Relationship Between the Obstacles of Educational Counseling and Counseling Skills in Dealing with Crises in the Suburbs of Jerusalem’s Schools

Abstract

This study aims to identify the relationship between the obstacles to educational counseling and counseling skills in dealing with crises in the suburbs of Jerusalem’s schools. The study sample consisted of (71) counselors, males and females. The study results revealed an inverse relationship between the obstacles to educational counseling and counseling skills in dealing with crises in schools in the suburbs of Jerusalem. The findings of the study showed that there were no differences in the average degree of educational counseling obstacles in the suburbs of Jerusalem’s schools due to the variable of gender, except for those of the counselor himself, where the differences were in favor of males. The findings also revealed no differences for the variables of years of experience and specialization. In addition, the findings showed no differences in the level of counseling skills in dealing with crises due to gender, years of experience, and specialization variables, except for the field of counseling (interventional) skills to deal with crises in favor of counselors specializing in psychology.