Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide an in-depth understanding of counseling undergraduate students majoring in counseling’s client experiences by examining their experiences as clients in counseling practicum through reflective journals. For this purpose, the reflective journals of 21 undergraduate students majoring in counseling who gained client experience through counseling practicum while taking the 'Adolescent Psychology and Counseling' course at D University in Busan using an inductive method of qualitative research were used as analysis data. Reflective journals were written and submitted for each of the five sessions, which took place once a week for 50 minutes. The submitted reflective journals were classified into initial, middle, and final stages according to the progress of the counseling process, and were analyzed inductively by grouping similar categories within each stage. As a result, 6 classifications, 10 categories, and 20 sub-categories were emerged: <Inner conflic>, <Personal growth through counseling practicum>, <Feelings about counseling practicum experience>, <Resistance>, <Concerns about personal growth as a counselor>, <Achievements through counseling practicum>. This study has implications significant in confirming the perception and expression of counseling undergraduate students majoring in counseling’s client experiences and the growth through client experiences.

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