Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of forming a professional identity by a female counselor in her 30s through marriage and childrearing in a patriarchal society. The purpose of this study is to explore what gender role conflicts female counselors experience and how professional identities are formed in the midst of such difficulties. Methods For this purpose, in this study, using the researcher's diary data, recollection data, and interview data, the researcher's experience was dealt with through a self-cultural descriptive paper that can view and interpret the researcher's experience in an auto-ethnography. Results It was divided into ‘the concept of gender roles naturally permeated’, ‘attempts to lay down the framework of the concept of gender roles’, and ‘integration of the professional identity of the counselor and the gender role’. This is the appearance according to the gender role concept that has been naturally learned in the patriarchal society, the attempt to put down this framework while studying counseling, and the image of myself as a being by living a more independent life rather than defining myself as a role. It showed the process of forming identity through self-perception. Conclusions This study may be helpful in understanding the life of a female counselor who is studying counseling.

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