TY - JOUR

T1 - Professional And Personal Self-Assessment Of Novice Counsellors

AU - Zinovyeva, E. V.

AU - Iskra, N. N.

AU - Kuznetsova, E. A.

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Development as a professional counsellor is a lifelong process today. There are many factors influencingit such as education, professional environment and supervision. This paper analyses the results of selfassessment of novice counsellors about their professional and personal development. At the initial stage,most of all young specialists are concentrated on the experiences related to the practice of counseling. Atthe cognitive level, they have difficulty to see what is happening systemically, they work moresituationally. At the same time, at the personal level, there is a desire for development, self-knowledge, anappeal for help to senior colleagues. They consider their own client experience as a resource for thisdevelopment. A comparative analysis showed that already at the first stage of the formation ofprofessional identity, novice counseling psychologists experienced many similarities with specialists athigher stages of professional development in an awareness of the significance of the constant growth ofprofessional skill and the formation of personal qualities At the same for beginners, stressful involvementin work is characteristic, whereas for experienced specialists it is more likely therapeutic involvement.Assessing personal characteristics, beginner and experienced counselors identify similar characteristicsassociated with interpersonal skills. However, experienced specialists have a more differentiated attitudeto use these skills when working with different categories of clients; experienced specialists have a greatdepth of self-understanding. Interpersonal skills of novice specialists are more generalized, they are usedmore superficially. These results can be taken into account in developing of training programs.

AB - Development as a professional counsellor is a lifelong process today. There are many factors influencingit such as education, professional environment and supervision. This paper analyses the results of selfassessment of novice counsellors about their professional and personal development. At the initial stage,most of all young specialists are concentrated on the experiences related to the practice of counseling. Atthe cognitive level, they have difficulty to see what is happening systemically, they work moresituationally. At the same time, at the personal level, there is a desire for development, self-knowledge, anappeal for help to senior colleagues. They consider their own client experience as a resource for thisdevelopment. A comparative analysis showed that already at the first stage of the formation ofprofessional identity, novice counseling psychologists experienced many similarities with specialists athigher stages of professional development in an awareness of the significance of the constant growth ofprofessional skill and the formation of personal qualities At the same for beginners, stressful involvementin work is characteristic, whereas for experienced specialists it is more likely therapeutic involvement.Assessing personal characteristics, beginner and experienced counselors identify similar characteristicsassociated with interpersonal skills. However, experienced specialists have a more differentiated attitudeto use these skills when working with different categories of clients; experienced specialists have a greatdepth of self-understanding. Interpersonal skills of novice specialists are more generalized, they are usedmore superficially. These results can be taken into account in developing of training programs.

KW - professional development

KW - personal development

KW - self-assessment

KW - novice counsellors

UR - https://www.europeanproceedings.com/files/data/article/155/6819/article_155_6819_pdf_100.pdf

UR - https://www.europeanproceedings.com/proceedings/EpSBS/volumes/volume-lxxiii

M3 - Conference article

VL - LXXIII

SP - 840

EP - 449

JO - The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences

JF - The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences

SN - 2357-1330

M1 - 88

T2 - 19th Professional Сulture of the Specialist of the Future

Y2 - 28 November 2019 through 29 November 2019

ER -