Psikolojik Danışman Adaylarının Bireyle Psikolojik Danışma Uygulaması ve Süpervizyonuna İlişkin Değerlendirmeleri

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the opinions and experiences of the Guidance and Psychological Counseling undergraduate program students about the Individual Counseling Practicum course. In the current study, a mixed-method research design was used. For the quantitative part of the study, 776 senior students from 20 state universities participated in the study. Descriptive and correlational research designs were used to examine the experiences of the participants related to individual counseling practicum and supervision. A Personal Information Form for Supervision Experiences, Evaluation Process within Supervision Inventory, and Supervisory Styles Inventory were used as data collection instruments in the quantitative part of the study. For the quantitative data analyses, initially, the descriptive statistics of the variables were examined and then a multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate to what extent evaluation within supervision, supervisory styles, supervisory relationship, and supervisor-supervisee gender match play a role in prediction of the perception of the participants about the efficiency of the received supervision. For the qualitative part of the study, interviews were conducted by the researcher utilizing a semi-structured interview schedule with 15 participants who were selected from the participants of the quantitative part of the study. The qualitative data were analyzed using the method of Consensual Qualitative Research. The quantitative findings were presented under two categories considering the names of the domains emerged in the qualitative study. Under the category of the implementation process of the individual counseling practicum course, the findings related to the preparation for counseling sessions, the number of clients and counseling sessions, the characteristics of the clients, and the status of general success were presented. Under the category of the supervisory process of the individual counseling practicum course, the findings related to the supervisors, goal setting in supervision, supervision techniques and use of them, supervision methods, feedback, and supervisory styles were given. In addition, it was found that the variables of supervisory relationship, evaluation within supervision, supervisory styles and supervisee-supervisor gender match (male-male) significantly predicted the efficiency of the received supervision. According to the qualitative findings of the study, the opinions of the participants were clustered under the domains of “the implementation process of the individual counseling practicum course”, “the supervisory process of the individual counseling practicum course”, “the recommendations for improving the implementation and supervisory process of the individual counseling practicum course”, and “the metaphorical narration about the supervisory process”. The findings were discussed in the context of the related literature and recommendations for counselor educators, researchers, and policy makers were provided.