Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences
Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences

Successful Counselors' Perceptions of the Performance Dimensions of Therapeutic Competence: A Qualitative Research

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Morteza Karami 1
Mousa Choupani 2

1 PhD Student in Counseling, Department of Counseling, School of Education and Psychology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

2 PhD in Counseling, Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Education, School of Social and Cultural Sciences, Imam Hossein University (IHU), Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22062/jqr.2020.91157
Abstract
Introduction: Community development and its prompting problems made it known that we are significantly in need of mental health specialists, especially counselors. The aim of the present study was to probe the quality of successful counselors' perceptions of the performance dimensions of therapeutic competence.
Methods: This study was conducted using the phenomenological approach. The purposive sampling method was adopted to choose 20 counselors (interviewees) to participate in the study from amongcounselors at Shamim Counseling Centers of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2016.All the interviews were tape-recorded and then transcribed line by line. Finally, they were analyzed in accordance with interpretation analysis method.
Results: In this paper, 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The analyzed data of the interviews led to the identification of 8 main themes (Theoretical proficiency, Interdisciplinary knowledge, Insight into context, Specialization in intervention levels, Clinical specialization, Multicultural competence, Focusing on common therapeutic factors and Holism) and 30 sub-themes in terms of performance dimensions of therapeutic competence.
Conclusion: The results of this study can help develop counselors' educational programs and evaluate counselors' level of competence and self-efficiency in the recruitment centers.

Keywords

Counseling
Counselor
Performance Dimensions
Competence
Qualitative study
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Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences
Volume 9, Issue 2
2020
Pages 79-90

  • Receive Date 17 June 2017
  • Revise Date 17 March 2018
  • Accept Date 02 November 2018

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