Counsellors as a client: group counselling

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of group counselling on the awareness of the participants about their feelings, their ability to recognise emotional expressions and their cognitive emotion regulation strategies. In the study, experimental pretest-posttest and follow-up testing with control group design was used and a total of 24 subjects, 12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group, participated in the study. As a result of the study, significant differences were found in the TAS-20; whereas there was no significant difference in JACFEE, and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire results. The follow-up test administered 8 weeks later showed that the scores that participants achieved from TAS-20 were maintained after the experiment.

KEYWORDS:

• Counsellor candidates
• emotion
• facial expression
• cognitive emotion regulation

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

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Notes on contributors

Ahmet Metin

Ahmet Metin (M.A.), Ph.D. student, Research Assistant in Erciyes University. 2016 – Erciyes University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Undergraduate. 2018 – Hacettepe University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Graduate. 2018/ at present – Hacettepe University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Ph.D.

Türkan Doğan

Türkan Doğan (Ph.D.), Professor in Hacettepe University. 1999 – Hacettepe University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Graduate. 2004 – Hacettepe University Psychological Counseling and Guidance Ph.D.