The Development of the Counseling Profession in Japan: Past, Present, and Future

Grabosky, Tomoko Kudo; Ishii, Harue; Mase, Shizuno

doi:10.1111/j.1556-6676.2012.00027.x

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“…Like other parts of the world, the emergence and early development of psychology and the related field of counselling and psychotherapy in Asian countries, such as Korea (Lee, Suh, Yang, & Jang, 2012), Japan (Grabosky, Ishii, & Mase, 2012), Malaysia (See &Ng, 2010), andThailand (Tuicompee et al, 2012) have been profoundly influenced by Western inputs. Such inputs are largely provided through the work of Asian practitioners trained in Western countries, visiting Western scholars in Asia, and intellectual materials from the West.…”

Section: The Indigenisation Movement Of Counselling In Non-western Culturesmentioning

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Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Srichannil

Prior

2013

Int J Adv Counselling

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This thesis is concerned with an exploration of counsellors' and clients' lived experiences of Buddhist Counselling, an indigenous Buddhist-based counselling approach in Thailand. Over the past decade, Buddhist Counselling has received a growing interest from Thai counselling trainees and practitioners, and it has also expanded to serve Thai people in various settings.Research on Buddhist Counselling is very limited and most of the existing studies in the field have focused on measuring the effectiveness of the approach. While these studies have consistently indicated the positive effects of Buddhist Counselling on psychological improvement across several population groups, the significant questions of how Buddhist Counselling brings about such outcome and how it is experienced are still largely unanswered. Moreover, existing research is concentrated much more on clients' views than counsellors' views, although counsellors' views of their counselling practice can also serve as a knowledge base of the field. This thesis thus sets out to contribute to rectifying this omission by exploring Buddhist Counselling from the perspectives of both counsellors and clients.The thesis is based on two qualitative studies. The first study addressed Buddhist Counselling from the perspective of five counsellors through a focus group and semistructured interviews. The second study explored Buddhist Counselling from the perspective of three clients, using two semi-structured interviews with each of them. All data received were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).The study reveals counsellors' and clients' overall positive experience of engaging in Buddhist Counselling. Central to the accounts of the counsellors are the following perceptions: that their practice of Buddhist Counselling is culturally congruent with the existing values and beliefs of both themselves and their clients; that their personal and professional congruence is key to their therapeutic efficacy; and that they enhance such congruence through their application of Buddhist ideas and practices in their daily lives. Key to the clients' accounts is their emphasis on the significant roles of the counsellors' Buddhist ideas and personal qualities, and of their religious practices in facilitating healing and change. Key shared findings from both studies reveal that the participants' accounts of their cultural background and their experiences of Buddhist Counselling are intertwined. Adopting hermeneutics to address this intertwinement, I reveal the cultural and moral dimensions underlying the practice of Buddhist Counselling. Based on such revelation, I suggest that Buddhist Counselling in particular, as well as psychotherapy in general, should be better understood as a historically situated, culturally bound, and morally constituted activity of people who are concerned with improving the quality of their lives and their community, rather than the transcultural and merely relational work of morally-neutral practitioners.

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Section: The Indigenisation Movement Of Counselling In Non-western Culturesmentioning

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Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Srichannil

Prior

2013

Int J Adv Counselling

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“…Personnel, or employee, counseling, for example, has long been used (Dickson, 1945) with the aim of listening to employees' challenges and responding to recruitment, absenteeism, and turnover (Highhouse, 1999). Though organizations are hiring fewer and fewer personnel counselors, there are still some left internationally (Ajila and Adetayo, 2013;Grabosky et al, 2012;Philp et al, 2012) and in the USA. (Von Bergen et al, 2016).…”

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Understanding organizational citizenship behavior: the counselor’s role

Eissenstat

Lee

2017

IJWHM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) as a variable to bridge employer’s and employee’s needs from employee counseling. This study examined the relationship between meaningful work, job satisfaction, and OCB and how their positive associations can be enhanced. The role of counselors was discussed, too. Design/methodology/approach A moderated mediation model was suggested with the mediation model of meaningful work, job satisfaction, and OCB and the moderator, work time flexibility. Intervention was implemented with the goal of increasing employee’s control over work schedule. Six analyses were conducted to compare before and after the intervention aiming for enhancing employee’s work time flexibility, and one year after the intervention. Comparison between the intervention and the control group was also implemented. Findings The result indicated that the intervention was effective but the effect did not last one year after the intervention. This study suggests the role of employee counselors at organization. Originality/value Psychological wellness of employees becomes an interest not only of employees but also employers to reduce cost from employee burnout and turnover. Employee counseling can be provided to improve employee’s psychological wellness and also to meet the goal of employers. Integrated perspective serving two purposes is suggested in this study.

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“…Countries without counseling licensure systems, including Japan (Grabosky, Ishii, & Mase, 2012) and South Korea (Lee, Suh, Yang, & Jang, 2012), have tended to pursue the FLM. This model is presumably easier to implement in these countries than in the United States given the geographically smaller territories and historically stronger central governments.…”

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Five Licensure Portability Models for the Counseling Profession to Consider

Bohecker¹,

Eissenstat

2020

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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This article presents licensure portability models for the counseling profession to consider. On the basis of a review of licensure portability literature discussed in other professions, the authors found 5 distinctive models: (a) nonprofit organization model, (b) mutual recognition model, (c) federal licensure model, (d) national licensure model, and (e) licensure language model. The article includes examples of professions using the models, application and implications of each model, and a call to the counseling profession for next steps.

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The Development of the Counseling Profession in Japan: Past, Present, and Future

Cited by 16 publications

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Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Understanding organizational citizenship behavior: the counselor’s role

Five Licensure Portability Models for the Counseling Profession to Consider

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