- Title
- ‘Crushed all over again’: the professional experiences of early career counselling psychologists in South Africa
- Creator
- Haine, Phillipa, Booysen, Duane D, Young, Charles S
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2024
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/454056
- Identifier
- vital:75306
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-sapsyc_v54_n1_a51"
- Description
- Counselling psychology in South Africa has recently emerged from a tumultuous period, stemming from regulatory efforts in 2011, which negatively impacted on the profession’s status and viability. While the definition and scope of counselling psychology arguably demonstrate improvements in aligning with global practices, concerns persist surrounding the work opportunities and professional experiences of counselling psychologists, particularly those in the early stages of their careers. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the professional experiences of early career counselling psychologists in South Africa. The pool of participants were 10 early career counselling psychologists (females = 7, males = 3, period in service = 1–10 years). The participants completed semi-structured interviews on their early career professional experiences, as well as the meanings they attributed to these experiences. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the data revealed three group experiential themes: (1) the complexity of finding and securing work; (2) navigating an array of personal, professional, and systemic challenges, and (3) self-acquiring support. The findings suggest that despite the unique and valuable skills and knowledge counselling psychologists possess, the participants struggled to successfully transition into the workforce, resulting in feelings of anxiety, frustration, and professional disillusionment. The findings indicate enhanced support is needed at various levels to address the needs and bolster the wellbeing, utilisation, and retention of counselling psychologists in their transition into the South African workforce.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (2 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Sabinet
- Language
- English
- Relation
- South African Journal of Psychology, Haine, P., Booysen, D.D. and Young, C., 2024. ‘Crushed all over again’: the professional experiences of early career counselling psychologists in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology, 54(1), pp.51-64, South African Journal of Psychology volume 54 number 1 p. 51 2024 2078-8208
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- Closed Access
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