This study intends to identify and classify obstructive factors which counselors experience frequently during the counseling process. Data was collected from thirty counselors at various counseling centers. The counselors represented three different e...
This study intends to identify and classify obstructive factors which counselors experience frequently during the counseling process. Data was collected from thirty counselors at various counseling centers. The counselors represented three different experience levels(10 counselors from each level: beginning, intermediate and advanced). All counselors were interviewed, and 415 responses were extracted. The 415 responses were classified into to 52 obstructive factors to counselor awareness. And those 52 factors were classified by twenty-nine judges. A cluster analysis was performed to find out how these factors were classified. Seven clusters emerged as the result of the classification of 52 obstructed factors; (1) countertransference; (2) a counselor`s preconception and carelessness; (3) a counselor`s misunderstanding of the client`s characteristics and the client`s attributes; (4) the perception of the counseling process and results; (5) the external factors, regardless of counseling itself; (6) the counselor`s lack of competency; and (7) the counselor`s personal immaturity. These results provide counselors with a meaningful chance to become sensitive to the obstructive factors through the empirical examination, and fundamental information.