Instructors’ Experience of Teaching Group Counseling Courses Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

This phenomenological study explores group counseling instructors’ experiences of teaching group counseling online during the COVID-19 Pandemic. By interviewing eight group counseling instructors, findings were generated about the instructors’ general description of their experiences, challenges of teaching online, coping strategies, benefits of this teaching modality, and future direction for teaching group counseling online. Implications are also provided.

KEYWORDS:

• Group counseling training
• online education
• COVID-19 pandemic

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Ms. Kelsey M. Rochelle for helping to analyze the data and work on the manuscript.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Notes on contributors

Yiying Xiong

Yiying Xiong, PhD, NCC, is an associate professor of Counseling and Educational Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.

Sara Fox

Sara Fox is a master level student of Counseling and Educational Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.

Bridget Asempapa

Bridget Asempapa, PhD, LSC-OH, NCC is an associate professor of Counselor Education at the West Chester University.

Jiayin Jiang

Jiayin Jiang is a graduate of Counseling and Educational Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.

Renyi Huang

Renyi Huang is a doctoral student of Counseling at the Idaho State University.