The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness and limitations of group counseling as a strategy for consulting psychologists to intervene in the community and provide professional psychological services, to reflect on it, and to propose additional contents and directions for future training of consulting psychologists.
This study adopted an purposive sampling method, inviting four group counselors and three group participants who had worked at San Chong Community College, New Taipei city, were invited as interviewees for the study, and the data were collected by semi-structured in-depth interviews and analyzed by "thematic analysis method" through qualitative research orientation.
Through the researcher's interpretation of the textual data, six themes were summarized to present the experience of promoting group counseling in community colleges: (1) Background: the plight of the psychological profession; (2) Objective: to provide a general public counseling experience; (3) Target: the unusual people in community group counseling; (4) History: the experience of community group counseling and the people; (5) Reflection: the basic attitudes of the community group counseling workers; (6) Prospect: a sustainable management strategy that takes into account flexibility and framework.
Based on the findings of the study, the researcher proposes three conclusions: (1) the psychological counseling profession is not exclusive to mental illnesses, but is needed in the daily life of contemporary society; (2) the competency of community psychological counseling is not only technical and theoretical, but also includes marketing and teamwork; (3) one should be prepared to work in the community, adhere to ethics and framework, and adjust the format flexibly.
