Motivation, Perceptions, and Engagement Related to Participation in Personal Counseling Among Master’s Level Counselors-in-Training in Ohio

Abstract

This study discusses the importance of personal counseling as a method of self-care for counselors-in-training. Researchers surveyed 157 counselors-in-training in CACREPaccredited programs in Ohio, specifically assessing beliefs, attitudes, and values of counselors-in-training regarding participating in personal counseling and participants' perceived benefits and barriers to participation in the practice. The study found that students who have a history of engaging in personal counseling have more positive perceptions of counseling. Additionally, the study found that time and finances were counseling students' top two barriers to participating in personal counseling. The researchers seek to contribute to the literature regarding counseling students' perceptions of the counseling field and their personal needs as well as enhance the counselor education field by providing data that promotes counseling students' access to counseling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]