Abstract
This study aimed to gather essential data for integrating horticultural therapy activities into the Wee class counseling program. The findings revealed that a substantial proportion (40.9%) reported substantial experience implementing horticultural therapy in the Wee classes, with 37.5% of sessions led by horticultural therapists. Horticultural therapy was widely perceived as beneficial for counseling (33.1%). The key prerequisites for introducing horticultural therapy into Wee classes were training for horticultural therapy counselors (59.1%) and budget support (27.3%). The anticipated benefits included diversifying counseling techniques (26.5%), applicability to diverse clients (25.3%), promoting counselor self-healing (12.6%), and emotional purification (33.9%). Target groups were individuals with emotional issues such as anxiety and depression (30.7%), interpersonal relationship problems (17.8%), behavioral problems like violence (13.5%), and addiction issues (11.5%). Counselor training (59.1%) was the foremost prerequisite for implementing horticultural therapy due to its educational effectiveness (34.6%), applicability in group counseling (29.8%), and potential to help counselors with burnout (19.1%). As for the composition of the horticultural treatment training program, 'the composition of the actual program that can be actually applied to horticultural treatment' was the highest (32.5%), and the most preferred operating session was 5 to 8 sessions (47.8%). The intention to participate in the horticultural treatment therapy sessions was reported to be high after the training (90.9%). The necessity of horticultural therapy programs, based on the characteristics of Wee class counselors, was analyzed using t-tests for quantitative variables and chi-square tests (𝒙2) for qualitative variables with multiple categories. A significant correlation was found between counseling experience and the degree of training participation (p=.002), although the need for training was not significantly correlated with experience. Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between the operational experience of horticultural therapy programs and the degree of training participation (p=.012). Chi-square tests were employed to evaluate distribution variances among different groups based on their operational experience with horticultural therapy programs.
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