Development of humanistic counseling competencies for social justice, congruence of psychology students as a mediator variable

Abstract

This article remarks on the development of a training program for psychology students based on an integrative counseling model to promote humanistic counseling competencies to cultivate social justice. Objectives of this study: to investigate outcomes of a training program for psychology students based on an integrative counseling model to promote humanistic counseling competencies to cultivate social justice and to investigate an impact of the training program on congruence and humanistic counseling competencies to promote social justice. The training program is developed through assimilative integration in which the Satir model is primarily applied together with empowerment counseling and training skills as the supplement techniques. Results reveal that the training program effectively assists in the promotion of congruence and humanistic counseling competencies among psychology students.