A Phenomenological Research on Creativity in the Psychological Counseling Process

Authors : Gökhan ÖZCAN, Durmuş ÜMMET

Pages : 48-60

Doi:10.17066/tpdrd.1272467g

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Publication Date : 2023-03-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Creativity is an important phenomenon and has lately been taken into consideration in the field of counseling. The aim of this study is to explore the phenomenon of creativity in the counseling process against the backdrop of psychological counselors’ experiences. The research uses a semi-structured interview form in accordance with this based on the descriptive phenomenological design. The study group consists of eight psychological counselors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6 women, 2 men); working with various theoretical orientations and age groups and were selected using criterion sampling, a purposeful sampling method. By the end of the research, four themes had been identified related to the phenomenon of creativity: psychological counselors’ experiences regarding creativity, the facilitating factors of creativity, the inhibitory factors of creativity, and the functions of creativity. The results from the research have concluded that educational programs should be structured based on psychological counselors’ creative skills and disseminated in the field.
Keywords : Creativity in Counseling, Creative Counselor, Counseling Skills, Counseling