학술논문
Strength-Based School Counsellors' Experiences of Counselling in New Zealand
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Reports - Research
Author
Bright, Charmaine (ORCID 0000-0002-5672-2921 ); Devine, Nesta (ORCID 0000-0003-2535-8570 ); Du Preez, Elizabeth (ORCID 0000-0003-3574-2541 ); Goedeke, Sonja (ORCID 0000-0001-8362-4422 )
Source
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0306-9885
1469-3534
1469-3534
Abstract
This article presents New Zealand school counsellors' narratives of counselling adolescents from a strength-based perspective. Strength-based counselling encompasses several counselling modalities including positive psychology, narrative and solution-focused brief counselling and promotes adolescents' strengths to enhance wellbeing. Using semi-structured interviews, eight secondary school counsellors with a strength-based practice focus were interviewed. Narrative analysis drawing on a categorical-content mode of reading across participants' narrative data showed that the school context plays a significant role in shaping counsellors' practice. Metanarratives of both strength and deficit, and metanarratives of the school context were identified as having an impact on counsellors' strength-based practices. Dominant deficit metanarratives were juxtaposed with metanarratives of strength. Implications of how counsellors negotiate counselling in a school context are discussed.