人在上海：一個七年級菜鳥諮商師的困與破

A Beginner Counselor’s Struggles and Reflections on Counseling Psychology as a “Profession”

本文透過作者個人的生涯轉折與掙扎，試圖映照出心理師證照上路以來諮商專業在國內的發展、演變、與現況，並回觀專業建制化的時代與社會脈絡，用以爬梳作者個人與諮商心理工作社群，目前在專業實踐上所遭遇之困境背後的結構性因素。最後，作者選擇從社會發展與經濟變遷的視角，試談台灣的文化特色、優勢、限制、與對外關係特性，提出個人對諮商心理師專業定位與實踐路徑的淺見。

 

This article aims to investigate the structural factors that underpin the current impasse in the development of counseling psychology as a “profession” in Taiwan at both the individual and social level. The author, using her struggles in career and professional practice as a reflective surface, critically examines the problems within the currently established operations in the training, evaluation, and application of counseling psychology since it was institutionalized in Taiwan in 2001. The author takes a step further to discuss the cultural characteristics, assets, and limits that Taiwan possesses in relation to China and other places. Finally, tentative suggestions are proposed, from a socio-economic transition standpoint, on both the positioning of counseling psychology as well as the pathways and stances that counselors and other helping professionals of this generation might adopt in order to advance the profession’s participation and perceived accountability in relation to the general public.