The purpose of this study was to analyse the textbooks of counseling skills and techniques to understand what contents are included and to identify differences of contents between psychological counseling textbooks and career counseling textbooks. 5 p...
The purpose of this study was to analyse the textbooks of counseling skills and techniques to understand what contents are included and to identify differences of contents between psychological counseling textbooks and career counseling textbooks. 5 psychological counseling textbooks and 4 career counseling textbooks were to analyse. First of all, each textbook contains various contents from the author`s viewpoint. Therefore, educators need to understand the characteristics of the textbooks, when they choose the textbook among them. Secondly, there are common contents and different contents between psychological counseling textbooks and career counseling textbooks. The common contents are ``skills based on counseling theory``, ``counseling relationship``, interview and counseling process skills``, ``client assessment and understanding``, ``multicultural counseling``. ``Response skills`` are regarded as the most important content in psychological counseling textbooks, while ``client assessment and understanding`` being the most important in career counseling textbooks.