Counseling in Turkey: Current Status and Future Challenges

This qualitative research sought to understand the needs of Turkish university students related to adjustment to university, the sources they seek help from, their attitudes about and barriers to psychological help-seeking. Data analysis of interview transcriptions from 15 undergraduates identified several themes. Interpersonal problems, difficulties with staff and authority and future concerns were the most frequent issues. Students preferred informal sources of help in dealing with problems and in the main did not seek psychological help when confronted with problems. Perceiving one's problems as manageable and having an unwillingness to disclose oneself to others were among the barriers to help-seeking. Students were also unwilling to seek help from a professional unless the problem seemed crucial.

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confidence: 99%

Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes and Barriers to Help-Seeking in Young People in Turkey

Koydemir

Erel

Yumurtacı

et al. 2010

“…Dogan (1998;2000a;2000b) divided the history of counseling in Turkey into five periods (1) taking initial steps (1950)(1951)(1952)(1953)(1954)(1955)(1956); (2) formative years (1957)(1958)(1959)(1960)(1961)(1962)(1963)(1964)(1965)(1966)(1967)(1968)(1969); (3) establishing counseling services in schools (1970)(1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980)(1981); (4) establishing undergraduate programs in counseling (1982)(1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995); and (5) assigning counselors to schools (1996-to the present). A layout of these developments in chronological order is presented in Table 1.…”

Section: Counselor Education In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are no formally recognized requirements for certification as a professional counselor; neither are there procedures for and official accreditation of undergraduate and graduate training programs, nor an agreed upon specialty title and definition for counseling (Dogan, 1998). Counseling needs more development work and organizational structures to establish its professional identity in Turkey (Dogan, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%

Counselor Education, Program Accreditation and Counselor Credentialing in Turkey

Korkut

2006

The purpose of this article is to examine counselor education and the current state of affairs regarding program accreditation and counselor credentialing efforts in Turkey. The paper considers the Turkish education and higher education systems, followed by a brief history of counseling and current counselor education in Turkey and, finally, discusses accreditation and credentialing processes in the country. Attention to these matters and, in particular, standardization and restructuring of undergraduate and graduate counseling programs is considered increasingly important for the development of counseling in Turkey.

“…One of these challenges is to regain involvement in the field of prevention (Dogan, 1998). Turkish counseling undergraduate programs are about school counseling (Dogan, 2001;Yildirim & Ergene, 2001) so that there is real potential for developing school-based prevention programs in the Turkish school system.…”

Section: Prevention In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Turkish counseling undergraduate programs are about school counseling (Dogan, 2001;Yildirim & Ergene, 2001) so that there is real potential for developing school-based prevention programs in the Turkish school system. However, the prevention concept is relatively new in the Turkish education system, even though some discussions have started about developmental and preventive subjects, primarily through a few publications mention that the importance of prevention (Dogan, 1998;Korkut, 1996Korkut, , 1997Korkut, , 2003aKorkut, , 2003b and developmental issues (Erkan, 2001;Nazlı, 2003, Yesilyaprak, 2000.…”

Section: Prevention In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes Toward Teaching Prevention and Developmental Issues Among Turkish Counselor Educators

Korkut

2005

The goal of this study was to determine existing attitudes of Turkish counselor educators regarding the need to emphasize prevention and developmental issues in counselor education programs and to propose ways of incorporating these functions into the counseling area as necessary. Data were collected via questionnaire from 104 counselor educators who have been working at Turkish universities. Of the 50 professors, 23 instructors and 31 research assistants who responded, 36 had prior school counselor experience and 68 had not. The counselor educators reported they had given less attention to prevention and developmental issues in their courses than other issues, but indicated positive attitudes towards teaching preventive and developmental issues.