to interpret the results. The findings revealed that theory development was impacted by normative and difficult life experiences and interpersonal relationships with parents, siblings, significant others, teachers, university professors, and counsellors. . . It was recommended that the findings be used to support future directions for structuring theory-building activities to better address the developmental and personal attributes of counselling students.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/372 |
| Date | 10 April 2008 |
| Creators | Walling, Carol Anne Lesley. |
| Contributors | Uhlemann, Max R. |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Detected Language | English |
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