상담사가 된 중도장애인의 삶에 대한 내러티브 탐구

Abstract

This study conducted a narrative inquiry to explore the life story and meaning of the severelydisabled who became counselors. The research question is, First, what is the life story of theseverely disabled person who became a counselor? Second, how is the meaning of the life ofthe severely disabled who became a counselor constituted? Two participants in this study wereselected, [Namu] and [Jinju], who had been disabled for more than 10 years after adulthood andhad been active as counselors for more than 10 years. Semantic analysis was conducted basedon the three-dimensional narrative exploration space according to the narrative inquiryprocedure. The results of this study consisted of the story of the life of the middle-ageddisabled who became a counselor, the story of accepting disabilities, and the story of living asa counselor. And the meanings they found in the stories they experienced s were interpreted as'I have changed in an unchanging world', 'a life that cannot be given up even in despair', 'painmakes a client live as a counselor who empathizes and comforts', 'disability is hope forsomeone' and 'being reflected as' and 'living again without being isolated'. Through the aboveresearch results, it is expected to be used as basic data for the development of education andcounseling programs and counselor development process through understanding of disability,overcoming human frustration and pain, and understanding of the process of growth.