TY - JOUR
T1 - Counsellor students’ conceptions of online counselling in Scotland and Finland
AU - Paterson, Sandra Mary
AU - Laajala, Tiina
AU - Lehtela, Pirjo Liisa
N1 - Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Online counselling literature indicates that the quality of effective online counselling is intrinsically linked to methods used and experiences gained in counselling training courses and suggests that online counselling is a very real alternative to meeting face-to-face. In Europe, online counselling is becoming a widespread idea. However, counsellors may understand and use it in different ways. Therefore, it is important to study how counsellor students who will work in different contexts construct their personal views of online counselling. This study examined the conceptions of online counselling held by early career counsellors undertaking additional training, hereafter referred to counsellor students. Findings from responses suggest four different orientations toward online counselling: technical, organization-centred, counselling-ethical and developing orientations.
AB - Online counselling literature indicates that the quality of effective online counselling is intrinsically linked to methods used and experiences gained in counselling training courses and suggests that online counselling is a very real alternative to meeting face-to-face. In Europe, online counselling is becoming a widespread idea. However, counsellors may understand and use it in different ways. Therefore, it is important to study how counsellor students who will work in different contexts construct their personal views of online counselling. This study examined the conceptions of online counselling held by early career counsellors undertaking additional training, hereafter referred to counsellor students. Findings from responses suggest four different orientations toward online counselling: technical, organization-centred, counselling-ethical and developing orientations.
KW - counsellor training
KW - Online counselling
KW - student perceptions
KW - THERAPY
KW - WORKING ALLIANCE
KW - INTERNET
KW - FACE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030538452&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/counsellor-students-conceptions-online-counselling-scotland-finland
U2 - 10.1080/03069885.2017.1383357
DO - 10.1080/03069885.2017.1383357
M3 - Article
VL - 47
SP - 292
EP - 303
JO - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
JF - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
SN - 0306-9885
IS - 3
ER -