Exploring the purpose of using therapeutic media in children's counseling Lee Jeong-Sook1, Jeong Kyeong-Ouk2,* 1Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology, Catholic Kwandong University, Korea 2Professor, Graduate School of Education, Hannam University, Korea *Corresponding Author: Kyeong-Ouk Jeong Professor, Graduate School of Education, Hannam University, Daejeon, South Korea Email: monicakyeongouk@hotmail.com
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore how children's counselors utilize the therapeutic media in the actual clinical institutions. This study focuses on how children's counselors utilize therapeutic media according to the types and purpose of therapeutic counseling. For this study, questionnaire survey and Focus Group Interview were conducted on the use of therapeutic media for 26 children's counselors who were working with children aged from 4 to 13. Interview data were first transcribed and then analyzed qualitatively by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Children's counselors used therapeutic media for diagnosing psychological symptoms of children, establishing relationships, promoting therapeutic process, and evoking attention of child clients. In this study, special emphasis was put on the purpose, method, and effect of creative therapeutic media in child counseling. According to the data analysis, children's counselors in this study recognized the therapeutic media played a very important role in the children's counseling. Top Keywords Children's counseling, Therapeutic media, Therapeutic method, Creative media, Focus Group Interview, Qualitative research. Top |